Happy New Year! (or Team Brown!)

Wow, my in-laws rock.  When they heard that their James was going to spend the day getting the remains of the barn out to the curb, they decided to join in the fun.  They'd been up until 3am celebrating the new year, it was frigid outside, but they surprised us by showing up ready to work.  And work, they did.  

The last piece!!

By dinnertime, the barn had been moved to the curb, a possum had met his match and another had been sent packing.

We all settled in for some hot food.

SO grateful for the help.  James could NOT have gotten all of that done in a day by himself.  What a blessing.

TIMBERRRRRRRR!!!!!!

Another long day of demolition...

 Slowly but surely it's coming down.

 READY TO GIVE IT THE FINAL HEAVE!!

Hail! The Conquering Hero!!

Demolition Begins

Well, it's the day after Christmas, there's snow on the ground, and the temperatures are LOW. What better time to start tearing down the nasty shed in the back?!

Time to Paint!

With the siding done, it's time to paint it! We chose Gazebo White for the siding and Prickly Pear for the trim. A generous friend from work let James borrow his paint sprayer for as long as he needs.  What a gift!

Masked and ready to go

The Painter

All done upstairs!

Siding is done!!

James spent the day outside working on the siding, but came in to help us finish decorating the tree.

Then he headed back out and cut the last piece of trim to finish the siding!  He has been hard at work the last couple of weeks.  Working after dark many evenings, thanks to his new headlamp (the neighbors are thrilled) :-)

THE LAST PIECE!!!

Big Junk Day

James spent the weekend moving piles and piles of junk to the curb.  He also cleaned out the barns (in preparation for tearing one down).

It always feels so good to see the trash GO AWAY!!!

Bye-Bye, Dormers

Well, after a long month away for work, James got home and was ready to get something done on the house!  He jumped up to the roof and, in one day, tore off the 3 dormers.

 This also meant he was able to get the fascia and soffit filled-in/repaired.