After two days of bouncing around in a Bobcat we moved and placed another 228 cubic yards of sand and gravel in the patio area of the house. Each time I go to the back of the house now I take great delight in simply stepping out the doorway instead of climbing down the ladder as we've been used to. The delay in doing the job was the wet ground and soil. The heavy Bobcat would have simply gotten stuck in the mud previously. With more than a week of sunshine and warm temps that worry was gone at last. Filling the back area changed the look of the house in a big way! The whole crew celebrated the new deck area this afternoon with a coffee break picnic. I swear the home made chocolate chip cookies tasted extra good there! I'll have to keep my eye open now for a shiney new gas fired barbeque that will live here soon!

Harold's crew finished the sheeting of the roof today. The front gable looks spectacular with the plywood cut back and the facia boards installed! Thanks guys for a great job on a very large and difficult project!!

-grampa dan