We're back...

So we made it back from the beach yesterday. We had a great time. There was lots of sitting on the beach and by the pool. I started the Twilight saga. I love it! I can't believe I waited so long to start reading it.
We only lost one day to the hurricane, and we even went to the beach yesterday morning. Look how much the surf has pick up in the pictures above and below.
Those are from yesterday morning. The rest of the time, the surf looked like this...

So clear and so blue. My family used to go to the beach every summer. My grandparents lived in Florida for a while, but when they moved back we would go to Pensacola, then Gulf Shores, then Fort Morgan, then Dauphin Island. I've also been to the beaches in South Walton county, Florida and our honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta. I don't remember ever seeing water this blue and clear. It was like bath water. You could stand four feet deep in the water and still see the fish nibbling on your toes.

I'm sure that the Caribbean is beautiful; I'd love to go there and check it out. I'm sure that Hawaii is impressive; I'd love to check those beaches out, too. However, Destin has the best beaches I've ever seen. And the crowds didn't get bad until Labor Day weekend. I will definitely be going back. A big THANKS to Lee for lending us the condo for a week.

I'm off to unpack and wash clothes, the unfortunate side effect from any vacation.

So what were you doing two years ago...

This is what I was doing.

Happy 2nd, David! Here's to a million more.

More progress

So Monday, in celebration of Columbus Day, we worked on the house. Actually, it had nothing to do with Columbus Day, and everything to do with Tuesday's impending rainstorm. The crew was David, Randy (our faithful crewman), David's parents and me. We finished applying the OSB sheathing and put the house wrap on. I took these photos before we added the tyvek wrap so that the windows were still visible.

Here's what we accomplished...

This is the view from the driveway as you turn off of Montcrest Drive. As you can see, it is starting to take shape.

Here is the view from the back. The hallway connecting the old house to the new house isn't constructed yet.

This is the (slightly slanted) bird's eye view from the roof of the shed. David had to turn the camera to get it all in.

Here's David working on the sheathing near the exterior door outside of the bedroom.

This one has nothing to do with the house but.....

Happy Birthday, Seth!