Cold Stone Insulation

Those moments in life that just make you sit back, take a sip coffee (or whatever else you might drink), and just say in amazement "WOW!"... they are priceless. This month so far has been full of those moments. My dad had the opportunity to come and visit Libby and I this past Father's day weekend. All of us had a blast! My dad's favorite things to do is just be with family, so we made sure there were plenty of times of just us being able to sit around and talk, all the while having a good time seeing the vastness of great things to do in Fort Worth. If I had to guess, I think my dad's NEXT favorite thing to do is going to Rita's Italian Ice and getting a Wild Black Cherry Misto Shake.

He loves Rita's so much, we went there at least three of the four days he was here. Not exactly healthy for us, but I digress. Unfortunately for him, Rita's is not available anywhere close to where he lives in Mississippi. So, it is especially a treat for him to not only come out here and have Rita's, but to have it and spend time with us as well. We loved every minute we had with him when he was here.

Just last Tuesday, Libby and I did the "pre sheetrock orientation" with our builder of our house. It was nice to be able to address a few concerns and also get some clarification on some of the items done to the house. Since that meeting, our house has been insulated and is pretty much ready for sheetrock to go up. Libby and I also had the opportunity on Friday to see them start the work on putting our stone and brick up! I have pictures below to show different progress points throughout this month. Last night Libby and I were out there and got to see a sample of what the outside will look like once completed. While we were out there, we had a couple of our neighbors come and introduce themselves to us. Thus far we like all of the neighbors we've met and our thankful to have such nice neighbors.

 Can lights over kitchen

Day our brick and stone were delivered

Livingroom insulation

Libby checking out the insulation

Our "flex" room

Looking at our entry way and garage entrance

Master bedroom

Worker placing brick around to be layed

House as of yesterday

Front of garage

 

Looking at the two extra bedrooms

Libby "acting" like she is laying brick...

In other exciting news, I had the opportunity to FINALLY fly as a pilot for an airline this past Saturday and Sunday... I life long dream! Flew from Chicago to Cleveland, Cleveland to Portland, ME on Saturday. On Sunday flew from Portland to Chicago, Chicago to Fargo, Fargo back to Chicago, then got to fly home back to Libby. It is truly an amazing career and am blessed to have such a supportive wife to encourage me along the way.