Monday, August 22, 2011

Since Wisconsin


Since returning from Wisconsin we have been working our guts out, and the house is taking shape.  In the two weeks since we have been home we finished the south wall, the east dining room window and two big walls in the kitchen. 

Living room picture window

Living room windows

Dining room and kitchen walls

 

Work Party #2!

To celebrate Jason's 30th birthday on July 27, we had another work party!  Over 20 of our friends came over to help us infill the west side of our house.  Jeremy, Chris, Richard, Amanda, Ryan, Kate, Katrina, Ricky, Kaitlyn, Cory, Jim, Melissa, Xander, Beatrice, Ashley, Emily, Luke and more!  We worked our guts out, but had some fun, too.  By the end of the night, in the dark, we had a huge section of wall done!

The west wall filling up.

Mixing up straw and clay.

Working on the west  living room wall.

Helping to dry out the clay....


And then some food....  We deserved it after working all day!

Finally, in the dark, around 8pm the wall was finished. 
Jason I returned to our apartment around 9:30 that night and the next morning we woke up at 4am and headed to Wisconsin for my mom's surprise birthday party!  We felt so good about getting so much work done on the house before leaving, and we couldn't have done all of that work without our friends' help.  Thank you!