Now we have the first gable end finished, then we added a window , second end will be finished and get window soon. Wyatt tries his hand at staining/treating the logs with bug juice and wood guard. This stuff really stinks and is very potent...Killing all bugs and worms, and helps with post bees. Stain color is warm pecan, gable ends will be pecan also but a tad bit lighter. Window in the pic is white but will be painted a lil different color to match roof, which is pebble beige. Thanks to Clint gable end 2x6's finally on and braced well, He did a fabulous job here!. Here you can see the pitch a bit better...Very steep! Metal roof took quite a bit of work, but was well worth it. We did all of one side today and tomorrow shall hopefully finish other side. Clint and Dusty helped us so much at this stage, we really appreciate all the both of you did to get this side of the roof on. Was a hot day and we worked yall hard again.....Have to take a trip so will not work on this for about another week or two after tomorrow....I NEED a break!....LOL

July is here and we are getting a lot done. Its still slow going but it's going. In this first pic you can see Blake walking across the rafters without any support and help carrying a ladder. All the boys did this all the time....Was scary to me, but you how kids don't listen. I never could do this I woulda been on the ground! We have all the plywood up, steps for floor two are up, and logs have been stripped of oils and road dirt, and power washed, so they can be treated, and stained. Gable end is almost finished this is the one side only, made out of rough cut lumber from the trees we had cut 2 yrs ago. Brought them to the saw mill and had them made. Ladder Aaron is on is an 18 Ft ladder, as you can tell it wasn't long enough. Heather helped power wash, twice....And that is her in RARE form....LOL....Thanks babes!

June 4th 2006 and we have all the rafters up, sure was a challenge! Aaron had 3 friends at three different times to help him put the plywood on the rafters, Wyatt Blake and myself handed the plywood thru the rafters to them. John helped on one side, and Brent and Nathan helped on the other. The big tarp you keep seeing helped us get thru some really bad weather the last few weeks. It was VERY hard to get that 100 x 50 Ft tarp up and down that roof to work Finally we were able to get the felt paper on top of the plywood. We had a hospital stay with Wyatt for almost a week which set us back, then Randy's mother passed away and we had to take a trip to Texas....Which was another 2 weeks because we all fell sick when we got home. As you can see the windows and doors have not been cut out yet, and the ends are not even because we haven't cut those either. I want to thank John, Brent, and Nathan for all their help! Was easier to get thru this with your help...And A VERY BIG THANKS to Mr and Mrs Moon! Without you two this whole project would have never been possible! We love ya!











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Well it's still April and we have gone quite a ways, the studs for all the walls are up, floor joust are up and we are starting on floor number two to be able to get to the rafters. Things are done a little different on a homemade log home than most conventional homes or log packages. We added a few steps for strength, and made all the rafters ourselves. Matter of fact Randy wasn't here for any of the rafters. Aaron myself Wyatt and Blake all worked hard on this part. Most of them were made from rough cut wood, and very very heavy! First one liked to got us but after that, things went pretty smooth. You might not be able to tell but roof is on a 43 degree angle.