Aaron leaving for the Army NG. He'll be gone 6 months. Hopefully the house will be done when he gets back! Notice the window.....looks good huh....well i installed it sideways...what a goof....so I had to use the sawsall to break the nails then reinstall it...grrrrrrrr
Blake sanding the window so we can kilts it and then paint to match the roof. After it was installed right....lol

Gable ends almost finished being stained,and a few more boards need to be added.

Woooohooooo we have moved on to windows and doors downstairs. Randy cut out while Blake guided the logs to the ground. Then Randy framed the window and door frames. Clint cut the other gable end out and with Blakes help framed it and we all helped put the window up. Clint cut out the gable end vent area and after making the frame for me, I made the vent with 1 x 1 wood from the trees we had milled and the strip's from Cummings-Griffin Int'l in Etheisville, Al 205-658-2445. Its an awesome place check out their website ProcessingWood.com They were very kind to us and gave us a tour of their work area. The wood I used for the stripes on the gable end vents, was from some of their work and the wood is over 100 years old. I also added screen, and then chicken wire behind that so the squirrels wouldn't move in. These people do awesome work, need something for a log home or hardwood floors, floor beams, walls, doors, stairs, etc., you need to check ProcessingWood.com out first!I would like to thank them VERY much! Gable ends are finished except for the clear coat, so now we shall work down stairs, the logs will be stained as soon as their chinked. I'm going to start chinking soon. ( Chinking is a flexible mortar-textured sealant specifically designed for log homes. This goes between the logs for insulation, used with backer rod or a similar product. ) Also want to Thank Cypress Logs of Heflin cypressloghomes.com they gave us some really great advice and even gave us a tour of one of the owners homes. Wow what a nice job he did on his house! And gave me great ideas for ours!

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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