Building Permit!

Last week we closed on our construction loan.  Yipee!  We applied for our Building Permit the same day and yesterday we got our building permit. Over the weekend, we worked on building some forms for a small retaining wall at the end of our carport and a small concrete pad out the back door of the little cottage. 


So it's official...and here is the building permit. 

Here is Stuart next to our concrete form.  We figured that if we were going to have a concrete pump truck on site we should do our best to get all the concrete project that we could think of completed.  Our contractor looked at it yesterday and gave us a little advice on how to make it just a bit sturdier.  We will make the corrections this weekend. 

Here is the little 3x5 pad outside the back door of the cottage.  This will replace some rotting board that were sitting directly on the ground.

And the official start.  We met with our contractor yesterday to mark the foundation.  Here is Stuart holding the line while we mark where the footings will be dug.

Another view.  So the diggers will come at the beginning of next week and then hopefully the foundation guys will come right behind!!!!

Dandelion Races

A few weeks ago, Dakota and I took a lovely walk on Whitman Campus and found this wonderful creek where we could race dandelions.  We had a great time. 

6th Grade Track Meet

Wren joined track this spring and has been working hard every day after school training.  So this week and last he had two track meets and set some personal best times as a baseline.

100 meter sprint- 16.29 seconds

Discus 41' 6"

4 x 200 Relay 2 minutes 22 seconds for his team

Long Jump 10 feet 5.5 inches

4 x 100 Relay 1 minute 3.1 seconds

 Here he is running the 100 meter sprint

 

Throwing the Discus.  He came home from the second track meet and asked if he could buy a discus so he could practice over the summer.  Way to go Wren. He has a remarkably long toss.  At his age, he does not do the spinning thing so it is just a long toss.  Way to go.

Passing the baton in the relay.

Long JUMP!