Insulation

It is crazy how some things on the house seem to take FOREVER, and then some things go crazy fast! Last week we had our electrical/plumbing/framing/hvac inspection and we passed! Yay! The inspector was shocked that Matt had done the electrical work himself. He said it looked professional. Another proud moment from me.

He gave us the go-ahead to schedule the insulation, so Matt called and they said they'd be out sometime during the week, probably the end of the week. Well the next day, we stop by and HOLY CRAP! This is what we saw:

Kitchen

Entry and stairs

Basement living room

Vault above stairs and dining room

Garage

Vault in family room

I basically started freaking out because all of the electrical was all covered up in the insulation! We spent so long putting that all in and in one day it was totally covered up! Not to mention that we don't actually know if everything works! Ah! Cross your fingers that we are good!

Speaking of electrical, here is the last update on that... Matt had to run all the wiring for tv and internet and here's how it looks:

Update on siding... a week ago, Matt and my dad were able to put up most of the siding on the east side of the house. We still have a few feet of the horizontal siding, and then we'll do a different type (vertical with wider spacing) on the gable. On Saturday (so 2 days ago), my dad, Laurie, Matt and I worked on the siding on the west side of the house, and got to the same point. So we are officially done with the back, close to being done on both sides, and need to do the siding on the front, which we haven't even started yet. Making good progress! We need to order rock soon!

Finally! The lumber package that has been cluttering the backyard since December is all used up! My mom helped me move everything a few weeks ago, and now all we have sitting there is a few pieces of siding. Now that I can actually see my yard, I am getting excited! On Saturday, it was a pretty nice day and all the neighborhood kids were out on the big hills behind our house playing in their "forts". It looked like so much fun! I can't wait to someday see our kids out there playing! It made me love our lot even more.

Today the sheet rock was stocked, and Tuesday and Wednesday this week they will get going! Keep posted for new pictures!