Madeline's Easter 2013

We had a nice Easter morning and then headed up to Eldora for a visit with the Easter Bunny and an egg hunt!

 We started the Easter Holiday out with dying some Easter eggs.  Madeline had lots of fun. 

 Finding her basket in the mroning was also a good time.  The Bunny ate all the carrots and left...

 Some tiny beans on the floor--Luna and Madeline cleaned them up!

 Then we went to Eldora Ski area for the Egg Hunt and to see the Easter Bunny

Madeline's friend Colin was there too. 

 The Easter Bunny took a run at the ski area and came in at the egg hunt just as it started. 

A nice big hug for both! 

Some Video of the Hunt and the Easter Bunny!

 

Family Sushi night

We had a night our with some Sushi while Beth was visiting in town.  Quite the adventure and every one got to try something new.  Went to Hapa on Pearl, okay place, very noisy, menu items had some unique names lets say, and the staff seemed to have a hard time remembering what to bring us. 

Pouring the walls--pump truck v2.0

Today the pump truck came and the walls all got poured in.  Only took the crew about 2 hours to make it happen.  Fast and on to the next job down the street. 

Pump truck moving the boom around

Big rock pile again...

Making form corrections and putting in the threaded rods to fastner the wood to the walls. 

The divide in the distance.

Family came up to check things out and see how the walls were coming. 

More snow...lots of shoveling to finish the wall forms!

Man, so far one storm a week!  Stopped by to shovel again with Jeff and his brother so we can get the forms dried out and pour the walls/finish the forms. 

Plenty of fresh snow but a nice blue bird day and warm temps to help us out.

View of the divide from the back deck area.

Trench is dug down to the Septic and ready for inspection but we will need the sun to help us out. 

Septic field all buried again. 

After a few hours of shoveling!

Melts quick once the sun comes up high.  

 

Wall forms begin.

Once the footings were in, the wall forms were immediately going up.  Will take a few days to get them in, but still seems like we are moving fast. 

First corners go up on the Theater room

Amy and Jeff talking about the layout and walls/windows in the basement. 

Things starting to take shape

Starting to see the garage now

View from up top again

The permit mailbox...

Madeline's favorite machine.

Almost finished with the outside of the forms and then we have to have an inspection before we can finish the inside and pour again. 

Driveway really taking shape. 

Madeline and Amy up above.  With the tall basement walls we now can see how it will look. 

Perspective is the 6 foot ladder on the wall there.

Ready for inspection!

You can see the re-bar grids on the walls for inspection.