Sunday, September 28, 2008

Columns, Screen Porch and Paint

The house is very nearly finished now!
Here are some update shots of brickwork, woodwork and paintwork...



The driveway is all finished!


Our mailbox is happier now
The columns for the front porch got started
The wood part was built first and supports added and secured to the porch
Then stone boxes with brick tops were built up to the tops!

The columns finished:




We're about ready for some paint and shutters!

We need grass too

Vivi had an impromptu pizza lunchable picnic on the family room floor


Our mantle got installed - it's reused wood from a barn in Ohio.



We also got our screen porch framed in - awesome craftsmanship!

The fireplace is ventless (doesn't need a chimney), uses propane, and cranks out 39,000 BTUs!

The screen material should be installed next week.

Here are some shots from the outside:
The pieces hanging down are masking pieces of cardboard the painters use for masking while painting the fascia and soffits.

After finishing the front columns, the masons got to work on the fireplace surround (it only took them a couple of days to finish it):



Brickwork detail on top:


The shop got completely painted inside and out!
The green color is called Sheraton Sage and the tan is called Buckram Binding.




The house also got a little painted too, and the shutters installed.


We are only 1-2 weeks away now! We'll have a few more updates with pics soon.

State Fair Day

Ian took the day off work and everybody went to the Oklahoma Sate Fair!

Here are some pics of the Fun Fair Interlude:



The first thing Vivi did is go and practice farming and got a bumper crop right away:

Then we watched the Swifty Swine pig races:

Vivi got a pig keychain...

...that poops when you squeeze it

There were some fancy parade horses:

Then we went and watched wonderdog tricks

It was time for some Fair Food.
Funnel cake and Bud Light

giant corn dog (mostly eaten)

roasted corn on the cob drenched in butter

and ice cream (but it was bubblegum flavored...yech)

Trust me we could have picked less healthy fair food...

Time to ride the ferris wheel!

Lots of good views or people getting ripped off for small stuffed animals

cool

Let's see some exhibits!

Vivi and her Papa got wristbands to be able to ride any ride as many times as they wanted! Here's the King's Circus

We're at the top!

How about the "Crazy Mouse" rollercoaster!

Spinning like crazy

That was fun!

Vivi liked the log ride even though she was scared

They rode it a couple times!

We survived the whitewater!

We should do it again!

We are a little wet though...

Riding the gondola to check out things from the air...

Waving from the gondola

This was Viv's favorite ride...like a giant swing

She rode it about six times in a row

Wheee!

Then we all rode the sky needle! Lots of great views from there:
The midway

The OKC skyline from the space needle

Toyota had a hill course to play with in the FJ and trucks

Well, all of us didn't ride the space needle...Papa stood in line to get the best cinnamon rolls ever (red circle in the pic)

I had a great time at the fair!!