House Update

Well, it looks like the ball is rolling again.
We have a quote from a new SIPS company, SureTight (www.suretight.com), and we will be signing the contract and delivering the deposit on Monday or Tuesday. They are supposed to create panel drawings for us to approve, and once they are approved, they will have the panels to us within 3 to 4 weeks.
In the meantime, the foundation should start being built, and once that is complete, the first floor framing will be put in. After that is done, the panels can be put up, and hopefully with about a week's worth of work, we will have a "dried in" house.
Once some real work starts, I'll start posting pictures for all to see.

What is it?

The beginning of eternity,

The end of time and space,

The beginning of every end,

The end of every place.

The letter e

USPS's Finest

This is a fun one! We got home tonight and checked our mail. Here is what it looked like.
Oh, how I love the apartment life!

House Update

We will be closing our loan Thursday afternoon. Everything is ready to go, and our builder is anxious to get started. So are we!
If you want to see our plans, go to http://www.panelstar.com/panelpartners/drawings.htm and click on Ellis Plans.

Hangin' in the ATL

What a crazy coincidence. Mel came in from the UK at 4:15. Jimmy, Mark, and Jennifer came in from LA at 5:30. They all flew in to ATL, so I went to pick them up. We rode around and got a "tour" of GA Tech and the GA Dome. Then we figured out what we were doing.
After that we ate dinner at a mediocre sports bar and hung out at their hotel till about 10:30, then we came on back home. Here are some pics of our night:


Of course, the Abbey Road thing... kinda


Jimmy, pumping some serious iron in the hotel gym... it's like 18 pounds!


Mark, our host this evening for "Classic Film Theater"


Chillin' on Peachtree Street...


And we closed out the evening as many fine, upstanding young men do... hanging out in a parking garage...

Plans!

Oh, Happy Day!
Mark has finished our plans and we are ready to get started building the house!
John is having them printed this morning and I'll be taking them to the bank this afternoon. I am so excited, I could scream. We've been waiting for this day for a long time.
If you want to see the plans, here is the link:

http://www.panelstar.com/panelpartners/drawings.htm

Hopefully I can start putting up pictures of the progress so that you can share in our excitement and see our house going up.

Vacation!

We just got back from a week of travel. We went to the conference in Hot Springs with Mom and Dad. The boys had a blast with Grandma and Grandpa.





We left there on Wednesday and spent some time in Gulf Shores at the beach. Caleb got to do some body boarding and Judah got to play in the sand. We all had a great time.