Some people knit, some build houses!

Here is my brother's current project - he's renovating a little house for his son, Randy. The whole family is involved with Dad acting as contractor, Mom as coordinator, sister Jenn and her hub Mike providing labor along with all of Randy's buddies and main squeeze, Kelly.The grandparents have been down several times to help. The girls and I stopped by last week to check out the progress and to visit the guard kitties, Oreo and Snowflake, who are staying at the house. It's very exciting to see this sweet house take shape. It's about 900 sq. ft. now. It's going to be a comfortable place! When they took off the roof you could see the first roof and where the front half of the current house had been added. Soon a big front porch will be added - perfect for fall rocking'.



Here are the girls
trying out the tractor
used to grade the
front yard.






It's wonderful to know the history of a place, and this one is close to the heart. The house reno was started by Bob's best friend, Chris. There is a lot of history here.







Chris's grandmother used to live in the house, back when it was just a little bitty 2 room cabin. Someone added 2 more rooms and a back porch. Chris passed away earlier this year, so I guess it's a little bittersweet, but an act of love is never wasted.