Snowmobiles

Let's just say fun and COLD! This was probably the funnest thing we did on the trip. So fun that I actually rode them for a couple hours and then woke up at seven in the morning to try and crank these puppies. Pretty hard in -10 degrees. Only to find out that they use the good ole starter fluid to get them going. I thought my fingers were going to rip off. Nothing like ice falling off your nose when you are going 75 mph. From here we went scuba diving at Heber in a hot spring fed crater that was 65 ft deep. We didn't get any pictures but it was super fun. I thought I was going to hyper-ventilate at first though. I was breathing so fast I a pretty sure I emptied my tank a lot more than most people.

Snowboarding

This was my first attempt at snowboarding. We went to Wolf Mountain way up in Huntsville, Utah. It was pretty discouraging and humiliating at first as I keep eating my stuff and 3 yr kids are doing flips over me. It was fun though. And cold.

The Drive

This was the great 25ish hour drive to Utah. Thanks to Jonny and Rhi we had some good movies going on.

Piers upclose

PIERS

Well the house is starting to come along. However there has been a lot of rain up here lately and with our soil in the subdivision, it is a pain to get anything done after it rains. Due to the soils report on my home, we are putting in 45 piers measuring 1ft in diameter with rebar and at a depth of 15 ft. It is always pretty cool watching these machines work. The guy on the left is like the servant helper (he really doesn't do much). The plumbing rough inspection is today and then they should start making up the foundation so we can pour later this week. Then the house should start flying up.

1341 Kirkwood

This is my newest project: 1341 Kirkwood Prosper, Texas 75078. It is going to be a 500 series home and will be appraised at +/- $300,000. This is my first actual, "completely my own" home. I do lots of work on the rest of our subdivision, but this one is mine. It has been fun learning how to schedule the construction of a home as opposed to actually doing the back breaking labor. This picture was taken about two weeks ago and merely just shows the lot with a trash bin in place.