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...And On The 82nd Day They Rested

It's been a LONG road the last few months. We FINALLY finished framing!! By the time all the random odds and ends were tied up it took us 82 days. But boy, did we learn a lot in those 82 days. Patrick continues to amaze me with his talents and how much he knows. Pretty sure he’ll be an expert when we are all finished…not that he’ll ever want to build another house again. :) 

We are currently working on our 4-way and are hoping to get that passed off next week. We hired out HVAC and some of the plumbing, the rest Patrick is diligently working on every night until he can’t see straight. We had the pleasure of having my dad come out a few weeks ago and he was such a huge help. He helped us get all the tedious framing details finished up and windows installed. I think most of all Patrick enjoyed having the company at the house all the time. I’ve been trying to spend time with the kids so I really haven’t helped much at the house in a few months.

We made the big decision to hire out the exterior and I couldn’t be more relieved about it. We found a great company who will be doing a mixture of stucco (on the sides and back of the house), rock, and siding. This takes SO much pressure off Pat and has been such a relief for us. We decided to change our move-in deadline to January 15th just so we’re not as stressed. It would be nearly impossible at this point to get in by Christmas, and we are totally ok with that.

Our fancy front door got installed a few days ago and I am absolutely in love with it! We’ll paint it a high gloss black eventually, which will go great with the darker gray siding and light gray rock we have picked out. Since its getting colder out we are having the driveway/walkway/steps poured next week, which is really exciting! Things are moving fast now and it’s so fun to see everything taking shape. As soon as we get drywall up we will post pictures of the inside and take everyone on the grand tour.

We have come a long way and wouldn’t be here without our awesome friends and family offering help and support throughout the whole process. So THANK YOU to everyone who has been involved in any way. We appreciate you more than you know!

With love,
The Hooleys


Prepping the exterior
Scratch coat of stucco
My beautiful front door!

Front door view from inside 
Dad being inventive with the ladder
Pat taking Bronson on the boom lift.
*Disclaimer- it was only 8 feet in the air*



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