looks like progress

my dad came down yesterday and got busy the minute he arrived. he started and finished priming all the new siding! it looks so good... and it's only primer! it has made us very excited to realize how great it will look when it's all done. hopefully just a couple more weeks to the outside looking a little more like we want it... here are the updates from yesterday and today.

first a fun random pic i took... i love all the chaos of materials and stuff everywhere... 

yesterday afternoon i came by the house to leave a key for dad and the siding had miraculously been finished! 

then when i came home a few hours later priming had already begun...

my dad...

and today.... look how great it looks! i thought i was sad to see the natural wood get covered up, but it looks so much better now. more unified and modern, for whatever reason. 

i am very proud of robby's hard work on the siding. in this picture you can see how well he matched up the new siding to the old. it lines up all the way around... he knows every detail matters.

i really love it... it looks so good. and it looks so big in this photo... i swear it's not that big!

i can't wait to get the whole thing painted! next week we've got guys coming in to restore the old wood siding (light pressure wash + scrape old paint off) then prime it. painting might take a little longer, but we'll get there soon. then maybe we can start the bathroom before ringing in 2009... 

thanks for your help, dad!!