Colorful Colorado

We are so lucky to live in Colorado. After hiking to the arch, we went down the road a bit and found a rocky playground.

Hiking

I've joined a hiking club here in Canon City. On the way to hike up to see St. Charles Arch near San Isabel Lake, we saw this family of sheep on the side of the road.

Garden Park School

On October 2nd, we gathered at the Garden Park School, a 1895 schoolhouse, for the second annual open house. Friends of Garden Park School are raising money to match funds as required by the Colorado Historical Society and State Historic Fund.

Helen Shoemaker, a native of the area, attended the school 80 years ago and even taught school here one year. She's an active cattle ranch owner in the area.

Ohio Heismanns

It was wonderful seeing more of our family in Ohio. Dan & his brother, Carl, enjoyed playing golf, even in the rain.

More Heismanns

We sure enjoyed our time with Aunt Helen, Kenn, his wife, Cindy, and their son Walter. Thanks for the yummy cookies, Walter.

Kentucky Farm

On our way to Ohio, we stopped in Kentucky at the Flying H Angus farm to visit cousin Kenn Heismann and his family. They own 2 bulls, 30 cows and 31 calves.

Heismanns

Jeff, Stephanie, and Drew came to see us Sunday afternoon. Jeff, our nephew, is Dick's son. The last time we saw them was about 6 years ago in MO at a Thanksgiving family reunion.

Art in the Alley

Once a month, during the summer, Henderson Art Commission, sponsors Art in the Alley in downtown Henderson from 6:30 to 8:30. This picture shows Sandy surrounded by her beautiful stained glass art.

Mower Madness Mess

These are Dick's retirement projects.

Dick & Sandy Heismann

We're visiting Dan's brother, Dick, and his wife Sandy. They live in Henderson, TN and are also building a house. Look at all of those angles in their attic!

Fun at the Park

Last week Noah and I took a walk to the neighborhood park in Golden.

Lesson

Jennie worked with three students today on horsemanship skills. What a great teacher!

Picnic

We gathered at Zac & Jennie's for a family picnic. Zac was the cook and Jennie was in charge of bubbles for Noah.

sunflowers

We are enjoying these beautiful sunflowers while camping at the "Heismann Ranch," here in Golden.

Slab on Grade

Today they poured the floors of our house. They arrived about 7 am and the last of the four cement trucks left about 11am. The Canon Cement crew is working hard to get everything done today. Tomorrow they will cut in the grooves to help minimize cracking of the slab.

Cutting

Dan has been cutting the foam at a 45 degree angle along the foundation walls.

Leaks

The water system wasn't holding air - for the second time. Although it passed inspection, it developed two leaks. Hopefully this will be the last leak and we can get the slab poured later this week.

Radiant Floor Tubing

Two men from Ted's Plumbing & Hydronics are installing the tubing. Dan is finishing up the "fines" in the garage area.

Our own dump station

Pushing the gravel

Gus and Nancy came for a few days on their way home from Creede, CO where they were attending an RV rally. We sure enjoyed their visit and help today!

Double rainbow

This view of the double rainbow is to the east. The garage area has about several inches of "fines" or gravel, in preparation for the radiant floor tubing.

Cutting the Foam

We were lucky to have our friend, Curt Sorenson, help us install insulation under the slab. After Curt and Karen finished taping the insulation, Curt cut the foam for the stem walls. Dan was busy putting glue on the foam for the stem walls.

Garage floor is "foamed"

We have put down the black plastic and the foam on the garage floor. We still need to put foam on the sides of the stem wall in the garage area.

Foam

The 1 1/2 " slab insulation foam was delivered this morning. Dan and I plan to install it ourselves.

August 15, 2010

We have hired a consulting firm, U Build It, to help us build our house.

Sandbox

Tools needed for leveling the "sandbox" included:
the bobcat, the rakes, the shovels, the string, & the measuring stick.
Dan, using his bobcat, moved buckets of dirt into the needed areas, Karen and Mary used the shovel & rake to smooth the dirt and then the string and measuring stick to ensure the correct level. This view is to the North and we are working in "Dan's room."

August 10, 2010

Ted's Plumbing and Hydronics and Tony Carestia Excavating worked today on the rough-in plumbing and the septic systems. Ted has had to wait for some parts to arrive before calling for an inspection. Hopefully he'll finish up tomorrow.

Tony has worked hard on installing our septic system. He'll bring some more gravel up tomorrow to finish up the leach field and wait for the inspector.