Greetings, fellow Barnhart-bloggers. There have been numerous requests for a pictoral update on the progress being made here in the soon-to-be winter wonderland. So, here are a few favorites from my latest batch of photos (the past week or so). I'll include some text as well. Read on...
...and on, and on, and on....or so the story goes. At least, this one in particular. Here Ella sits through her first reading of "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" in its entirety. I'm quite certain it won't be her last, though it might be a while before she picks that one out again (it's a bit lengthy for a girl whose longest sentence is somewhere around 5 words).
Elisabeth turned 4 months old on Saturday (the day before Mom's big birthday). Here she shows off her smile and her bear (we photograph her monthly with this bear to record her growth).
To celebrate the autumn season, crazy hours at work, lots of progress on the garage (wait, Mike, I'll get to those photos soon!), and just life in general, we enjoyed a scrumptious Deep Dish Pizza. It made the menu since the recipe calls for it to be made in a cast iron pan. And because it looked amazingly yummy.
Here's what was left of the pizza after we'd stuffed ourselves.
As Steve watched the weather forecasts, we decided it was finally time to finish harvesting our produce from the garden. Ella and I picked tomatoes and peppers on Wednesday afternoon, and Thursday morning we awoke to a very hard frost. Excellent timing, if I do say so myself. Here's what we gathered. (we didn't pick the strawberries, though there were a few ripe ones still out there, and even more green yet! - a 3rd wave of berries from this season)
And last, but certainly not least, the much anticipated
garage siding photos. Please note, it's beautifully sunny and the garage siding looks amazing. Great work, Steve! Feast your eyes on our newly sided garage.....
Steve wonders how much longer we'll have nice enough weather for outdoor work and whether or not he'll get ALL of the siding onto the garage in that span of time. Just a few more boards to go! (we'll be putting on some paint come spring...it - the paint - will spend the winter waiting in our living room for it's final destination)
Well, that's all for now. Back to work...there's more progress to be made!
On the same day that the garage siding was completed by Steve, my dad installed 2 new windows in our basement. It's a huge improvement, even though we don't venture into "the dungeon" all that often. Thanks, Dad!
For those of you who haven't been to visit us within the past month or so, we've also gotten new entrance steps and a small deck by the entryway door (the door we use all of the time). My dad spent a weekend up here to put them in, under Steve's supervision. We really appreciate a new entrance. And Steve extended our gravel path all the way up to the steps, too. So it's like a facelift for the whole area.
And last, but not least, a non-house photo. Thanks, Janell & Andy, for the new coffee mugs! Here's their christening round of cappuccinos...made with our Trader Joe's espresso beans. We're really enjoying them!
