A Year Ago

I thought it might be fun to look back a year and post a couple of photos of Benners back then. Hard to believe how much he's changed! Enjoy. :)

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Chillin' in the Florida sun...

Gotta love the scrunched face- he was really concentrating on his project.

Ben and Grammie loved to play on the beach together.

At first I thought this was his "monkey" sign (one of his favorites), but I'm not so sure on more close inspection...

After a long morning at the beach and the pool, Benners gets a lift home in his wagon... and falls asleep!
We had a nice visit with Grammie and Grampie Phil in Kissimmee. It was a brief trip, just a few days, but it was so nice to get some sunshine and warmer weather. B did great on both flights and was a real trooper through the whole trip. We spent the whole time playing in the sand on the beach, swimming in the pool, playing in the driveway, and chasing Grammie's kitties!

Timber Frame finished

In the COLD

Okay with the snow already. Enough. Seriously. Good thing we like to bundle up and go outside (most of the time). Today is an exception- the wind chill makes it pretty miserable out there... it could easily be below zero. We don't have a thermometer anywhere, which is probably a good thing. The wind whipped snow and ice at our bedroom windows through the night, but amazingly we didn't lose power. And amazingly Ben slept through it (until 6:20am even!!! Woo-hoo!). He's had a few nights of not-so-good sleep, so it was nice that he managed to pull a full night, and a late morning even (for him)...

More barn raising

Day #3 of our barn going up & they're making some amazing progress already. It's really quite beautiful, and a lot of fun to watch it go up. We've had snow the past 2 days, after Matt & crew missed 2 days prior due to snow and sleet and general icky weather... They are troopers! The bottom of the structure will have a 2-car garage in the main part of the building, and a 12' X 26' workshop for Jay. We'll also have a second floor that will have a really amazing view over our tiny house and at the lake. It's going to be such an amazing structure, I have a feeling we'll want to live in the garage! :)

All Done!!!

I'm all done with my requirements for my degree as of today! I finished up my final fieldwork hours today (in a snowstorm with no power) and came home feeling like a different person. The plan is to get all my paperwork in for my Maine temp license and go back to work at the same place starting at the end of the month. I'll have to take my National Board Exam, which I imagine will happen in April. I'm not looking forward to the exam, but hope to start up a schedule of studying so I can be prepared. Wish me luck!!!
~Katie

Barn Raising Update

Matt (Morrill) and crew from Grand View Log & Timber Frames arrived yesterday with equipment and started the barn raising! Ben was a big help- hammering away at pegs and sitting in the corner, supervising the progress. It's pretty exciting to finally see it start to go up, and it's already looking like it'll be a beautiful building.