Update

Karsten has been seriously working his butt off to get the house sealed up.  The siding finally came last Friday so Karsten spent the entire weekend on that.  They got a pretty good start on it.  Many thanks to Doug and Dad for helping.  I've never picked out a new color for siding, it is a little nerve racking and one hopes it looks okay.  We knew we wanted a neutral color.  I'm so pleased with how it looks.

As I write this post, there are only 3 windows and 1 door left to install and many that still need capped.  I'm really hoping this all gets done soon.  Bartlein construction has done a great job with the windows.

Just a few other pictures that I haven't posted yet...

 We have electricity!  Thanks to Palmer Electric and Mark for helping with that.

 This is the view from the top of the steps looking towards the "old" house.  The room on the left will be a bathroom, the room straight ahead is Tristan's room.  There will also be a hall/linen closet between those two rooms.

 This is the old door from the porch on the east side.  We plan to re-purpose it and use it as the pantry door in the kitchen.

I took this picture because this will be our late Fall view from the porch (minus the wagon).  Beautiful!