Beginnings of a Foundation

 I was on the couch with Isaiah by 5:30am the second morning after his surgery. He was still very uncomfortable and not eating right. I had drifted off to a light sleep by 6:30 and had the most bizarre dream. I dreamed that Straight Edge Construction had a weekend company campout in our backyard. They were having all kinds of fun and at some point I had had enough of watching them have fun. I finally asked why they were playing instead of working on our addition project. After some discussion they told me that the project was just too complicated and had already been delayed so long that it just wasn't worth the work involved. They were withdrawing. Next thing I knew it was 8:00 and there was a truck driving in the driveway. It was Ryan, our project manager, coming in to get the mason's set up and oversee the digging of our foundation. I knew there was a chance they would come that day, but it was not for sure until they showed up. Needless to say, the project is still on! 

We are that creepy family that watches. Since the addition is going out from our sliding door we have front row seats right now.

For all the time we've waited, it was almost disappointing that the digging only lasted an hour!

The frame was installed for the concrete footer. While they did that, the children and I went INTO the library for the first time in over a year. It felt so good! It was McDonald's for lunch...because I was willing to feed Isaiah pretty much anything he would eat. The kids thought it was really great that the mason crew pulled up right beside us in the McDonald's drive through line.

Foundation trench looking down from upstairs.

We weren't home long before the concrete mixer pulled in. That was very exciting to watch. We watched from the girls room upstairs which ended up being a great view. We could see into the mixer while water was being added and the cement turned.

It was a hot afternoon and those guys worked hard. They had to move the concrete by wheelbarrow load to reach the far side of the foundation. They were still done by 2:30.

One day of work and now we've been sitting for a week so far. At that rate....well, we won't think about that!