Never a dull moment

Well we have been in our house for 3 weeks now! We have so many things we would love to do with the house but with the cold "winter" weather in the air and the holidays approaching Michael and I were both really excited to get going on the fireplace. We already had one picked out and once we decided where it was going to go Michael got busy.

The fireplace is going on the 2nd level and I didn't want it to stick out into the room so Michael had a lot more work to do. . . . we are both happy now that we decided to frame it on the outside of the house, but it was really a lot of work for him to figure out how to reinforce this 600lb fireplace.

Kaden is always ready to help Daddy with his projects. It's time to knock out the wall!!
After the wall was cut out Michael had to do some "re-framing" inside the wall for support. Then! We are ready to put the fireplace into it's new home. Again family and friends came to our rescue when it came time to move this heavy thing. Nick, Aaron, Dad Porter and our friend Dean came over to help Michael. Don't worry, the insulation doesn't really go like that. >smile<>