As promised, the full Lilac bush. The lighting wasn't great this evening, but you can see how full the bush is.
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T's are everywhere.
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This one is for my mom. You should see the bush we have here just outside the door. I'll take another one of the whole bush tomorrow. It smells like our back yard.
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Scholarship

Tristan receiving his scholarship. Woo hoo.

The week in review...

We had a really busy week while Tristan was home:
1) We hired someone with a Bobcat to help us tear out and level our entire back yard.
2) We finally had the roof above our addition fixed due to all sorts of damage that the previous owners left for us.
3) We had to tear down all the water damaged drywall from the ceiling.
4) We put up the new house numbers we got from Tristan's sister for Christmas.
5) We tore out the jungle that lived in our front yard and built a new flower bed.

Today marks the final 3-week push to finish the house in Bluff. Check the Bluff Blog to see the final product. Tristan also got an awesome scholarship for next semester, so we're really excited.

Big moon rising.
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I'm not quite back up and running, but I have been shooting with a film camera and just had the film developed and converted to a CD. Some of the siding is now up on the east wall and looks fantastic!
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Here's another one from Monument Valley. For those of you who don't check the DesignBuildBluff blog, my digital camera broke a few days ago, so the new picture updates might be a little sparse. I'll try to keep updating with old pictures just to give everyone something to do to waste time.
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Monument Valley.
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It was Terri's last day in Bluff, so we went on a hike near Monument Valley. Apparently there is a visitor's center, but I turned around too soon and instead just found a dirt road that came close. We just hiked a little bit up a wash and sat down for a little bit.
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An old jeep by our house.
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If Terri was able to name a new color of paint, it would be "Rebirth Green".
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She also painted a ton of these Hardi-planks, which will be the siding for a portion of the house. We'll apply them in a rain-screen style.
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My wonderful wife is down here in Bluff with me this weekend. She worked super hard today and nearly single-handedly rolled the bituthene out on the roof.
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For a change of pace, back to wedding photos... Here is a nice looking group!
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Holgafied Roof beams
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This is the view from Caroline's bedroom. Caroline is who we're building the house for.
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Sawdust.
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Flex-crete prior to sanding and finishing.
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