.roofing :(

as many of you may know, our roof started leaking this spring and had to be replaced. we knew we didn't have long before it finally did but when we got the bids we were astounded at how much people wanted. we figured we'd save a few grand and do it ourselves. note to self: DO NOT ROOF YOUR OWN HOUSE. ok, we we did save a lot of money but it was A LOT of work. i never thought it would be that hard. anyway, we could not have done it at all if we didn't have such wonderful family and friends who came and helped. thanks everyone. now for the pictures.

this is what we found under our soffit.. lots and lots of wasp nests.. they were NOT happy we displaced them

this is before the carport came down and the bin was delivered.. we were just mostly tearing down posts and old aluminum, preparing to tear the old roof and carport down.

one of cam's good friends from high school, jeff, was a huge help the first day we started tearing off shingles.
this is the first day we started actually tearing the old roof off, 3 layers of asphalt shingles and tar paper, and one layer of cedar shake shingles.. huge pain the butt... this is where we should have hired someone to help!

the bin was delivered and everything had to come off. we filled the whole thing up to the top, we weren't even sure if we'd stay under the weight limit...but we did by a hair.

this is the sub-roof.. we were surprised we only had to replace a few boards that were rotted.

ok, so not a flattering picture, but i wanted to prove that i helped out.. this was when blake and i were getting that nasty tar off the brick with hatchets and chisels

and to prove that cameron was working his butt off too, he was our project manager.

and this is what the baby did a lot of the time :)

we just wanted to thank everyone again.. such a huge accomplishment

so this is what it looks like now, but we have a stucco guy coming this week to finish the gables to match the garage.. we love how it turned out.