End of Summer - Back to the good life

Well, we're all back in GDL and settling down for the school year.  Classes start on Monday (finally).  Stina's Mom, Betsy has come down and is helping us take care of the kids while we scope out a new nanny.  We're still looking but have a candidate that's looking promising.

Progress on the house plods along.  As you can see from the photos, the right side of the house is now complete as is the upper porch.  

A portion of the front is also complete which leaves only the lower front porch.  My goal is to have the exterior of the house complete by the end of Sept.  From there we redo the front yard, the fence and gates in front, the fence on the left, and finally the master bath.  If we can have all this complete by X-mas, we'll be delighted.  Stay tuned.