block work

No quilt blocks;

the blocks worked on this week

were of the cement variety...

Seven pallets of lightweight block 

were delivered around 3:00 Monday afternoon.

Jesse and his crew had 4 of the pallets unloaded in no time.

They showed up at 8:00 Tuesday morning

and worked a full day,

taking a short break for lunch

and a tiny ice cream break mid afternoon.

The guys were super nice,

patiently answered questions,

taught us a little about block work,

and let the kids and I help a little (on the places that won't show ;-)

(except Bran' - he helped with the real work...)

Jesse said Brandon caught on quick

and was pretty good for a beginner.

We'll have to go back and add the block under the LEM after we move it,

and Brandon feels pretty confident that he and Tyler can do that themselves. :-)

They came back this morning again,

a little before 8 this time,

and finished up before noon.

speaking of garages.... This was snapped right outside of the boy's bedroom - looking into (or rather, under) the garage

front of the house, the mudroom is there on the right :-)

the back porch area - the living room is straight ahead.
(I may end up with a nice little collection of pallets :-)

crawlspace access, under the dining room

Tomorrow,

Daniel (the concrete guy) comes back

to get the garage ready for concrete on Friday morning.

(Jeremiah wasn't really keen to do any block work;
he was more interested in fishing...)