Sheathing and roof framing

It's Ebenezer!!! This stage of the project where you can run in and out of the windows is super fun.The design of the garage was deliberately low and sunk into the ground on the east and north sides to minimize the impact of this big thing in our yard, which means the window sills are quite close to grade on the outside. We were also able to reuse four of the windows from the old garage (including the one that will go here) which is one more little way to save money!

Kids in the window, of course (this one does NOT have a low sill!) But the biggest thing to notice in this picture is the roof joists up on the attic storage space!

And here Matt and Korey are lifting up, one by one, the joists for the longer east side of the garage.

Here you can see the little windows Eben was posing in earlier, as well as the big ridge beam that the joists are resting on. That one's not as big as my favorite one, but still rather impressive.

Another big part of construction is keeping the job site clean! This is a great job for the small crew. Eben's wheelbarrow is NOT just a toy!

Here Rinnah is helping Reuben pick up little bits outside.

This is my view from the top of the stairs in the existing house, looking over the flat roof of the mudroom/entry to Gavin working on sheathing the front peak of the garage.

I remember distinctly that this photo was taken on one of the Thursdays when we invited the crew in for pancakes for lunch. Eben challenged Gavin to eat 20 pancakes, but he stopped at just 10. When we came back out, there was a racoon up in the big tree!! Big day. But you can see that the sheathing is done and house-wrap is going on! Matt is happy he doesn't have to do that part. He does not love being up high on ladders with big sheets or rolls of things.

Another piece of helping - Rinnah is going for a walk with Bobbi so Dad can keep working. And what a lovely day for a walk, too! Bobbi still doesn't prefer her walker for general moving around, but it's a great form of exercise!

Ooh! Look at that! All the roof joists on, and sheathing is starting to go up on the long east side of the roof!

And a view from the back. Again, the flat roof portion on the right is where the ramp comes. The gabled part is the garage proper, with the attic storage space off-center, both to mirror the off-center peak of the 2013 addition and also to let us get the height we need for Thunder while still keeping the roof edge on the yard side nice and low (I can reach up and touch the soffit!)

Over the weekend, Bobbi took advantage of the big open space of the garage and did her 40 minute walk in circles around the garage! :D

Evania and Eben were teasing a little and throwing leaves down on her from the attic space (which doesn't have its knee wall yet, so is *completely* open! Yikes! The kids climb in and out of the space currently by taking a ladder up to the flat roof (or climbing through that aforementioned window at the top of the stairs in the original house!) and then in through the back attic window where the flat roof portion wraps around the garage (see that two photos back).