The Shed

The end of May, I wrote about laying a foundation as a family. The foundation for Sterling's shed. A little more work has been done. Its exciting to see the progress and Sterling's creativity as his vision comes to life.

Foundation and porch.

Framing

Walls and Sydney risking her life to help put up the roof.

Brick work.

Its always fun to see Sterling go to work on his projects. All the planning, counseling with Sal, power tools, Home Depot trips. But the best part is how he involves the children. A family that works together ... is awesome!

Building a foundation - literally

Our family is building a foundation, literally. Sterling has planned and prepared and spent a lot of time dreaming about his little shed in the back. The planning and dreaming is one of the best parts of the project. The other best part is working together as a family to accomplish the dream. 

The morning finally arrived to the lay the foundation for the shed. 

We each had our specific jobs. Syd added water while Ster and Parker mixed the concrete. Mill, Ray and Hash were the stompers, to get the air bubbles out. And I was the finisher.

FOOTINGS:

First we laid the footings and let that set up for a week. 

High-Five, anyone?

The next week, we took over our same roles and laid the foundation. 

FLOOR:

Finishing touches.

Sterling also wants to lay brick. So he had to put long steel plates down to put the bricks on. Lots of sparks fly when you cut steel, let me tell you.

Porch

Rachel painting the steel plates.

It has been so fun to work on this together as a family. 

Next up, walls!