Under Construction

When Daniel and I first built our house the summer of 2007, one of the things that we REALLY wanted was a covered patio.  That was not a standard option for our house and the builder wanted way too much money to add it to our plan.  We decided to settle for little larger pad and then plan on doing our own addition later.  (Of course, six months after we built our house, they added a covered patio as a standard option.  We are now the only house on our street that doesn't have a covered patio)  The time to fix that has finally come!

Here is a picture of our current patio.  Nice sized but, because of the way our house faces, it is ALWAYS in the the direct sunlight!

Did you notice Dane trying to peek out the window in the door? :)

Now my backyard has looked like this for about a week and a half now, but that's okay because it means things are getting done!

 We started off by adding a little extra concrete onto our current pad to make it larger.

Because of the slope of our yard at that point and the additional concrete, we are going to have to add some new dirt and grass. 

A few days ago they put up all the framework....yay!!!

Since I have taken pictures, they have added the decking and are starting to install the lights and fans, etc.  The roofing people are supposed to start their thing tomorrow....both the patio and my whole house that is still in its "damaged state" from the storm in April.  It will definitely be nice to not have blue tarps covering the small holes in my roof! :)

There are still several things that we want to do after this part is finished (cabinets, grill, etc.) but I am so excited that it is actually in the works.....I will keep you posted!