Build Update

Happy Sunday!

We had a really nice bunch of meetings today.

Rod started with a Bishopric meeting.

(I sat in the chapel and read...)

Then we had Ward Council.

Then an excellent Sacrament Mtg with

some really good speakers.

Then Sunday School.

I got called out to help with an issue,

and ended up having an impromptu 

Temple and Family History meeting

since I won't be there next week.

I got to visit with a couple of the sisters

in my ministering district, they are all

elderly and so sweet!

It was fun chatting with them while I

waited for Rod to finish up his meetings.

And then we drove home, inhaled a quick

peanut butter and peach jam sandwich

and jumped back in the car to drive out

to the farm.

This is what it looked like last night.

Rod and Kyle got the floor all done!

Well, Rod and I made a trip into Hays in

the morning to get screws and other

fasteners... and then he headed out there.

A couple hours later he called, he was

on his way back into town for another

Home Depot trip for some MORE (different)

screws - these were for one of the guns.

Once Kyle got those, and he and I snapped

some chalk lines on the floors, he was

able to get about a third of it screwed down.

So this morning he finished that.

And after just 3 hours, this is what he did

this afternoon!

I know, it looks weird,

but that is the entire 40' east wall!

Ready to install the zip boards and then

stand up!

(Except he is going to do ALL the walls

while they are laying down and then

he will stand them up all at once. Easier

to stand one, brace it, stand another, brace it

but also attach to the first wall... etc all the

way around, so he doesn't have to worry about

them blowing down overnight or anything.)

Kansas.

Wind is a THING out here.

Anyhow.

He was pleased with his progress today,

so he knocked off a bit early so he could

feed the pigs and take the dogs for a 

walk BEFORE the sun went down.

And then he is heading into town for dinner

with us and to pick up his single bed

from his old bedroom.

He'll set it up in his living room so Jim

has a place to sleep.

So....

that's the progress report for today!

More tomorrow!