Dean and Art on the roof. A few holes here and there to ease destruction...
Dean sawing through five layers of old shingles.
The first chains are hooked up.
And a pull from Scott in the Bobcat and it flops right over!
Dan, Tina and the kids showed up later. Dan helped out in back and Tina babysat the kids all day. (I had a wedding to shoot, so I had to leave for about 5 hours.)
Here's the first casualty, a nail in Art's boot.
I missed the following actions, but my dad captured them in pictures for me. Take note of the below picture. Dan, Art and Brandon are on the roof, Dean's under the roof and Scott is in the Bobcat...
The three guys are still on the roof, but Dean is now away from the action. If you look to the right of the picture, you'll see the roof pulling away from the house. If you look to the left, you'll see three guys starting to panic!
The roof gave way! Dan made it to the small part of the remaining roof, Brandon was hanging from the roof by his fingertips and Art rode the roof to the ground! In the picture, you can see Dean and Dan helping Brandon back up to the roof. I heard Scott's eyes were as big as saucers when it happened! I always miss the best stuff! Thankfully, everyone came away unscathed. Art's hand was sore for a bit, but I think it felt better later.
Scary bit passed, now they can laugh about it! Except maybe Brandon who looks visibly shaken!
Max wants in on this action!
A little later, Jim showed up to lend a hand. Here he is in front of the LAST remaining wall!
The third casualty...Brandon makes a valiant catch as Jim loses his balance!
Going....going....
GONE!
Here's the massive debris pile. One evening this week, we'll be touching her off...what a bonfire that'll be!
The youngest (and thinnest!) among them gets the grunt work! Brandon shimmies under the decking to attach another chain.
And another Bobcat yank...there goes the floor!
No more floor!
Ummm.....the steps were a bit dusty? Thanks Art!
Don't mess with Brandon and his sledge hammer!
The fourth casualty...Jim and Art were standing on the edge of this piece of floor so it stayed on the Bobcat. When they got to the pile, Jim jumped off before Art was ready and shot him into the air. Again, no injuries, but I missed the photo-op!
Now...they SAID they were trying to break the last bit of decking away, but every one of them had a big smile on their face while they were doing it! I wish I had gotten this on video, it was hilarious!
The next three pictures I just couldn't resist! When Dean concentrates really hard on something, he tends to make faces. Today was no exception!
For those who know my brother, the next pic needs no explanation. For those who don't, he was saying, "Check out my big, fat woody!"
Ok, who gave Brandon a Sawz-All and didn't show him how to use it? Check out my brother's expression!
It's a rodeo...construction-style!
Brandon in the Bobcat!
Tomorrow (Monday) we're supposed to get a Track-Hoe in to start digging the foundation hole. Once that's done, Scott's coming back to pur the footers. The lumber store delivered our Logix-blocks on Saturday, so we'll be ready for that part when needed. Dean optimistically thinks we'll have our foundation done by this weekend coming! Here's hoping!!
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