Building A Porch...*in the snow*!

So....*someday* I would actually like to make the front room of our home (which is the schoolroom right now) into a *real* porch...with a swing and everything! ;) But for now....it is what it is...and we just had cement stairs leading up to the door. See a pic of it all HERE.

As you would go up the steps and open the door...you would have to back up to get the door open...so actually you would have to go back down the steps. It was a pain and with me being a tax collector for my area now...I needed to make it more convenient for people when they come to pay their taxes.


Chris's uncle is a carpenter and agreed to help Chris with building it this past Saturday! Yes...in the *snow*!!! Such awesome guys they are! :) First....Chris had to move our outdoor swing! I offered to throw on some boots and help...but he said he could get it on his own...and he did! .......

Ahahahaha! My strong and awesome hubby......

Then he used the tractor to clear some of the tons of snow away from the front of the house!

My cutie Xavier.....

Madelyn....ready to *work* (goggles and all!).....

Before the new porch could begin being built....we had to move the cement steps....but, they didn't want to move. So Chris and his uncle went down to the family garage to get the backhoe. Luckily, they found Adam (Chris' cousin's husband) who is an ace with the backhoe. He came up and dug and pushed the steps away from the house. They were so hooked to the house that when he moved them...it actually pulled the wall out away a bit from the rest of the enclosed porch! I panicked slightly. **It's all OK now though!**

I took a few of these pics from inside, obviously. :) While watching out the windows, I was also busy planning X's schooling for the next week and also receipting taxes! :)

I took a break from my work inside and came out to take a look at how it was coming along....
They were doing a great job! (But wow....snow+ dirt= a huge mess!)

Here is a pic from the doorway in the house.....

And here is my new lil porch so far.......

The steps are temporary until Chris gets the proper wood to attach to them. The big pole sticking up from the porch will be cut down. It is where the hand rail will be anchored. :) So....it isn't completely finished yet...but I love it so far! Can you just picture all the flowers I can plant around it and how pretty I can decorate it? (I am picturing an old chair in the corner and a large crock with flowers planted in it!)

Oh....how I can't wait for spring! It's March 1st and the snow is just depressing now! I am ready for it all to melt and for the green grass and pretty flowers to start growing!!! :) Anyone else ready for spring???