Upper Level Decking 10/04/2011
 CJ standing in our loft study area  Master bedroom with view across Lake Clark  House from the driveway 4 Comments Main Floor Decking 10/02/2011
 Living Room  Kitchen/Dining Room Framing & Decking 10/01/2011
 Standing in the crawlspace  Trying to get an idea of the view from the front door  Frame work for the basement stairway  Enjoying having Joe around PTA for a while & his help building the house  CJ & Joe chatting in the kitchen/dining area Foundation & Basement Progress 09/27/2011
 Basement & crawlspace framing  Window frame in our unfinished basement (soon to be workout area)  Happy Fall from our fierce guard dog! Mike & Pam's Visit 09/26/2011
 An excellent week with Mike & Pam!  Spending Papa Mike's birthday in Talkeetna, AK.  Watching our second DC-6 house load land  Tricky unloading of the septic tank A Flying House? 09/15/2011
 That's right, all our building materials arrive via aircraft.  Our first DC-6 charter arrived last night full of treated wood for our foundation & basement. Breaking Ground 09/12/2011
 Brush cleared & house corners staked out  Daylight basement & foundation ground work has begun  Driveway course chosen & marked with spray paint  Driveway created with gravel harvested from our house dirt work Tundra Turnaround 09/06/2011
We are in the thick of designing a house & realized every cozy home needs a name. After much deliberation & not much contest, ours will be affectionately called Tundra Turnaround. There are many reasons for this name, one of the more obvious being that the land is covered with lush tundra, including blueberries & lowbush cranberries. The mosquitos are horrid, so some tundra must go to maintain sanity & allow for the actual construction of the house. Not all will be lost however, because I love the soft tundra & so does Teco. Our property is connected to the Wilder/Natwick runway via a gravel road wide enough to taxi an aircraft down. That being said, we plan on clearing a tie down area in the yard for visiting aircraft & maybe one day a plane of our own. A very our- house-appropriate definition of the word "turnaround": the process of or time needed for loading, unloading, and servicing an aircraft until the next trip. Land of Our Own 09/04/2011
This summer we committed to the unthinkable. We purchased an acre of raw land in the remote, air access only village of Port Alsworth, AK. Even more incredible, CJ & I mentally established ourselves somewhere for longer than one year! After what seemed to be a huge & difficult decision - to buy or not to buy - we are totally relieved & overjoyed to have a small plot of dirt & trees of our very own. Most evenings we take Teco on walks to our acre to dream & plan & pick berries & breathe the fresh air. Our prayer is that this beautiful little section of land would be a blessing to many people.  A Week With Our Sisters 08/13/2011
 CJ with Amanda on her wedding day  Autumn with Christy on her first horse ride |  I lift my eyes to the hills - where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven & earth.
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