I am grateful on this Thanksgiving Day that Gonzaga beat North Carolina!!!

GO DUKE!!!

Who needs Adam Morrison? Gonzaga showed life without the 'stache ain't so bad with another signature win in the NIT Season Tip-Off. So, who are these Zags who stunned No. 2 UNC on Wednesday? (from espn.com)

THEN...
And NOW.
My how the landscape of our lives change. We have been informed that our completion date has been moved up to March 15th. We pray we make it!

a few more shots of the man of the hour (see previous post for explanation)...

"is it naptime yet? i think i've been here since like 6am"

"now, if i could only remember how Krystal taught me how to measure"

just hangin with the boys...

"i only wish i had a new hammer, so i didn't have to jakey-rig this one,
my birthday is coming up, hmmm"

The Volunteer of a Lifetime...

The hours he has alraedy dedicated are COUNTLESS.
Jacob Henry Kuitert has most definitely earned the great honor
of the "Irwin Volunteer of the Year" award.
just hangin out in a foundation...

tossin the string...
nail 'em dano...

check out this nailbox...

 

Ready for the Roofers!

The front porch, can't you just picture us swinging on the patio swing? I can. I can even smell the grass growing around our trek deck and the bunting birds chirping as they flutter above us, as we drink our sweet tea and reminisce of "the good old building days". Not quite sure about the latter, but we sure will enjoy it when we get there.

See that trusty roofer? That's my great dad. He's the one that finished this sheeting job today.
The roof is now officially sheeted and ready for the roofers to arrive and do their drill.

All in a day's work...

In the morning...
By the afternoon...

Precious Noah Evans...

Will and I are just loving being on the "adopt an auntie & uncle" program for little bitty Noah. He's just precious, I'm sure you'll agree...

Auntie Krystal
The big boys and Olive

Mama and boy










My 1st Halloween

The trusty men or man...

I was instructed last night at church by Paul Glazner to get some pics of the trusty builders in my life on our blog. So here goes a tribute to Pa Glazner and his dedicated hours in the Irwin neighborhood-building project...

Check it out!!

Herein lies the Irwin abode. And no, the puddles don't come with the deal. Those will hopefully be dried out in about 7 months, if we're looking at the Oregon weather report.
This is me...trying to hide behind the neighbor's house because I hammered my thumb and I just wanted to cry by myself. I figure, it's my party and I can cry if I want to. Right?

But the honest truth? I really do need prayer...I told Will last week I was about ready to throw the towel in. This is the hardest "marathon" I've ever run and I just wasn't seeming to get my second wind. Keeping up with all of life and building my own house is a little bit much at times. So if you wouldn't mind throwing a few prayers up for perseverance to prevail in me and strength for my poor husband who probably gets a little worn down at times from my discouraged heart, that would be great.