Building a Dream - Garage Concrete

In typical Chad Dietrich fashion, much has taken place in a short period of time at our lake lot.

While my husband is good at many things, he is a master at design work.  He has great vision, and he can somehow take a rock and turn it into a diamond.  Our lot was nice when we bought it, but I am shocked and awed at the way he has transformed the place with his large equipment.  A bit more dirt in some areas and a bit less in others has changed the place immensely.  (Much more than photos can express!)

In addition to dirt work, he and a couple of our employees have poured the concrete slab for our garage.  (I am not sure who is happiest about the lake garage, Chad and I. . . or Sierra.  Currently her vehicle sits outside because the garage is full of toys.  Once the toys are tucked into the lake garage, she gets to park inside.)  A few other employees have been building the wall panels inside the shop.  If things go as planned, the garage will be standing very soon.

 Chad spent Thursday through Sunday at the lake.  Since the kids had school and other activities, I was only there for about an hour on Saturday.  He is great at sending me photo updates.  And because he knows me so well, he sent me a picture of the sunset view.  That is love people, especially since he is not a sky guy.  (Also notice the spruce trees that he planted.  The lot is on a cliff.  One side is well protected from the ND wind by existing trees.  On the other side we are creating a windbreak of our own.  We could not find anyone local to haul trees in, so we bought the tallest trees we could move ourselves in the hopes that it won't be too long before we will reap the benefits!  So far six are planted.  We have 8 more to haul up next week.)

 Crummy cell phone picture - but it does document the size of the trees!

Tay Tay was so happy to see her daddy.  They found a pretty spot for a water break.

As he was leaving today, Chad took this photo.  It does a good job of showing how he enlarged the front of the lot by filling in a low spot.  The camper is sitting near where we will build the cabin.

This will have an entirely different look by next October!  It will be an exciting year to come.