Moving right along...

We were anxious to get out to the house and see what has been done. DH and I headed out there around lunchtime and found the interior walls on the first floor are done and the framers are now working on the joists for the second floor. I'm not sure how well things can be seen in the photos - they might just look like a jumble of 2x4s! Clicking on the photos to enlarge them will help a bit...

Alongside of the driveway was this interesting ice formation...

The garage has been framed...
DH standing in my pantry... The upper level of windows in the great room have been opened up...
View looking from the music room toward the stairs and family room...
I wonder if they could have used a few more 2x4s? :-D
We think we've decided on the exterior materials and colors for the house. The copper-colored metal goes above the front door, the shingles color is "driftwood" and is the one that the lower corner of the copper piece is touching, the hardie board color is Cobble Stone, the brick is Boral Old Salem, the Pella window trim color is Putty, and the chimney and bottom of the columns by the front door will be covered in El Dorado stone - Meseta Fieldledge. That's a lot of different materials!