Jeff's Barn Raising

This weekend is our friend Jeff's barn raising.

Dad left early this morning because he's the man in charge. Mom took us for walkies and left an hour later taking cookies with her. She did share one with us before she left! yeaaaaaaa

That's our dad in the red bandana.  They're preparing to raise the first bent.  A bent consists of 3 posts and a tie beam and hurricane braces.  

This is the director's chair that Jeff and his wife Marsha presented to our dad.  Dad never sits down at a raising but if he needs to, he has his very own personal chair!  He also has a voice that booms so we're not sure about the megaphone!

OOPS, the video should be before this photo because this picture shows that the first bent is already up.

This is bent #1 going up!

And this is bent #2 going up. 

See what we mean about our dads booming voice!

 This is bent #3 being shuffled into place.
There isn't enough room on the foundation to work with 4 bents all at once, so two are placed on the foundation and raised and the other two are off in the grass all built and ready to go and when they're needed, the timber framers carry them up on deck one at a time. 
There is also not enough room to lift these guys into their permanent home in one shot, so they are raised and then carefully shuffled into place

 Mom took a peak in Jeff and Marsha's family room at the clock that everyone was talking about.    Wow! What a cool clock!

 And check out this cake that timber framer, Katie made.   What a talented girl!  They aren't actually going to cut into that work of art, are they? 

 Mom did bring us a pressie.  A hat!   We were sorta hoping for edibles, mom!

 Tonight is the first barn pawty and this is the bottle that will be presented to Jeff and Marsha!

Barn raisings are a lot of fun!  We wish we could have gone to this one.  We hear that pizza is on the menu for tonight!

So until next time................

Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch