The hugh crane got here 7am and against Dougs, advice drove to the front of the lot and buried the front wheels. Luckily Larry left the keys in the dozer and there was someone on site who knew how to drive it and pulled the crane out.
There was one hugh trailer used just to transport the counter weights for the crane. that alone took an hour to transfer. (I have a pic but this blog stuff stinks and I'm tired of trying to load them.)

Here they're swinging the 2nd half of the house onto the foundation, all 16'x 60' of house! The crane operator said one half weighed 25,000 lbs!

We couldn't believe how they manipulate the boxes onto the foundation, just push it right in place, well maybe not that simple but it was slick!

Here's the cross section of the kitchen. Isn't it beautiful?! Our daughter Karen designed the house and we couldn't be more happy. The morning sun will stream in through the french doors. That is a hugh island in the center sized just for me. (the posts in the center will be removed)

After 10 long hours of work - between the crane operator, trailer drivers, escorts, contractors, QC guys, marketing guy taking a video and a host of others who stopped by, we had a yard full. They had a hard working crew there, never even took a lunch break. So end of the first day it was all assembled and then covered with tarps. (how lucky we were to have beautiful weather after the past 6 weeks of rain!)

I just couldn't believe we finally will have a home that I can move around in without bumping into everything.

Here we are the end of day 2. What a difference!! The roof is almost complete. I still haven't been inside though. Although they can build a ramp, there are all kinds of materials on the floor inside. Tomorrow for sure! This is the backside, I have to say, this is my first time viewing the back, I didn't know Doug had taken this picture. It's beautiful and brought a tear to my eye.