Pouring the roof...

 Almost finished with the forming up...

 Of course, no job ought to be accomplished without some fun... :)

 The bucket brigade. They would pass the bucket from on to the next up the ladder to be emptied on the roof.

 See that guy hanging on the rope? That's how they would send the empty buckets down... Pretty neat, eh?! :)

 Here's what it looked like up on the roof...

 Mme Antonio cooking food for all the workers...

 Rose enjoyed hauling water for the concrete. :)

 Here you can see how it's all supported underneath the concrete/forms...

 getting there...

 But it got dark before they were finished... I love these silhouettes... :)

*Photo credits go to Cherise! Thanks so much!*

Coming along!

 Thought you all would enjoying seeing the progress on the addition... The roof was just poured on Friday! I don't have pictures of that yet, though...

More Addition Pictures...

I am sorry I am so behind on my posting... Seems like everything is happening so fast, and I don't have the time to keep you all posted... In these pictures, the bosses poured the top of the cistern... 

      ...Should I even admit what it looks like now??? The walls are up most of the way, and we're hoping to have the roof poured in another 2 weeks or so!

The foundation walls...

And this old relic is the dump truck that's been hauling our supplies up the mountain for us... This is the way all the block, cement and steel came... There's a sand pit about a mile from us, that we hauled most of our sand from, but the sand is running out back there, so we're having some hauled from TG too.

Mixing cement... or talking???

It will be so nice to be able to use the cistern, and that won't be any too soon. We've been hauling our water from several miles away, because it hasn't rained in so long that the springs are drying up.

This last picture shows a little more progress... I think Cherise took some current pictures today that I hope to post soon... 

Still here... :)

No, the internet is not down... the computer didn't quit (even though the keyboard is on the blink due to a water spill), and no, the camera didn't go on the blink either...

It's just... well... B.U.S.Y. around here...

See what we're doing????

 This is our new 31,000 gallon cistern! I wish it was done already - it's dry season now, and we're buying all of our water again...

Jared, Kenneth and Jonathan trailed me out to the building site, and I snapped this picture of them watching...

 It was totally intriguing watching the "boss" throwing the plaster on the walls. Even though he complained about getting a bath in mud, it kind of looked like fun! Sling, scoop, sling... :)

 And yes, this is what my front yard looks like now... The children don't like having to stay inside so much, so they're not in the way of the workers...

 This shot is from the roof of the house (yes, it is flat :)

This addition will give us the cistern, a schoolroom, laundry room, storage room, and another bathroom!

 And these were some pictures that I took a few weeks ago, and never got them posted...