Habitat for Humanity Day!

A couple weeks ago kyle suggested to some of our friends working for a day on a Habitat for Humanity build. We all thought it was a wonderful idea and jumped on board to do it. When I say "we all" I mean:

Kathleen, Chris, Chuck & Taylor:

and Marshal, Molly, myself, and Kyle!

We got there at 8:00 sharp to sign in and eat some donuts. There was a larger crowd then we thought would be there, and that's because there were numerous houses being built at the same time. Also there were the future owners of the homes, and they spoke a little about themselves and how much it means to them that we are helping. Habitat for Humanity workers split the crowd into 3 groups, so all of us stuck together to help on one house. Once we were divided into houses, we then had to volunteer to work on certain steps. All the guys chose to work on the shingling the roof. They ended up working on it ALL day, but finished it and had some funny stories at the end. They roof definitely wouldn't have gotten done without these guys, and they all did such a great job!

Chris & Marshal:

Here they are coming down for a lunch break!
For lunch Outback provided free burgers for everyone. They were DELICIOUS and we all enjoyed getting the break for lunch to relax and trade stories.

Molly, Kathleen, and I did not want to work on siding, so we volunteered for insulation. They gave us face masks and instructions, and let us get to it. I do have to admit, we were the BEST insulation team in there and got 3 rooms done and took a break before any of the other people finished 1 room! We have a TON of funny stories, but most of them consisted of no one thinking "the 3 blondes" could not do a thing, and we proved them wrong for sure! Behind us in this photo is the insulation we put in the walls, and after we finished that we also did insulation in the ceiling. We finally asked for goggles b/c our eyes were hurting so bad, so I picked out the most hideous glasses I could find to help lighten up the mood :)

Here is the rest of the insulation team. The lady in the bottom row, second from the left is the one who's house we were building!

After we finished insulation, the 3 girls were recruited to do siding. That process was more frustrating/hilarious as we had a "know-it-all" bossing us around then switched to complimenting us 24-7. We only did that for a little while before the guys finished the roof and were ready to go. But atleast we did learn how to insulate, shingle roofs, and side a house! Over all we had a great time and it was a great way to spend our days helping out others in the community. After everyone went home and took showers, they all came over to our house for pizza and hanging out. We all went to bed early and woke up sore!