New siding, etc, etc.

We are in the process of re-siding our house and painting (obviously) and adding some new cedar shake trim. I am soo excited. Here is a picture of our house before (we are taking out all the brick in front too) and then one from today which was demo day 1.

Kevin's younger brothers both came over this morning and I took the boys over to Grandma's house and we went at it. We got all the siding off, and I made about 100 wheelbarrow trips into the big dumpster. We have the guys coming over again tomorrow to finish the cleanup and ripping out the deck out back. We found that we have some termite damage that we have to look into. Hopefully nothing that will cost us too much... i hate those unexpected things that really hurt the wallet, like when your car breaks down, or something like this happens. Anyhow, of course I will be posting about the house when it is finished.. in a week or two.