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  • 2/22/2026: The Storm, Concrete, and Water Woes! (With my Epic Fail)

    SUMMARY: Got most everything finished monday night for pour day. Crazy scrambling by Karianne and I to increase bracing Very little sleep Monday to Tuesday Last minute scrambling the morning of Prayers are answered, its a perfect weather day Anticlimactic… Continue reading

    2/22/2026: The Storm, Concrete, and Water Woes! (With my Epic Fail)

  • 2/16/2026: First Round of ICFs

    Summary with Video Links:  Some back filling done for the footers Block arrival unloading, and staging day Trailer can’t make it down the driveway  ICF Process begins! Little rainy,  LOTS of mud,  first 3 rows stacked a laid out  Scaffold/Brace… Continue reading

    2/16/2026: First Round of ICFs

  • 2/8/2026: Footers!

    Another week has come and gone. And a lot had to happen this week! A Quick Re-cap: Trenches were filling up with water and therefore had to get gravel Crew showed up on Wednesday to start forming the footers Had a Helical… Continue reading

    2/8/2026: Footers!

  • 2/1/2026: And So It Begins!

    I can’t decide if I’m insane, ambitious or a solid combination of both 🙂  We started! I dug up the foundation hole this weekend.  I had two days to do it, but I think I needed three.  It was a… Continue reading

    2/1/2026: And So It Begins!

  • 1/25/2026: “Banner Built” to “Raising Banners”

    Hi all! We are rebranding!  Ok, not really, but funny story…  Some of you may not know that Karianne posts these newsletters and pictures onto a blog. We had the domain ‘Bannerbuilt” but then out of the blue a couple… Continue reading

    1/25/2026: “Banner Built” to “Raising Banners”

  • 1/4/2026: The Best Way to Spend a Holiday Break

    Hey everyone! I had some time off work from  Dec-24 through Jan-2. With that time off I decided to take care of a pain point Karianne has had since October. Backstory: Right after our land sold I was tempted to… Continue reading

    1/4/2026: The Best Way to Spend a Holiday Break

  • 12/21/2025: Newsletter (Idaho Style) Pre Game!

    I hope everyone is ready for Christmas and the new year! With only one hour of church today and no meetings, today felt like a good day to get this organized and kicked off 🙂 Things are starting to get real… Continue reading

    12/21/2025: Newsletter (Idaho Style) Pre Game!

  • #43 – 9/25/2025 – The End! (or is it just beginning?)

    Hi All!! It’s been about 22 months since I last gave an update. It’s hard to believe how fast time flies. I have wanted to write this letter for well over a year. However, I could not write it until… Continue reading

    #43 – 9/25/2025 – The End! (or is it just beginning?)