Pig Shows

While Charles has been hard at work on the house, the women in our family have been at the parish and district livestock shows. Hailey has two pigs Rouge and DJ. Rouge placed second in the parish fair but didn't make the cut at the district show. DJ who placed 6th at the parish fair placed 4th at district. My niece also shows and her pig Cayenne placed 1st and then won reserve grand champion for Louisiana bred duroc. Congratulations girls.

Porch Renovations

We are currently working on renovating the porch area in the house. Charles and Freddie are working very hard along with their helpers Thad and Devon. Downstairs will soon be rewired and hopefully by the end of today the new cypress boards will be on the outside of the house.

Christmas in Nola

We spent the day in the French Quarter and then went to see the lights in city park. It was a great way to get in the mood for Christmas. I know the post is late but I just uploaded the images from my camera.

We bought a piece of History!

We have purchased a piece of history dating back to 1890. The home sits on a little under an acre of land and was built completely of cypress. The house was built by the Hanson Lumber Company as one of the first employee homes in the subdivision. The subdivision once had its own school, church, and park. Today most of the history has been erased. But our house stands as one of the true symbols of the past. I am currently working to register our oak tree in the National Tree Preservation society. It has a circumference of over 18 feet.
So far we have replaced all the rotten foundation and constructed a new front porch. I will add those photos as soon as the porch is complete.