Above and below - progress on the ductwork.
Above - Brian and Kenny working on the ductwork. Below - the new garage doors were installed on Saturday. We haven't taken the protective plastic off yet, but you get the idea.
Below is the underground propane tank.
Just before sunset: a view of the south side with the covered underground cistern on the left. Today a water truck came and put some water in to keep it from floating until we attach all of the fittings and backfill it.
Above: the electric line and trench just before inspection. 
Above: The electric trench where it meets the house. This is where the electric meter and panel will be.
Below: A view of the current state of our front yard.
Above: A nice morning view of our east side shade trees. These trees on the south-east side help to keep the house cool in the summer. The kids are having fun playing in the mud.
Above: The rainwater catchment tank (cistern) was delivered on Friday morning. It's a 1700 gallon tank and will be installed undergrond to hold water for our toilet flushing, washing machine, and outdoor hose spigots.
Below: A quick sneak onto the neighbor's property gives us this peek at the new house roof. There's only one piece left to finish, but it's a cut piece so we need to get some electric shears to cut it. This is basically the view of the house from the road too, but eventually we'll fill in the lower part with some nice landscaping.
Here are a few more pics of the sewer line going in. The tap in went well and we passed the before and after inspection. The inspector asked if he could be included on our first tour. Anyway, then the sewer/water contractor spent the rest of the day filling the trench back in. He finished up about 6:30 pm - just before Kenny and crew finished the roof. Then of course it started raining, so he probably won't start digging for the water line or electric until next week or later, since it calls for rain all next week too. Augh!
Now don't try this at home folks . . .
This weekend we hope to finish up the house roof and continue with HVAC inside. If we're really lucky, we might get to the garage roof or the rest of the house roof trim????
Today was a beautiful early fall day. It was just one of those perfect days - not too hot, not too windy, but a nice breeze, and a nice blue sky with a few white clouds. Kenny, his brother, and his Dad literally spent from sun up to sun down putting roofing on today. Rain is expected tonight and tomorrow (actually there's a thunderstorm going through right now), so they tried to get as much finished as possible. There's about 10 pieces left that need to be finished - hopefully if the rain clears out, we can get those down in the next few days. We still have the garage roof and some trim pieces to do, but you can see from the picture above that the standing seam metal roof really has a nice clean look to it. 
I spent the day taking pictures and "getting stuff." Above you can see what was my view from the highest point on the house roof looking north to the Tealtown Baseball Fields. Our shed is in the lower right. Below is Kenny securing down a piece of roofing. 
Below you can see the Nutter boys. Kenny is farthest down, his Dad is in the middle, and his brother is closest. They really had a system going!
Below is a view looking up from the ground. Can a sky get any more blue? This is as they were working on the first few pieces on the east end. 
Above: The north side of the house. Notice the roofing stacked on the garage roof. Below: The shed is almost finished! We just have a few trim pieces, cleaning some dust off, and some touch up paint.
Trenching for sewer line.
