 enlarge 54KB, 640x480 1 Craig, Dave and Ellen going over plans for the wall framing. Actually, Ellen is starting to wonder what she got herself into.
|  enlarge 68KB, 640x480 2 All walls are complete and ready to be leveled and braced
|  enlarge 52KB, 640x480 3 Left rear corner of wall framing
|  enlarge 51KB, 480x640 4 Bill nailing off the walls with the help of his trusty ankle protectors
|  enlarge 50KB, 640x480 5 David, Rick and Phil discussing the proper use of the manly orange nail gun.
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 enlarge 46KB, 480x640 6 Susan doing a little house keeping. What an amazing asset to our team!
|  enlarge 48KB, 480x640 7 Phil is doing his best to keep the walls from tipping over
|  enlarge 55KB, 640x480 8 Ellen wasted no time blending in with the crew (except for her pink sweathshirt)
|  enlarge 46KB, 480x640 9 Here the wall-leveling crew takes over
|  enlarge 42KB, 640x480 10 Ellen is finally standing upright after a long day bent over with a nail gun in her hand.
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 enlarge 47KB, 640x480 11 Pastor Dave is shown here with Lauren fresh back from his stint in the Army. (just kidding)
|  enlarge 59KB, 640x480 12 Every house has a skeleton
|  enlarge 57KB, 640x480 13 Brent is barking orders again.
|  enlarge 62KB, 640x480 14 FEMA cottage next to where Mrs. Gaines' new home will be built.
|  enlarge 61KB, 640x480 15 Mrs. Gaines' new foundation.
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 enlarge 49KB, 640x480 16 RedSox Nation has the last laugh. Mick (not Mickey Mantle)was a good sport about it though.
|  enlarge 45KB, 640x480 17 Lauren shows off her new Beach Body "If you didn't know th..." View Comments...
|  enlarge 45KB, 640x480 18 Ellen asking "which end of the hammer do I use, Dave" as Chris waits for us to get back to work
|  enlarge 47KB, 480x640 19 Takes a lot of studs to build a house (and a few gals)
|  enlarge 57KB, 480x640 20 Dave is deep in thought as he prepares to lead his crew
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 enlarge 48KB, 640x480 21 A special feast was served at the house dedication on Murray St on January 11th. Some great BBQ!
|  enlarge 44KB, 640x480 22 Bernadette from Oxfam (middle) along with the homeowner's brother during the dedication
|  enlarge 42KB, 640x480 23 Derek and his group of personal assistants as they get ready for a lumber run.
|  enlarge 51KB, 640x480 24 All the wall plates are laid out and ready to be assembled
|  enlarge 48KB, 480x640 25 Applying wall sheathing plumb and level
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 enlarge 64KB, 640x480 26 Getting ready for lunch. Have grille, will travel.
|  enlarge 59KB, 640x480 27 Another view of the wall framing
|  enlarge 66KB, 640x480 28 Walls ready to be assembled
|  enlarge 48KB, 640x480 29 Lauren sinking her teeth into a header sandwich
|  enlarge 21KB, 640x480 30 Sunset from our hotel room window
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 enlarge 64KB, 640x480 31 Bart Tucker holding his weekly Monday morning orientation.
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32 Walls ready to be raised
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33 Small video clip of the framing crew
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