The nearly unending saga of the roof

This roof has been the biggest struggle in this whole process so far.  Its taken months longer to install than we thought.  Its been a long and frustrating journey.  I've learned to have even more patience.  I've also learned that taking roofing photos results in an awful lot of bum pictures!

We've had a lot of help along the way.

Steve, Michael, and Eric came over to begin laying the metal sheets

First sheet on the South slope

After the first few sheets were up, Chris was able to do some on his own.  This was before he became ill

He rolled the sheets up, hauled them up and over the peak

Then unrolled and secured them

Through the whole roofing process we had several work parties!  The kids all had a lot of fun while the dads and one of the moms (I didn't get any pics of Emily up on the roof, but she was there!) were working on the house

The house from the edge of our property

Youssef, Chris, and Jessie working on the South slope

The view from my parent's property

Eric, Kevin, and Chris secure the last Southern sheet!

And finally, Austin and Chris secure the ridge cap, and its done!  I guess it wasn't unending, but it sure felt that way!