Arena

The back pasture before we broke ground

Back Pasture

Back Pasture. (Look how green it is!)

Here are some Haffies grazing where the building will be.

Cutting the Trees

More Tree Cutting

Hauling away all the cut trees

Starting to pour the footers

More pouring of the footers

And still more pouring...

....still pouring...

...and pouring...

...Finally done! Now to start on the block work.

More block work.

Rafiki loved to dig holes in the freshly bulldozed dirt

Rafiki playing in the dirt

Side Beams start going up!

More side beams with bracing

More side beams (check out that nice block work!)

All the side beams are up!

Getting ready to start on the roof beams

...And the roof beams are up!

It's starting to look like a real building!

View of the roof beams from the other side

Starting the roof bracing

Halfway done with the roof bracing!

View from the back of the arena

Roof bracing complete!

View from the inside

Starting on the walls! Check out all the insulation!

Putting up more of the side walls

A view of the started break room (see the door into the arena!)

Starting on the roof!

More side walls up

More roof going on

Almost halfway done with the roof!

View of the roof from the inside

About to take a ride up to the ceiling in the man-lift!

Looking down on the arena

Looking down on the arena the other way

Hurricane Sandy ripped down some of the insulation and the roofing!

The Hurricane also snapped a bunch of these metal straps

Repairing the storm damage

More repairing from the storm

The side of the roof is all done!

The back of the building is all done!

Working on finishing the other side of the roof

The roof is finished!!

Starting on the end of the building

We can start riding in it!

The inside of the completed end

The outside of the completed end (it's a little dirty!)

The block work for the storage rooms is complete!

This will be the break room - the block work is complete

Starting on the end of the building closest to the Stable

Working on the end closet to the Stable

The inside liner has started going up

Look at all that completed block work!

More of the end wall is finished

The man-lift ferries the siding up, one piece at a time

The end wall is finished!

The inside liner is finished on one wall!

Framing in for the additional rooms off the side begins

Framing in of the two storage rooms

"Stone Ally" (This middle section will have stone on all the walls)

Starting to frame in the break room

More of the break room is framed in (check out those windows and doors!)

The view from inside the arena looking out at the break room

Preparing to begin the roof of the break room

Starting the roof of the break room!

View from the inside of the arena of the break room

More roof work on the break room

More of Stone Alley is completed

The roof of the break room is half finished!

The break room roof is completed! (And already covered in snow!)

The inside liner of the back wall is partially done

Working on the roof above Stone Alley

Roof above Stone Alley is complete!

Rafi loves the snow!

Rafi keeps me company while I check out the progress

The sides are up on the storage rooms! And the roof is partially done!

The roof is completed above the storage rooms!

The stone work has begun!

The end wall liner is complete!

The garage doors are in!

View of the garage door from the other side

End wall garage door is in!

Side garage door is in!

Picture of the girls riding in the indoor

Two types of horsepower!

What dad thinks we should do with the arena :)

View of all the completed garage doors!

One completed side of Stone Alley

The other side of Stone Alley

The windows are in on the break room!

More windows in the break room

The inside liner is complete! The gap is where the break room window will go

The completed side of the arena

Stone Alley is complete!

Check out the cool round window in stone alley

View of the break room ceiling

View of the break room looking from other side

Stonework is almost completed on the front!

Stone work under the overhang

Working on the roof of the break room porch

Working on the roof of the break room porch

Oops! The wrong siding got put on the break room! It's supposed to be cedar!

The front of the break room. Check out the door and windows!

The metal siding was all taken off so that Tyvek could be put on underneath

Take 2 on the break room, this time with Cedar!

The break room with cedar on it this time!

View of the whole arena

View of the completed front

The gutters and downspouts are on!

Stone work on the back of the stable is complete!

Putting the lights up

Putting the cedar siding on the break room

Cedar siding is complete!

Concrete pouring time!

Concrete poured in the storage room

Concrete floor poured in equipment storage room

Concrete pad being poured in front of dad's equipment storage room

Leveling the concrete

Concrete pad is complete!

Pouring the back concrete pad

Leveling the back concrete pad

Pouring the concrete pad in stone ally

Leveling the concrete pad in stone ally

The concrete pad is finished!

Putting horseshoes into the concrete (this will look so cool!)

Putting the siding up on the underside of the overhang

Underside of the overhang is complete!

Pouring the concrete pad outside of the break room

Pouring concrete floor of the break room

Break room ceiling is finished!

Break room drywall is up, mudded and taped

Wainscoting is completed

Fireplace going in

A view of the finished interior

A second view of the finished interior

The back pasture before seeding

Side view of the back pasture before seeding

Full circle! Here is the back pasture with grass growing in

Full Circle! Back pasture after seeding (look how green it is!)

Here is the front of the break room

Here is the break room with the fireplace in!