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The crew finished the upstairs framing today, in spite of random, occasional snow flurries. (Snow flurries? April 29th? What!?)

This much smaller level will be entirely enclosed in a shed dormer facing into the back yard. The boys' bedrooms and bathroom, and a utility closet, make up the entire level.

There are no stair going up to the upper echelons of the house yet, but the boys cannot wait to get up and run around in their new bedrooms.

Alison Moore Smith is a 61-year-old entrepreneur who graduated from BYU in 1987. She has been (very happily) married to Samuel M. Smith for 40 years. They are parents of six incredible children and grandparents to two astounding grandsons. She is the author of The 7 Success Habits of Homeschoolers.