River View From "Our House"

Let The Building Begin!!!! Yay!!!

This is getting so exciting now! As of last Friday, we have a subfloor for our main level and as of today we have framing for the main level as well! Are we excited???? YES WE ARE!! It seems to be moving along so quickly, I hope the pace can continue. Although, as seasoned home builders have informed us (no names mentioned here!) building a home is a timely process. In fact, it's very long and drawn out. As for now, we're feeling pretty optimistic. So happy to be able to actually walk around on what will eventually be our home. : )

From Laborers To Project Directors

After the foundation was poured the next step before installing the subfloor was to pour the concrete slab for the crawl space. Remember how we had to put in a ridiculous 4 foot foundation? Well, part of that paid off since the depth allowed us to use our crawl space as the supply plenum for the HVAC system. Our wonderful structural engineer, Harold, designed this for us. Thanks Harold! The entire length & width of our crawl space is cemented. What's more, the kids think it's a fun place to play. Although, it's very dark since there are no windows. I am thinking it could be a good "dog house" for Casey! Just kidding!!!! : ) he he
Kaven & Kira had a blast watching the concrete truck pour the slabs for this. As you can see, they were very into their "directing" positions.

We're not breaking child labor laws....really!

Kaven & Kira have grown to love "going to see our property" nearly every night of the week (or as often as possible). Kaven mostly enjoys throwing rocks off of the bank and I think he could do this for hours upon hours. Kira loves walking around and singing all of her favorite "Little Mermaid" songs. She serenades us throughout every day of her life! On this particular day, they found something they both loved. A shovel and a rake and lots of rocks! We nearly had to pry their hands off of the handles to get them out of there. Actually, we threatened them that Kendall (our builder) would be upset with us if he knew we were using his tools. : ) Fun times!

Foundation Is Poured

Okay, this post is almost a month old! I am failing my blogging class!!! I am clearly not very disciplined at keeping this blog updated. I am going to try to do a better job at posting more often. I hope I don't eat my words. The first of July is when the foundation for the house was poured and there has been a lot of progress since then (the next few posts to follow will bring us up to date). The foundation is the backbone of the home, which made this step of our journey an exciting one.