Well friends, it's official! We have started construction on our new home! God has blessed us abdundantly with this land and with a Dad that is a custom home builder! Our attitude about this property is that we are mere stewards of what God has given us, so we fully intend to glorify Him through our home! Our vision to is open our house to others and to use it for fellowship and furtherance of God's kingdom. Since my Dad is a builder, we are able to save a TON of money - so we are getting a much bigger home than what we are actually paying for. Since we a building a good size home, we just want it to be filled with people, all of the time! We are designing it with this in mind too - we'll have a big kitchen for people to congregate in, and a large great room (combining the family and living room) for large groups to socialize and relax in. We can't wait :)
First thing you need to know - who is in charge? One might think it's my Dad, but it's really our family dog, Bailee.
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| Dad consulting Bailee about the house |
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| The real supervisor! |
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| She learned how to get out of the house without stepping in wet concrete - so smart! |
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Bailee, taking a break from her hard work
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Here's our land, before construction was started. Our land is 4.5 acres. We have neighbors to our left, right, and front, but have woods and a field behind us, for lots of privacy!
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| Our land, untouched |
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The beautiful view from the back of our house! I can't wait to enjoy our land!
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| Me, very weakly breaking ground! |
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| Scott was much better (and stronger) at breaking ground than me |
Scott and I have been very blessed to be able to witness a lot of the construction so far. We used Superior Walls for our foundation. They pour the conrete walls in sections and then use a crane to put them in place. It was really fun to watch! Yesterday and today they have been pouring the concrete basement floor. So after today, we will have a complete foundation, so that means next week my Dad can start framing up the walls, and then our house will really start to take shape.
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| Putting the Superior Walls into place |
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Thanks for sharing in our fun! We are so excited for our house to be built and we are so excited to have YOU come visit us in our new home :)
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