groundbreaking!

Big news!!! After months of dealing with county zoning, surveyors and shady builders, we finally broke ground on our new home last Friday!  I think it's the prettiest hole in the ground I've ever seen.

Dig dig dig!

Here's the view to the Northeast from our future walk-out basement.  Looks can be a little deceiving: those are all thorn trees and cows have destroyed the pond.  We heard you can burn off the thorns, so nothing a blow torch and excavator can't fix!

View to the Northeast

Em didn't want to get down in the dirt, but she finally figured out how fun it was to stomp on the dirt clods. Here she is standing in the garage.

Testing out the soil compaction. Good hard clay!

This weekend we picked out our garage doors, fireplace and windows, and visited the model to look at every little fixture, outlet and pull. So many decisions to be made in the next few months! But so fun!

Em testing out the new tub.

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Saturday was also Big E's first basketball game!  His first words when it was over? "I don't get it." He's still working on the concept of offense and not defending your own teammates. But he still had fun!

Here's his highlight reel!