Ground Breaking!

After a looonnnnggg winter of waiting we were FINALLY able to break ground on March 10th. We had a couple of other proposed dates, but thanks to mother nature we were not able to make them work.

I was like a kid a Christmas that night before. I slept horrible. My alarm went off at 5:45 and I was up and getting ready. Justin thought I was cRaZy for heading out so early, but I didn't want to miss a thing! Building a home means so much to me. Without getting to in depth....I am in awe that I will have a home with a family I helped create. Some where my kids can learn and create their own memories. And hey!, if they decide to never leave, I am ok with that! ;-) lol (in 25 years remind me of this post!)

Maggie watching the backhoe being brought in

So after some talking about the placement of the house and this and that the digging finally began! Talk about awesome. Ah! I was so excited. Maggie was a hoot during the whole thing. She stayed right along her daddy and kept telling me she was "working". haha. Silly kid! I was amazed at how much dirt was moved and how fast it all happened.

Then after the hole was dug I was a little scared. It didn't look that big :-P Justin was a little annoyed with me, but hey, once again being honest. After he dug the hole he than began moving the dirt around. Holy crap that was a lot of dirt that was moved....very very fast. The yard starting taking shape again.

We have a very long and narrow piece of ground. I thought the placement of the house was going to make the back yard and front yard look small, but I think it was just the opposite. I keep joking with Justin that he is going to have A LOT of grass to mow ;-) The kiddos are going to love having so much ground to play on!...so much that Justin is talking about getting chickens. Not sure if this is a valid statement or if he is just trying to get under my skin. lol

Day 1...DONE! :-D