Day 1 - 5/23 - Breaking Ground!!

We broke ground on our new house today!! YAY!! We are so excited to begin this process! I went over my lunch break and took a picture of the lot. I hope to be able to do this quite frequently during the summer months. Actually, if I am honest, I am torn....if I don't go everyday, I will definitely notice the progress made when I DO go....but if I do go, then I will get to watch it go up in person, which is so fun!!

Here is a picture of a pile of dirt and a little hole. But it is OUR little hole! YAY!!

With that being said, we have already run into some issues. Our builder called me today and said that they need to build up the slope more for it to be a walk-out home. We are getting final numbers on that to determine if we want to do it or not. Baron really wanted a walk-out lot, especially for the winter hockey season, so I hope the numbers don't come back too high!!

We also found out that we don't have enough sand in our soil, so we will have to bring some in to help accommodate that issue. Apparently building on black dirt is not good...who knew??

Here's to hoping that these are the only issues we run into during this process! (Ha!) But also to knowing that Baron and I can work our way through just about any issue!

Background Info :)

I decided to start this blog on our home because I have so many ideas that I want to share, but I am SURE our family and friends are getting sick of hearing them :)

A little background on us...

We have lived in our home in Rochester for about 4 years. We decided to move north to a smaller town that is on the river. My husband didn't want neighbors behind us, but I wanted neighbors AROUND us, so this lot proved to be a great compromise!!

We are excited to start this adventure and build our dream home! It is truly going to be the place we finally settle down and raise our family!

I went out yesterday and took a picture of our lot before we start building on it! Everything is all marked out for where the house will stand, so it is very exciting for us to see the placement!

I am excited to look back at this blog in the upcoming years and see how the entire home came together! It is also nice to have a place to share my thoughts, questions, and suggestions about building :)