New Development

When we rented our house last year, we really didn't plan on staying here over a year. We had no idea, though, that I would love my new school and get the librarian position for next year. We had no idea Dusty would get a job in the same system and that Avery Claire would switch daycares.

Our rental house is around 1200 square feet. We had around 1900 and a basement before....700 sq ft makes a huge difference!
When we knew we were staying in the area, we started looking at houses for sale in our area. We really wanted 4 bedrooms: Avery Claire has to have a room, we need a guest room, and we wanted an office/playroom. There just weren't any 4 bedroom houses for sale.
Then one day I called about a house that was being built. The guy asked if we'd ever thought about building - he was a builder. I asked a few questions, told Dusty about it, and that was it. Then we kind of started talking about it. We decided to meet with the builders and just see what all building entailed. That was in the middle of June. From there, we discussed building and then decided we wanted to go for it in mid-July. The process has moved extremely fast and they are actually starting to dig our footing today - so today is actual "start day." 
 
Our lot {7-29-12}



Clearing the lot {8-7-12}
{We didn't actually clear it. :-) We just drove over to check it out.}
 
We are very excited and nervous and anxious. We feel very fortunate to be able to do this - as a coach's wife, I thought building a house of our own was something I'd never get to do. If you have any prayers to throw our way on that account, we'd appreciate it!
We hope to be in  by Christmas. They assure us we will be, but we know enough about building to know not to get our hopes up.
Family, Santa's planning to come to our new house this year - we hope you'll come celebrate with us!