The Difference a Week Makes

It has been a busy last couple of weeks.  About three weeks ago, on June 26, we finally broke ground on the house.  It was a very exciting day and that alone would have been big enough news.  However, that evening we had someone stop by to take a second look at our house and by the time the showing was over we had an offer for a lease to own with the cash down payment already in our hands.  Add onto all this excitement is the fact that the couple buying the house wanted in ASAP and it left us with about a week and a half to move completely out of our house and into Becca's sister's basement.  Needless to say it's been a whirlwind.  In fact, tonight, nearly three weeks later is the first night I've been able to get the computer hooked up to the internet so I could sit down and write this entry.  A lot more has happened to the house since then including footings, foundation, and fill but I hope to come back this week and write a few more entries on each of those phases.  In the mean time, here are some pictures of the footings that were poured after the ground breaking.  I'm very happy to say that the house looks completely different than this today so stay tuned for more.