Groundbreaking Ceremony

So back in March (I think) we were talking to some friends of ours who had recently bought a lot that they were going to build a house on. And there was an open lot next to theirs. So, though Adam and I had no plans to be moving, we decided to at least look into it.

After much discussion, thought, and prayer, we decided to buy the lot, build a house, and move our little family! Sometimes it still seems crazy and unbelievable that we are doing this.

So before any digging began, we decided to have an official ground breaking ceremony. :)

One of our new neighbors invited us, the Jensen’s (who are our friends we are building next to) and everyone else on the street, to have a BBQ at their house before we broke ground.

Our new street is a cul-de-sac with seven houses on it. And once the last 3 lots are built on, there will be 24 kids on the street! We are so excited for that, since it’s not like that where we are now.

       

I don’t think we would have seriously looked into buying the lot except that it is still within our same school and ward boundaries. The walk to the elementary school will be a little bit longer, but we will now be in the walking zone for the middle school (instead of getting bussed) and we will be a little closer to the high school (also in walking distance).

      

We are super excited! Of course the process is taking longer than we had expected, but we have blueprints now and digging should start next month. Our friends house has been started, and all their basement dirt was put onto our lot, so we have some fun pictures of that that I’ll post some time.