Foundation

We have a foundation. Madison and Allison don't always go with us to see the house. They are teenagers. That is the only explanation that I can come up with. Ashley on the other hand comes with us every time. She is so excited to see every little thing like we are. It is has been to hear her try to figure out where different rooms are going to be.

It was fun to go by today and see the foundation all done and the supports off. Every little bit of progress that there is I get even more excited.

Prep work is done

It never gets old to drive by our house. All the prep work is done for our foundation. It should be poured any day now. I am so excited. We have been looking at the plans on paper for so long. It is exciting to see the plans come to life.

I have a food storage room. I am so glad that Kevin thought to add one.

Things are moving along

Things are moving right along on our house. Preparation has begun on for them to lay the foundation. It is so hard to not drive by the house several times a day. Every little bit of progress is so exciting.

Makeup

Before Madison started 7th grade I took her into Dillard's to try some makeup on. She didn't really ask too but I thought it would be good for her to start to learn how to take care of her face. I bought her some makeup but she didn't really wear it till the middle of 8th grade. Allison is a different girl. She has been begging to get makeup since she was in 5th grade. I hadn't really put any rules down on when my girls could start to wear makeup but with Allison's pressure I had too. I decided that it would before they start 7th grade. This summer has been more persistent then ever before. I did not know if we were ever going to make it to this day.

I took Allison into Dillard's today. She was so excited to finally have the makeup that she has wanted for so long. It will take some getting used to see her with makeup. She looks too grown up.

I am not sure I am ready for this.

Progress

Since they broke ground the other day it has been hard to stay away from our house. Today when we went by they were all finished with the excavation and the footings were poured. It is so exciting to see progress being made. Our new house is becoming a reality and January can not come soon enough.

I am so excited to have a basement. It will be so nice to be able to spread out with all our new space.

Ashley's first day of third grade.

Ashley started school today. She is very excited for 3rd grade. I can't believe that she is in the 3rd grade. Time sure has flown by fast. When we started to talk about moving the girls were upset and didn't want to leave all their friends at school. After much discussion we decided to let them stay at their schools. Madison only has 3 years of school left and it didn't feel right to take her away from people that she had gone to school with since she was five. The drive also isn't that far. Allison wants to go to a specialty school so she will have to move from her friends in two years anyways. We didn't want to up root her too much. The drive is also not that far again. Since Ashley is still in elementary school it doesn't seem that big of a deal to move her but her 2nd grade teacher put her in the same class with her best friend. She ask us if she could go to Chaparral for one more year and we didn't feel it an unreasonable request. It also is only a five minute drive away.
This year Ashley got Mrs. Blackwood the teacher that Allison had for 3rd grade. I was happy to find out it was a teacher that I knew and also liked. It will be a great year for her with Kinnlie in her class and a great teacher.

I can't wait to see what this school brings for Ashley.

They Broke Ground

Earlier today I drove past the house and a backhoe was on the property so I suggested that we drive by again tonight. We haven't had our preconstruction meeting yet so we don't know what eh timeline is yet. We did not know that they planned on breaking ground today. It was a great surprise because we thought it was closer to the 25th that they would get started.

We have been looking at this on paper for so long, I can't believe that it is finally starting. We are all so excited. On Thursday we meet with the builder and will have a better idea of when we will be moving in then.