Building the new nest...

Summer is flying by. The kids will be going back to school in a few weeks. There hasn't been time to keep everyone updated on our lives, because we can't keep up either!!

Owen played coach pitch baseball this summer...

Avery has been enjoying the summer sun...

And Beezer is about as cool as they come...

Stacey and Koo were married...

and our new nest is coming together fast...

The construction of our new home is exciting, scary, emotional, stressfull, exciting and exciting! Did we mention how exciting this is?

It all started as grass and dirt...

From the dirt footings rise...

Next thing you know, we have a basement....

....looking forward to more sunsets like this from our 'deck'.

The view from the back, before the backfill was completed. We discovered that our lot actually extends a lot wider than we had thought and there is a nice ravine between our house and the neighbor to our left.

...days later the lot was graded and backfilled. The kids are excited about having a real yard to play in! Owen, Avery, B and Daddy running up the future driveway.

....each day (which is literally every single day) that we check on the site, there is something new! We're certain that the builders have a nickname for me..."Crazy Lady, Minivan Stalker". Here, the first floor is completed! Not quite sure where I am standing, but we think it is the nook....although it could be a closet.

And all of this was completed in about two weeks...WOW!!!!

...MORE TO COME!