They started framing our house today -- 7-30-07

They started framing our house this afternoon after the rain went away. We drove by this evening to see how far they've gotten. Here is our house...they were still working on it as we took the pictures around 7 pm. It'll be interesting to see what it looks like in the morning and later on tomorrow night. Definitely exciting!

Our house will be framed...

in 10 days. They're going to frame it on the 30th...it's all really going to start coming together then. :-)

And we have cement! -- July 20, 2007

Today, July 20, 2007, they poured our foundation!

Andy is freaking out saying there's no way that it could be big enough to support our house. The builder's have all said that it's an optical illusion and that our house will fit on that slab. Well, he went out and measured it today himself and he wants us to drive out to see the house in Fort Worth that is our same floor plan and measurements to see if it really is big enough. Silly boy!

It really is neat to see this all coming together and we so cannot wait for our house to be ready.

Rebar -- July 18, 2007

They put rebar and joists down before they pour the foundation so that the house will move as one unit due to the heat and cracking of the soil down here. They did ours on July 18, 2007. We're getting closer to our first big milestone!

Backfilled Plumbing Trenches in Preparation for Pouring Foundation -- July 17, 2007

They backfilled the plumbing trenches in preparation for pouring our foundation on July 17, 2007.

Plumbing Top Out -- July 8, 2007

This was when they put in the plumbing PVC on July 8, 2007.

Framed Foundation -- July 4, 2007

On July 4, they began to put up the wooden frame around where our foundation would be poured.

Our Lot -- May 7, 2007

Here's a picture of our lot on May 7, 2007.

They started on our house...

They have the foundation framed out and this morning when I drove by they had all the plumbing PVC out in front. Jeff just called to let us know that he got a framing date for our home as being on the 30th. In the meantime, they'll be getting the plumbing installed and pouring the foundation. This is so exciting! We snapped a couple of pics last night...so I'll share those later. They're on Andy's laptop which he has at work. :-)

Jess

Let the construction begin...

We got word that they are still waiting for our permits to come back, however they plan on starting construction in the 2nd or 3rd week of July. So just a short time away and it will all be starting. They have started to level off the foundation and the flags for the plumbing are up. I guess I need to go take a picture of that. :-)