The Hole

It's official, ground has been broken. It was supposed to be on July 14th and we were eagerly watching the weather forecast. Here it has been a complete scorcher all summer with water restrictions rampant due to the lack of rain and what does the forecast call for on the 14th?! Rain.

However, we spoke to Steve (the foreman) on Wed. and learned that they had already broken ground. Guess perhaps Tuesday....Anyway, we said that we'd be out that weekend to check it all out. I was actually quite surprised to see the hole, as I had expected this massive thing. It really wasn't all that large. The perspective is very odd. Looking at it all, it seems the house is tiny when in reality we know it isn't. We finally figured out the placement of where the garage, front porch, etc. are and again it's just really strange. Seems like there's no driveway and the garage will be right up close to the road, yet when I stood on the road and Andy on where the porch would be we felt far apart.

We'll be back out the next few weekends to get our fill before Andy leaves again for Afghanistan. Until he comes back I'll probably only go out once or twice as the girls and I will be busy keeping ourselves occupied. This weekend they should have the basement walls in and possibly the concrete footing. According to Ed, one of the land developers, there's a chance (probably slim) that it will be under roof before Andy leaves. That would be neat for him to see, so we'll keep our fingers crossed. Hopefully the weather cooperates - come on no rain!!