We have Brick...and Dogwoods!

We were very excited tonight to find out that they have been laying brick this week!  We are so happy with our brick choice - it's so pretty!  I'm not sure whether I was more excited about the brick or the fact that I realized tonight that we probably have 10 - 12 dogwoods on our property.  They hadn't been blooming yet so I didn't realize we had these beautiful trees until tonight!  I love blooming trees so this was a nice surprise and we will enjoy having these lovely trees down our driveway, in our front yard and there is one just outside where our bedroom window will be.  Love, love, love it!!

Here's an "aerial view" of the basement from a huge mound of dirt.

Side view of the house.  This is the left side of the house and the front corner.  Love how our brick is turning out!

Front of the house and looking into the 2 car garage.

Back left corner of the house looking into the basement.

Yay!  Look at the dogwoods in our back yard!  So excited that we have these beautiful trees!

The builder says next week they will be waterproofing the basement so I'm not sure the pictures will be too exciting.  I can't wait for the framing to start!

The Basement is Taking Shape!

Our weekly trip out to the new house wasn't a disappointment.  They have been laying block this week despite the rain we've had and they've gotten a lot done!  We were actually surprised to see how much they had completed since we've had rain almost every day this week.  We are so excited to see things taking shape.  Here are some of the pictures from the house.

This is at the back right corner of the house looking toward the front.

This is down at the basement level looking up toward the garage.

Another shot from the top near the garage looking down.

That's a long way down...

My lovies...Sara was not very excited to head out there this week.  With the weather turning nice, she likes to spend her time outside playing.  But we got her out there by letting her play with Daddy's cell phone.  I think she's like me - she'll be more excited when the framing starts :-)

Digging the Basement!

We had our typical Sunday visit out to the lot today.  Brian had a meeting with a guy about Solar PV/Solar Hot Water and a meeting with the developer to find out if he'll even let us do Solar PV, so Sara and I met him out there around 4:00 this afternoon to check things out.  Brian said they were actually on site today digging!  It looks like the digging for the basement is either done or very close to being done.  Our builder said they will start laying block this week, probably either Tuesday or Wednesday (I hope it doesn't rain!).  Here are some pictures we took today of the current state of the lot.

This picture is looking down into the basement from where the garage will be.

This is looking up toward the garage from the basement.

And here are Sara and Daddy on the huge pile of dirt.

And Sara always has to check out whatever large equipment is on site that day...

She loves all the trees on the property.  This one is her favorite.  She calls it her "carousel".

We spent some time today walking down by the creek that is on our property.  It is so pretty and peaceful out there - we are so excited to move to our new home!

That's all for today!  Hopefully this week I'll have some more pictures of the basement with block in it :-)  Have a great week everyone!