Each time we visit our land and check on the home-building process, we get more and more excited to move to Garrett County. Our road is peaceful and surrounded by mountains, the hustle and bustle of the lake is just a few miles away, family and friend visits are frequent throughout the county, and the neighbors are welcoming. We’ll definitely miss Morgantown, but boy are we excited to move into the country and start a new life where Brian grew up and where I spent many summers as a kid. It’s going to be grand and I cannot wait until the fall!

It’s been about a month since construction began on our house. While there isn’t a ton to physically show for it (so much underground stuff and minor details go into the beginning stages), it’s still neat to see things change and progress with each week. The basement is almost finished and the lumber should be arriving soon, which means we could see some walls up next week! It’s been hard for me to envision what exactly our house is going to look like, so seeing a wooden structure will definitely help. But for now, I’m happy with the concrete structure we’ve got…

And a special shout out to my hubs, Brian. He’s serving as manager to this project and he’s doing a fantastic job! I’m so thankful that he knows what joists, back fill, wall forms and all those other construction-type things are…we definitely couldn’t do this without him and the time he’s put into it so far. Thanks for being so committed and so excited about this, honey! 🙂

While Brian checked things out and did some measuring, Ally and I took some pictures…naturally. 🙂

There’s the front porch on the left! Can’t wait to fill that with some rocking chairs!

Ally and I climbed the rock pile to get a better view…

And finally, time to clean off the shoes and pick some wildflowers. It was a nice visit to the new house yesterday. 🙂