Quinn and I embarked on the long journey of building our house before we were even married! We had started the paper work the spring before we were married. We poured the foundation in October 2007. However we didn't start construction until Feb. 08. Yeah right in the middle of a Bear Lake winter we know! It wasn't our idea and it was kinda a rough start, but we plunged in anyway and got going! I was a little over 6 months pregnant and didn't do much of the actual building, I was there for the moral support, when it wasn't freezing. However Quinn was there no matter what. He was out here day in and day out working as much as he could. I really don't know how we got through that year without going crazy. Quinn would get up and go to work, whatever shift he was on, and then as soon as he got home it was out to the house until dark or until it was time to go home and sleep to get up and do it all over again. He was such a trooper. Day in and out he stuck with it. I'm so lucky to have a husband who didn't mind devoting so much of his time to better his family.
Our parents and brothers would come help us out quite a bit, and we were so thankful for their help! In the fall I was able to come out to the house more and help with the finishing work. Finally right before Christmas the house was finished! We were so excited and couldn't wait to move in. We decided to spend Christmas in our rental house just because our tree and everything was set up there. A few days after Christmas was over and cleaned up we were ready to move in or were we?
Literally the day before we planned to move in the electrical inspector came and said that our house didn't pass!! Quinn and I were furious. We then had to track down the electrician and have him come back and fix his stupid mistakes! After that the inspector had to come back and check everything again. We were grateful that the inspector did his job and found the mistake, but we were so ready to move in. So so ready! By the time he was able to come back and check everything it was January the new year had came and went ahh. It was 2009 and we had started the project back in 2007! Finally Jan. 7th we were able to move in!!!
We moved in and have enjoyed every minute of it! I realise how blessed I truly am to have a bran new home in a safe neighbor hood, with a healthy family living in it! Thank you to everyone who helped us along the way!
Here are some pictures of our journey!
Here is Chris in his bedroom before the walls were even framed. I remember telling him that's where his room would be and he would just look at me like I was crazy! He sure does love his room now!
This is in mid March. Those were some cold months of framing!
This is early summer when we started the long process of siding. That was something that took a lot of time.
This picture was taken at the end of April, the snow was melting and I was wishing I had some grass. Towards the end of May we got our grass seed planted, and the first part of July it actually looked like we has a lawn. It took another month for the grass to grow in full and thick!
The kids finally have grass under their swing set!
Here is the front view at the end of August, with grass :)
And the back view! I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful palce to live! I couldn't be happier!
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