A new adventure

So, as many of you know, John and I have been ACCEPTED into the program to start building our very own home! We are so very, very excited to get started. We will most likely be starting some building classes at the end of this week or the beginning of the following week. These are basically just to teach us basic skills that will help us with the construction of our house. Since fall is fast approaching, we won't be required to put in our sub-floors, which the other groups ahead of us are going to have to do. I'm kind of glad, even though it will come out of our budget, that we won't have to do that work ourselves. With me being 8 months pregnant, there are certain things they won't allow me to do, such as do any roofing on our house. I will likely be doing other things while the other members of the group do this. Once I have the baby, they will work with us so that we can still get enough hours each week to fulfill our 35 required hours. We can have friends and family members help us so this will be awesome. We've already chosen our lot and house plan. Our house will sit on over a third of an acre! We are really excited about that. The dogs will have a nice yard to run around in. There is a brand new elementary right behind our house as well as a brand new church! The house plan is great! It's really open, which we love. The upstairs has 2 bathrooms, a nice master bedroom with 2 closets (we'll need them ha ha), 2 smaller bedrooms (one for Carter and one to use as an office for now). Then the basement has enough room for at least 2 bedrooms, a large family room and is plumbed for a bathroom. It also has a large cold storage room which I'm really excited about. Maybe next summer I'll have a garden and do some canning...maybe ;) Even though it is going to be so much work, we are so grateful and excited for the opportunity to build our own home!!! We feel blessed to have been chosen and are going to make every effort to keep everyone informed on the little things that happen day to day while we are building. I will try to keep an updated picture blog going as well so everyone can see our progress. Keep checking back for more details!