Breaking Ground!

So yesterday was a great day because they started breaking ground! Yay! I was busy during the morning and afternoon so I wasn't able to go out to the site until mid afternoon. Greg on the other hand was out there twice and talked with the excavator. The excavator was very pleased with the lot and said that we had really hard ground so he wasn't having to dig so deep in order to hit good ground. Greg was really excited to hear that. Apparently that is a good thing. Also, so far it looks like the driveway will not be nearly as steep as our builder had told us. We are glad to hear that.

Greg and I went together tonight to check out the site and take some pictures.  Our driveway will kind of come across part of the front of the lot and then turn into the garage. We were really bummed that we were not getting the three car garage, but we are getting a bigger cement pad so hopefully it will be ok. Here is the driveway:

 

 

We walked up the driveway and looked at what the excavator had done so far. Here is the footprint of the basement!!



 

It seems so huge! Here is a couple other views:

 

 

 

 

There is now a giant pile of dirt in the back yard. Of course, we had to climb up it and look at the view. It's gorgeous!

 

 

 

 

It's finally getting real. We are building a house! We are both so very excited and anxious. I know this will be a fun journey full of so many surprises, but can't help but feel a little nervous and unprepared. Fingers crossed we can survive this because ready or not we are building the dream :)