Here We Gooooo!!!!!!!!!

It feels a little bit like summer. It registered at 119 degrees in my car yesterday. That was the exterior temperature in case your wondering.

I finally got the kids signed up for swimming lessons and they loved it. I am glad that they can have some normal kid time this summer. They have been at the land with the Mr. and I cleaning up garbage and palm prongs pretty much all summer long. So it's nice to see them having some fun too.

Things are progressing quickly on the house. Everyone says that beginning a house is like pushing a car up a hill. Once the house is framed, it's like the car going downhill. So I'm trying to gear up for all of the stuff that needs to happen now. The framer's should be done by Fri. this week. Then the electrician, plumber, insulation, air conditioning, sheetrock, closets, painting, stucco, cabinets, trim, and doors all have to happen. Oh....... My........ Goodness.

It seems a little overwhelming when you look at the laundry list of things to accomplish. But when it's all happening, it's actually not too bad. You just get it done and it all magically comes together. Well not magically. We've had a lot of help from Heavenly Father. I just hope and pray that when everything is done and we have finally moved in, that we won't look around and wish that we had done things differently. We were walking around the place last night and were pretty grateful and excited about what we had done. But everyone I know that has built a custom home says that there are things that they would have changed. Uggg. I really hope not.

What a labor of love. I have never been so attached to a THING in my entire life. So much energy and emotion has been put into this THING. I think I understand why my Grandpa Standage loved building houses so much. My Grandma told Mr. the other night that if my Grandpa were still here he would have strapped on his tool belt and headed over to our place to work on it. At 85 no less. Crying. I miss that dear man. It would have been amazing to know that his hands were helping to build my dream. Mr. says he feels him sometimes there and at family parties. That's tall cotton right there. (My Gandpa's words)

I can't fully explain my gratitude for these blessings. The last couple of years were so hard fo our little family and I wasn't sure how we were going to get out of it. Heavenly Father has blessed us immensely. I don't know why he has blessed us so greatly,  because I feel inadequate and undeserving, but I am incredibly grateful and humbled nonetheless. We have tried to do our best to do what he has asked us to do, but we aren't perfect. Every step of us getting to this point has been guided and inspired and I am in awe of His love for us. This truly is a special home and I will never forget that fact. Thank you Father in Heaven.