FHE: Visiting the Lot

We feel extremely blessed to have the oportunity to build our dream house.  God has blessed us so much and we cannot deny his hand in all of this.

We FINALLY signed our lives away and we have a lot to build on and the process will be long, but fun! (right?) For FHE we had snow cones and then we went up to see our new purchase. We are excited to see the progress of this and I am sure we will have lots of FHE's like this.

This Shaved Ice place is YUMMY!!!!  (in the RiteAid parking lot)

 This picture of Dave is....um... not flattering, but it makes me laugh. 

 This is the view from the southeast corner of lot, looking toward the north.  As you can see the lot slops down pretty drastically.  We have met our neighbors to the east and the south.  Very nice people.  We look forward to really being their neighbors. 

This picture was taken the following morning.  The lighting was not good in the evening for a family shot.  Behind us we have a view of the Great Salt Lake and infront of us we can see the top third of the temple.  There are TONS of trees surrounding our lot and it really frames the view perfectly.  We will have some great sunsets out the upper deck. 

We are waiting on permits, still. We are hoping that this week the digging will begin.  We will be filming a lot of this process. 

On a side note:  When I was young and would come to visit my aunt and uncle, I always knew I would settle here in Utah.  Utah feels like home to me.  When we started looking for a home, seven years ago, Bountiful was my top choice.  Dave was ok with Bountiful, but would have rather staying in Salt Lake area.  Once we found our house on 1700South, we (Dave finally joined me) with what Bountiful had to offer.  Then our dreams were to move up the hill a little.  When we started our search for our perfect house, it became clear that building would be the best thing for us to do.  Here we are (almost) living our dreams!  We feel so blessed to have this blessing.  Everything has fallen into place.  My dreams, as a young girl, are coming true. I feel humbled by these events that have unfolded in our life. 

I can't say this enough... I CANNOT WAIT!  (i'm giddy with excitement!!!!)