The start

With the start of the new year, we are starting to get more serious about our future house. We officially transferred the land, just over an acre, from my grandfather's farm in November.

On Thanksgiving and the following weekend the driveway started. Michele and I put the culvert in the ditch and held it in place with some dirt using a skid loader borrowed from a neighbor. (photos coming soon...) Then my dad and grandpa added more dirt to it over the next few days.

Just before Christmas, the Central Iowa Rural Water Association installed a new pit for the rural water. Someday soon we'll have an official address to go along with our driveway.

We've been working on the floor plans for a while now, and have even started to get some pricing for our budget.

We hope to be ready to start digging the hole for the basement as soon as the weather allows this Spring, and be done in time to move in before Thanksgiving.