Moving Weekend

On my birthday last year, August 15th, we started the building of our home.  It actually was scheduled for that day, but because of rain, we didn't start until the 16th.  After only five months and two weeks, we had our final inspection with the bank.  On January 25th the inspector made a quick walk through and proclaimed our house ready for closing and the next day we signed the papers to close the deal.

If any of you have ever built a house, you know quite well that it is highly unusual to complete a custom house in this short a time period.  It was a miracle that things went so well.  But a miracle not without a maker.  We praise God for His guiding hand in the whole process.  We lift up praises to the our Father for being a part of everything we did in this project.  As I started each day of the project, I lifted up our efforts to God and asked that His will be done.  I can say with confidence that He was faithful.

On Saturday, January 26th our son, Steven, and I rented a fifteen foot UHaul truck and proceeded to move every piece of furniture we owned into that house.  I would have taken pictures of the moving weekend, but to be honest, it went so fast I didn't take the opportunity to capture the blur of wood and fabric as we emptied the storage units and filled our home.  It could not have gone better.  The weeks of endless rain we experienced in December and January gave way to a four day reprieve and we had good weather.  We didn't get stuck in the mud one single time nor did the truck tires slip as we made our way up the hill.

Den

Finally getting a fire going

Kitchen

Breakfast Room

Master Bedroom

Staircase my brother, Mark, built

Foyer

Here are a few pictures of the house after we got our belongings in place.  Two weeks later and we still have boxes everywhere but every day brings us closer to a feeling that we are finally moved in.