Breaking Ground

We had chosen the floor plan we loved, but needed to decide on a lot. The builder had many, many lots to choose from, but was offering a HUGE discount on one lot in particular. Turns out, that one lot had a pretty large electrical tower behind it. We walked the lot, thought and prayed about it, and decided that the discount was too good to pass up. Since the house is two stories, the power lines would mostly be covered from the front, and we planned to plant several trees in the backyard to act as a barrier. 

The crew broke ground on July 5, 2013, and had the plumbing done in less than 1 week. Every day after work I would drive by and take a few pictures. It was impressive how much they could complete in one work day!

I found this under a mound of dirt on ground-breaking day!

That's our big power line back there. . .  It's interesting to me how small the lot looked and felt without the house. Now that the house is built, we both feel like the yard is so big!

Houston Home Floor Plan

Since we now live at least 7 hours away from all of our family and friends, I thought I'd post more details about our new home, and how it's evolving! Shortly after we found out we'd be moving to Houston, we made the decision to live in Pearland. Pearland is only 8 miles south of the medical district, and happens to be where my sister and her family reside. We looked at buying a home, but quickly found that we could build for the same price or cheaper. So the decision was made to build! We scoured the internet from afar browsing several websites of local builders and walked through several model homes. We soon found ourselves comparing all the homes to one, so we decided that must be the home for us! We went with the Perry Homes 3158 floor plan. The natural light in this home is phenomenal, and it had plenty of space for our future family and for people to comfortably come visit!

First Floor

Second Floor

Obviously, this home has way more space than necessary for two people. However, our prayer is that it is filled with some children before we head back west in one decade! :)