Our House Takes Shape

Wow it has taken a month but we finally have something that resembles a house. We not only have the four exterior walls up but all of our interior walls as well. It is exciting to walk through what will eventually become our home and be able to visualize what it will look like. It has taken a while and a lot second tries but slowly a home is emerging. We feel like we are putting a puzzle together but we have to create all of the pieces ourselves. A year ago we would never have imagined that we would be capable of doing something so monumental. It has a taken some practice but we are getting proficient at using the high powered nail guns, saws, measuring tapes and squares. We are getting equally proficient at using the nail puller and hammer to remove mistakes :) It is inevitable that mistakes will be made when you put together a bunch of families that have never done anything like this before in their lives. We have learned that mistakes can be fixed and lessons learned. Even though there are moments of frustrations we are trying to remember why we are doing this.