More Duluth Pics

Here are a few more pictures of Split Rock and Gooseberry Falls.

Weekend Get Away

This past weekend we were able to get out of town for a few days and check out the Duluth Area. We had great weather for most of the weekend. We were able to drive up the North Shore and visit Gooseberry Falls along with Split Rock Lighthouse.

Little did we know that when we left Duluth early to avoid the storms, we would end up sitting in the middle of a tornado in Hugo. We are very lucky to have been safe and have our house in tack for the most part.

We didn't take any pictures of the storm damage to respect the privacy of people who have lost their homes. However, if you are interested Kare 11 (http://www.kare11.com/) has some nice coverage of the storm online. Thank you for all of you who called to check on us. We are just fine. The start of our house will be delayed at least one week. We are in no hurry, we are thankful that we still have a place to live! We will keep you posted once they do start our house.

The Big Meeting....

Well, we found out that our house is going to be starting on Tuesday. We are so excited! Today we had the opportunity to meet with the construction manager and go over all the details of our house. He was wonderful at answering all of our questions and making sure to give us all the details he could. It is a pretty tight schedule and the house will have something done on it everyday (weather permitting). We will take pictures as it all starts so you can see what is going on and try to keep posting pictures weekly.

Hope everyone enjoys the long weekend. Dan and I are heading up to Duluth for a few nights. He has never been. So, I am looking forward to showing him around and just being outside in this great weather we are suppose to have. Take care.

Here are some pictures of our site. Everything is all staked out ready to go. Sorry you will have zoom in on the pictures, they were the best we could get today. We were able to walk the site and go through where everything will go and how it will look today. Hard to imagine that in only a few short months, we will have a new house. We are very excited and thankful that we are able to do this. More room for when everyone comes to visit us!! We look forwarding to having you as our guests.

A day with Alaena Zayn

While Dan was working this weekend, I was able to go spend some time with our niece Alaena. It was fun to spend time with her playing. She is quite a funny little person. LOTS of facial expressions and she is more than ready to be able to talk your ear off. Here are a few pictures of her, she was not into taking pictures for me... normally she hams it up in front of a camera. She just wanted to be outside playing!

And the choices are....

Well, we have been busy here in MN.Last week our house was staked out and this week we went to the design studio and more than three hours later had picked out all of our final selections. No going back now! We are very excited with what we picked out and can't wait for the house to be done!

Seeing the house staked out helped us get more excited and actually see that this is going to start! We were told that the expected date to start digging will be May 28th if the weather cooperates, have to see about that. We have had some crazy weather here lately. When does it snow in April?? If the weather is nice on Sunday... I will go out and take some pictures so you can see the progress (stakes in the mud:) ).

Hope everyone is doing well. We can't wait to have you all come visit us.

Dig Away

Digging Time will be here before we know it!

We just found out that they are expected to start digging our house towards the end of May. Time is flying by, before long we will be in our new home. Once the excitement starts we will post pictures.

We also have to choose all of our options for the house by MAY 7th! Exciting but lots to decide.

Hope you are all enjoying this great spring weather...FINALLY!!

Meet the new neighbors....

Just for fun... thought I would post some pictures of my parents new house and barn. We are excited to have them moving so close to us. They are expecting to move in late Spring/Early summer. They have 10 acres of land with several wet lands on them. My dad plans to have a apple orchard to keep him busy! You are all welcome to come out and check it out anytime you are in town, they would love to show you around!

Home-Site Pictures

A few weeks ago I promised pictures of our home-site and finally here they are! There is not a ton to look at yet but come October this will be the place to be!! We are lucky enough to over look a wetland (kind of hard to make out in the pictures) Our home is one of last homes built in this neighborhood. It will be nice to have a neighborhood that is established when we move in. Dan says he is excited to have the mailbox in front of our house (it's the little things I guess!) As always, we will keep you posted with updates.

And the color is.....

Our first major set of decisions have been made! We picked out all the exterior and structural options for our house yesterday. We are definitely starting to feel a little pressure with less than a month to make the rest of the decisions. There is still a lot to be done. I am sure that Dan and I will spend a few more hours at Home Depot, Menard's and the Design Center before all is said and done. We are getting excited and look forward to breaking ground to have more pictures to post and stories to tell. We will keep you updated as things advance.

ELLA

Here are some more pictures from the weekend. Great Grandma Mach and Ella.... and a few more of Ella just being cute!!