Tales of a Growing Family: September 2013

God will never give you more than you can handle...

It could always be worse...

This too shall pass...

God, family, friends and all these sayings are what have kept my sanity intact through this house building process. There has been a time or two or three or four that I may have asked myself why we didn't just buy a house that was already built! The beginning phase was so exciting and I was on cloud nine. Literally I was running around the house like a maniac when they dug out the foundation and pored gravel for the driveway... It progressively got more and more exciting as the foundation was poured and in the blink of an eye the walls were up! Even the middle phase was fun, windows, siding, sheetrock. Then we had to do our part-paint the thing. That sucked a substantial amount of the enthusiasm out of me. But when we finished the inside a sense of accomplishment welled up in me and I was back on track. Now we are in the "final phase". The phase of it being so close to complete and yet it feels so far! The great news is that I realize what a support system we have around us in our family and friends, my husband is such a hard worker who will stoo at nothing to provide for his family. Oh and I have yet to experience a mental break down from all this craziness. And we will be in by Halloween, right? ;) Move in day is going to be epic...