We did interview a final architect, that we really liked, so it came down to the first and last, and we chose the first, which we had also really liked. The difference came down to the costs (of building a totally custom home drawn from scratch vs using a pre-existing custom plan to which we will make changes). We have an appointment for our design session on Monday, so hopefully after Christmas we will be able to start sharing our floor plan with you.
In the meantime Alex has completed our culvert. It was another one of those expenses that I really hadn't budgeted for. Thankfully it wasn't a big expense and as everyone always tells you, we had built a cushion into our budget for the unforeseen.
So, here's our culvert. Exciting, eh? Not really. But necessary.
Also, thought I'd share some non-house events/pix. As I had mentioned at the very beginning, while this house project will take up a ton of our time and energy, we weren't exactly bored to begin with. We are blessed with 2 young, very active, boys. The oldest is in Kindergarten and I've been working with another classroom mom to put on his parties. I didn't blog about the halloween party, which I was pretty proud of. But the holiday party went off yesterday, without a hitch. I just love seeing how excited the kids get over the themed crafts, snacks and games we bring. Since I also work full time, I can't be in the class as much as I would like, so this is the least I could do.
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| Santa's munchies cup (filled with goldfish & m&ms) |
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| Melted snowman (water) to drink |
