First Day of Working on Habitat Houses

Saturday we spent the day at the neighborhood where we will build our home. We worked on footings for our neighbors house, tied re-bar, shoveled, swung a sledge hammer, tarred our back door neighbors house foundation. I have never been so tired in my life after a day of work! But sooooo exciting, I can't wait to go back next Saturday and work some more!

Habitat for Humanity

Tomorrow we break ground on our very own Habitat for Humanity home! This is much bigger than I expected. All our kids came home for the ceremony, and everyone I know has told me they are coming. The whole thing is mind boggling! Last year at this time we were living in a house I really liked, renting, and just going about life. Then we were told we had to move, after 4 years in the house, and we scrambled to find somewhere that would fit our large and unusual family. Finally found something, but it was soooo small and very expensive. I looked into Habitat, and found that I only had days to apply before the deadline, so I thought about it hesitated and almost didn't do it. But at the last minute I thought, well, what have I got to lose?

We got chosen, unbelievable! And tomorrow we break ground, and it a few months we will have our very own home, handicap accessible, Maddy will be able to go anywhere in the whole house, he will be able to do chores, learn to really take care of a lot of things by himself... life changing, tomorrow will be life changing.