Our dream.

Have we ever shared the story of our dream with you?
Well, really it all started when Matt was a wee little boy. No really, when he was just a young child, he told his parents that he would build his first home. Fast forward 20+ years... we got married and living in FL. We began looking around the area for homes to buy. Each one just not quite right. We always seemed to want to move walls or something crazy. So one day, it finally clicked... Matt's dream was always to build his first house... was that too crazy?! Heck no! We immediately began looking for lots and finally found a neighborhood that we were sure God was leading us to. After looking at every possible option in the neighborhood... we knew which lot we ReaLLy wanted... but was not lookin likely. Well... it never fails that God is sooo good and we became the proud owners of the lot our house now sits on.

Time to plan...
We started by looking at the exterior of homes and came up with an idea of what we wanted to exterior to look like. Then we found the perfect kitchen idea... i know... what?! yes, we started the inside with the kitchen... and from there just designed the house around that. It was really neat to draw it out ourselves... draw, erase, draw, erase. We loved the final design we came up with. After just a few minor changes by the engineer, we had our "official plans." We teamed up with Grand Bay Construction and our dream slowly turned into reality.

So... we are all moved in!!! It is truly amazing and we feel so incredibly blessed. We have been hard at work since we moved in... finishing up some last touches, bringing in some furniture and decorating. Before we post some of these exciting things, I thought it might be fun to make a post with pictures from over the past 5 months as the house has all come together.

ALSO, just wanted to give another HUGE THANKS to all of our friends and family who have supported us along the way. Thank you for all your help and for all your prayers. We are so excited to have everyone come and check it out. So just swing on in, anytime!

Hope you enjoy the pictures... :)