Where The Grass Is Greener...: there's no place like home...

or no place like your OWN home anyway. so i promised a little timeline of pictures of the progress of our house so far. while we know this may not be the greatest time to buy a house, let alone build one, we decided this is what we wanted to do. the biggest factor in our decision was the fact that we weren't planning on selling it once we leave in 5 years. (so if you're looking for a house to rent minutes from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, National Museum of the Air Force, Mall at Fairfield Commons, and The Greene please let me know in about 4-5 years :) haha) we also may be returning to wright-patterson before our time in the air force is through...sorry for those of you hoping we'd be heading back home in the near future :( anyway, on to the house. We decided we were tired of stairs for now and went with a ranch model, but also added an unfinished basement for entertainment purposes and an office...eventually. it has 3 BR, 2 baths on the main floor with vaulted ceilings in the kitchen/living room and owners bedroom. the kitchen looks out into the living room giving it an open feel (something we absolutely had to have). i attached a couple pics of the elevation and the floorplan...sorry for the crappy quality, they were the best i could find online. unfortunately we won't have a stone front like in the picture, but our house will be slightly elevated with a small front porch that starts at the front door and goes to the garage. anyway, on to the pics:

just for fun, i put in a "before" picture...

breaking ground...exciting times!!

basement walls and drainage system...maybe not so exciting...

back to exciting...structure :) :)

starting to take shape...

and the first "mechanical" to go in the house...

and since i know you asked...yes, it comes with a remote :) so you can fall asleep in the lazyboy, start to wake up cuz you're cold, flip it on with the remote, and fall right back to sleep cuz you didn't have to get up and fully wake up. oh wait, that's in a dream world. real world: "aubriee stop playing with the fireplace remote!!!" :) :)

and finally, the (hopefully) finishing product in the next 60-90 days: