A fun weekend

     This weekend brought a couple of changes to the house as we inch closer to the slab being poured on Wednesday.  The block for the foundation was finished up and on Saturday, workers brought in six dumptruck loads of fill dirt for the foundation.  I was surprised when Julie and I took the kids out to the lot Saturday evening to show some friends of ours the progress and right around dusk, another truck drove up and unloaded more dirt into our living room!  They aren't wasting any time it seems.  

 

     I took my son, Corbin, out to the lot on Saturday afternoon and we had a good time walking  through  the wooded areas and doing some exploring.  We came across several bike trails and Corbin was very excited about the idea of getting his bike out there. 

   

     Later that evening, while I returned with the rest of the family and some friends of ours, we returned to these trails and did some more exploring.  I came across some tracks in the mud that looked similar to tracks that I had seen on our property a few days prior.  I took a photo of one of the tracks and researched it once I got home and it appears to me that it is a coyote track.  The back pads are diffidently different than a regular house dog. Because there are miles of wooded area east of our neighborhood, I am sure that a coyote or two has made his or her way through there from time to time.

  

    

    Surprisingly, the workers were back out early Sunday morning to spread the fill dirt from Saturday around and begin packing it into place.  The plumbing is scheduled to go in on Monday so they couldn't completely pack it before then.  It was really neat to be able to actually walk on a somewhat level floor at the height that the house will be built at. 

    

 

My Father-in-law, Gil, came out with me and the kids on Sunday afternoon and we brought the bikes out with us to ride.  We had a great time riding down the steep hill that our house sits at the top of and also on the bike trails that we discovered the previous day.  

 

    It will be so nice to have a place that the kids can ride free of the busy streets that we were so fearful of at our previous residence!  I have a lot of very fond memories of riding my bike all over in the country in Indiana where I grew up.  I'm excited for the kids to have this opportunity as well.

   

    Brooklyn wanted a picture with her PawPaw in her "room".  She is so excited about having her own room again.  While the house is being built, both the kids have shared a room in our apartment and I know a woman needs her space!

The foundation is 5 block high