Red Dirt Road

We have broken ground! And dirt has never looked so good.

I can’t even tell you how giddy I was when we drove up and saw tractors and a pad! Our pad…for our house.

And a road. The most beautiful road, really.

Red dirt. The reason I’ve been arriving at Mom & Dad’s on Wednesday nights with dust covering my shoes and all the way up to my knees.

Tonight we head out to check on even more progress. The entire hilltop has been leveled and base rock has been added to the pre-foundation. There are also “forms” (new construction lingo) set up and plumbing, with the foundation being poured at the end of this week! Things are really starting to roll now.

In an entirely different direction, lets talk baby animals, one of my all-time top 5 faves. Mom and Dad have recently adopted 2 of the most darling puppies and 2 sweet little kittens! I can’t even look at these pictures without wanting to squish something and spew baby talk.

This is boy puppy, Doc.

Our blue-eyed bombshell, Dixie.

Sweet baby, Jelly.

And very naughty boy, Boots.

Cuties, all of them. I’m sure there will be many more pictures and/or adorable stories about them in posts to come.

Another top 5 fave: ice cream. And I haven’t had nearly enough of it this summer. Here in Texas, it’s too hot NOT to eat ice cream. So this past weekend Keith treated me to an ice cream date…at Sonic.

It was so pretty I had to take a picture. Happy happy Wednesday!