January has now come and gone, but before it left, we made progress!  We chose a builder, signed a contract, and chose our building spot.  

January 30

This picture is taken from the front of the property looking directly back where our house will sit. 

A little closer to where the house will sit.  You can actually see some of the flags in this picture.

Standing on the right side of the property looking toward our barn.

Taken from the back right corner of the property.

This sign makes me smile.  

Taken from where the corner of our driveway will be.  

I have been following home builds on Gardenweb for over two years.  I think I know now why everyone posts pictures like this:

Pushed out on February 3, poured footers on the February 4, and delivered block on February 5.

We are blessed that there are several houses similar to ours going up in our area.  This is one of them.  Not the best picture of the house.  We were actually picking out roof colors. 

Here is another home similar to ours.  Where the first was a bit smaller, this one is much larger.  We love the colors of it and will likely do something very similar.