It has started...

I don't know how many of you know that we have been contemplated a new house. Ours is great but a little too small for the needs of our growing family(no I am not pregnant.) We are growing out of it, especially during the long Alaskan winters. We have looked and looked and could not find anything that we like or that is worth the money people are asking. We kicked around the idea of adding on and even had a contractor meet with us last winter to discuss options, but the way we were thinking would not work due to utilities and septic tanks, but while our friends, the Lows, were here this summer staying in our driveway. We started discussing options about adding on. They suggested adding on off the garage straight down our driveway. We had never thought about that. Well we met with the contractor and he gave us a bid, A great bid. He also is working with us, to let us do as much as we want to shave off costs. We are adding on a 2 car garage with some rooms on top, a family room, master bed and bath, office and pantry. We will be converting the existing garage into a playroom and the playroom into a bedroom. Our current master bedroom will become a guest room and maybe later on an older child's room.
We got the financing ready to go and we started yesterday. We need the pavement ripped up, so footings can be dug and concrete poured for the foundation. (Please pray the sun remains for the next few days) We asked some friends to borrow their tractor and their very nice son showed up and just started working and he stayed until he had it all ripped up. I felt bad and he just kept telling me that he was enjoying the sun and "playing" with the toy...must be a guy thing!!! We now have to get all the chunks hauled away. The girls were out there piling up the small chunks they could pack. I will keep updating as the project moves forward. Please wish us luck and say some prayers for this exciting adventure. It just all seems surreal!