Progress – ahead of schedule!

Progress – ahead of schedule!

We have built 3 houses including this one – the first one was a disaster time wise – it was supposed to be complete – move in ready in March or April. We arrived in Virginia to find that they hadn’t even cut any trees or made any beginning. We waited until September to actually move in.

The house in New Hampshire was a much different story. We built it long distance again but this time our builder was wonderful. Our home was completed and ready to move in just about when we expected it to be.

This house is not as important time wise – after all we have a home to live in – and we really don’t need it until it begins to cool off again. And what do you know? They are ahead of time! The schedule called for them to begin framing on Friday – one coming up in a couple of days. Today one of our new neighbors sent us pictures – I have posted some of them.

This was taken before they poured the foundation

After the foundation was poured

Framing has begun!

WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW???

What are we doing???

We have been talking about this for several years. But in January we actually did it! What is that you ask? We bought a second home!

After all the years of loving the winter and playing in the snow – our bodies have finally said – “I really like being warm much better than being cold”. We looked at several places and decided to chose a Del Webb community for 50 and over to the west of Mesquite Nevada. We both probably would have chosen St George if we were moving. But since we are keeping our home in Cache Valley – Providence Utah – we do love it here in the summer and fall, we chose to spend a little less and get a little more in amenities.

So now begins the wait – we are building a new home – it is a cottage really, about 1400 square feet – two bedrooms with an optional room we are choosing to have be a den or office and two full bathrooms. It has a smallish kitchen, but with all the bells and whistles – after all we don’t cook fancy or big anymore. A great room with a dining area that opens up to a covered patio and a small yard we plan to have landscaped with desert plants and a water feature.

The plan is to enjoy going back and forth for about 5 or 6 years. At that point we may chose to move to St. George or live in our little home for the winter. It is about 6 1/2hour drive from our door to the new door on great roads – I 15 (driving at the speed limit). But for now we hope to be able to go down for a couple of weeks at a time several times a year and go at least 2 times each cold weather month for a week at a time. We are limited somewhat by our mission we are serving at the Logan Temple, but know our service blesses not only our lives but our family also..

We feel so blessed to be able to do this and plan to share with our family and friends. Even when we aren’t down there they can head down and enjoy being warm, play some golf, hike the trails, go to Las Vegas - about an hour south – or just relax in a comfortable place.

I’ll keep you posted with pictures as we go along.

The view from our back yard across our neighbor's yard - the sun comes up over the Virgin Mountains

The floor plan for our winter get away.

This is the far corner of our property looking across our lot toward our neighbor.