Demo!

Our decision to rebuild our house was not one that Frank and I took lightly.  It's huge change - from a financial and emotional perspective - and comes with great stress.  As we neared demo day, I was quite sure that I didn't want to watch the destruction.  It's just too much to see our first house torn down.  I know it was our choice, and I'm excited for what we're doing - but it's still tough.  I'll admit that there have been times when I've questioned our decision - Maybe we should have just remodeled and added on?  No, no.  We are doing the right thing.  For us.  While I'm sad to see our old house gone, I'm much more excited to see our new house being built! 

We (finally) closed on our loan on January 22, and on the 23rd, demo began:

1/23

1/24

1/26:  Frankie says "That is a REALLY big digger"

1/26

1/26

1/27:  Officially a cleared lot

 A lot of the 'during' pictures that we have are from our neighbors.  I cried when I saw them.  But we went to visit the lot on 1/26, when most everything was gone and I was excited.  We will always have the memories of our old house and we can't wait to create more memories in our new house!