Prepping the lot

Sean and his chainsaw wielding buddies have been hard at work clearing a space on our 1.2 acre lot for the house and driveway. They have spent months cutting and splitting trees, and our long awaited permits have finally come through to allow us to begin construction.

The surveyor was working yesterday to stake out the footprint of the house, so we hope to break ground next week!

So you can see how much work there was to do, here are some photos of the lot in the spring of 2010 before work began; Honey Creek was much lower than it is this year:

This is one of the giant oak trees that toppled over in June 2010 during a series of rough storms:I would be remiss to not include a picture of Sean hard at work. These picture speak volumes to Sean's newfound passion for lumbering as well the tremendous amount of help he's gotten from some good buddies.