Snowy Walls and Mountains

It's starting to cool off here.  In a city that boasts 303 days of sun per year we just had 3 of our 62 overcast and rainy days.  And this native Oregonian LOVED IT!!!  I said to Jonathan, "Come outside and watch this storm."  He replied simply, "Pluviophile alert."  The weather here changes quickly, though.  Today we're back up at almost 70 degrees and that gorgeous ball of fire is very visible!  The storm we got in Denver brought a nice first heavy snow in the mountains - a timely reminder that it's going to get cold soon and all of our winter clothes are in storage.  Luckily we don't have much more than a month until we can move into our beautiful new home!

Speaking of, we went by the house today and saw lots of progress.  There is "snow" on the drywall now (texture) and the tile is beginning to go in.  Our cabinets are scheduled to be delivered this week and as soon as that happens we'll get a close date.

This is our master bath tile (obviously dirty and without grout):

They said things would move fast and they are right.  It's such a fun and rewarding process, and I don't even mind the wait because every weekend is like Christmas when we see the progress!

Meeting Northfield

So we moved to Denver!  The market here is crazy - completely crazy.  We put an offer in on a cute little 4/3 ranch in a new and growing neighborhood called Northfield.  The appraisal came in low (there was an issue with whether to include new builds or just existing homes).  The sellers wouldn't budge so we went undercover and met with he builder to determine what we could build that same home for.  We walked away with a complete price list and started analyzing (2 MBAs, remember???).  Within a day we knew we wanted to build our own home. The builder had a floor plan that we liked even better than the one we were going to buy and they had even started to build it!  (Well, there was a hole in the ground.)  We turned in our deposit check and began one of the coolest adventures we've had yet!  Here are a few photos of the hole we bought, and its journey to the baby house it is today - I took photos every weekend, so the growth between each photo happened in just one week!

Starting at this point I began to also take panoramics of the great room.

We are ecstatic with the progress!