• #9 – Weekly Update

    Most important and exciting news from this week was the fact that we got our letter from the County Health Department saying we can have a septic system! That is a huge relief. So with… Read more

  • #8 – Weekly Update

    And so the project continues……  This week we got our camper up and set up on the land! I did that Thursday night.  So now I don’t have to sleep in the back of the Yukon… Read more

  • #7 – Weekly Update

    We are back up and running! Very happy and relieved to be working again. To start the week off, on Monday we had a delivery of two big boxes on pallets. We ordered 60 solar panels!… Read more

  • #6.1 – Spoiler Alert

    SHE LIVES!!! Read more

  • #6 – Weekly Update

    Hey Everyone!Not a ton to report (I pretty much told everything Saturday night). Excavator is still broken 😦 . The parts are due today, and if they can get the links pressed together at the shop… Read more

  • #5 – Weekly Update

    Wow, what a week! So much happened and it all ended with a bang! (or a big crack!, I’ll get to that)I took this last week off with my last week of paternity leave and I spent… Read more

  • #4 – Weekly Update

    Hi all!  Yes, this is early this week 😦 . I am not at the land today which is sad but I did spend the whole day there yesterday. By the end of the day… Read more

  • #3 – Weekly Update

    Hi Everyone! Short one this week We only had from about 9a.m. till 6p.m. on the property today (Saturday) for the week. Our main focus was our driveway and the bridge over the culverts.  And we… Read more

  • #2 – Weekly Update

    Happy Easter! I hope you are enjoying general conference! Summary: We got a LOT done this weekend! Very exciting, we did tear up a ton of the property with the excavator. Really sad to take… Read more

  • #1 – Weekly Update

    This was an exciting week for us!  The snow is almost gone which means it’s go time! Last Week’s Accomplishments  – I was able to deliver 120 feet, Six 20′ sticks of 24″ drainage culverts to… Read more

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