Foundation Pour!

Here are the footings

Stem walls

Pretty high at the west end

Daddy and Elias

Fascinated little boys

But the truck is still pretty exciting and warm!

We're on our way!

Our house project

We found the perfect spot with beautiful Mt. Hood view!

This is looking slightly west....

This is the hill behind.....

The property with our house stakes

Putting in the temporary water

It works!

Standing in our future living room!

Jesse feels right at home

The dig begins

Excavation complete

The steps of the foundation

Putting in the forms

John jumps in to help the foundation crew

Hiking behind our property

A little boy's dream, new lands to explore

New game

On top of the hill behind our house that you can see from the 3rd pic up above

Winter Days

Finally got some good snow

Our 2nd snow camel, in honor of our Arabian cousins!

Bros

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Christmas - Suncadia

Sledding Fun

Kell ice skating

Presents are of course a big hit

The quintessential Christmas sweater!

The beautiful lodge - there's Nama!