Our Cozy Little Cottage
"Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it;" ~ Psalm 127:1
After six years of living in a 3rd floor apartment, we were blessed to have the opportunity to buy a home again. Given that everything that we have is already a gift from God, we dedicated our home back to Him. As a symbolic commitment to that dedication, we "literally" built our house on the Word of God, as you'll soon see.
Join us on a brief photo journey through the building of our home (click on the images for a better view):
We decided to place Valerie's old and well-read Bible in the foundation of the house. It's buried a few inches below the area between Rachel and Alyssa near the corner form, opened up and bookmarked at Psalm 127:1.
Like everything else, construction technology has changed significantly since we built our last home in Arizona.
This is from the early stages of the foundation - with the trenching complete and the high-tension cables laid in, it's called a monoslab.
We had one last look before they poured the cement. To our utter amazement, we saw the Bible preserved completely intact, silk bookmark and all, even after the extensive trenching that had just been done! What a blessing that God would allow us to witness with our own eyes, our symbol of dedication to Him!
You can see the Bible just below the center of the image, opened, with the black silk bookmark to the left of the blue cable.
Once the foundation was poured, things quickly started to take shape.
We really saved a lot by having the girls dig our driveway!
It was hard to believe that this pile of wood, would soon be walls and a roof.
Next came the frame-out of the walls...
... and the ceilings.
We wired the house for networking and internet. That's Autumn helping run the cables.
No, we didn't have to install the drywall (or dig the driveway), but it was just the right height for a little nap.
Before the drywall went up, it was difficult to picture where things might go, since you could "see" through the walls; now it's a little easier.
