It was always chasing a dream. We would gather with friends and family and joke about creating a 'compound' (not so much Branch Davidian), maybe a subdivision, where all our friends and family would live. We would joke about pranking each other, borrowing tools, stealing beers from the full refrigerator.
Matt and I met in mechanical engineering school and the University of Kansas. Five years practicing, two professional engineering stamps, and a couple years of law school later, he was still engineering and I started legal-ing. Matt was always outside, a true eagle scout. After getting into law, I realized that he needed a litigation-buffer zone as it seemed that his bonfires were getting bigger and bigger :)
Our little girl Charlie was born and it made us talk more and more about having some land. Having some cows, being outside, loving our life even more. After we found out we were expecting our little Madelynn, we decided to stop talking about it -- DO IT!
Fast forward until today, here are the crazy yet exciting steps we have taken toward this goal:
1. Sold our house with several acres in hopes of larger spaces to roam.
2. Moved into my parents' basement with our little princess Charlie and our new little princess Madelynn.
3. Located a piece of land in the best Kansas school district that was in our budget. Seriously, you could throw a rock and hit a different school district, but we snuck into the one we wanted :)
4. Closed on the land.
5. Walked through model homes, found a builder we liked.
6. Convinced my parents that they should build an in-law suite/guest house.
7. Builder sent us to an architect...well, two actually!
8. Designed the house
9. Got bids, scaled back design to meet budget, selected a different builder.
AND GO....
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