Struse Family Blog





Welcome to our family blog! Follow along with us as we build our new family home! We have waited a REALLY long time, so we want to share the experience with all those we love who are far away! Hope you enjoy it and maybe learn a thing or two. . . .


Sunday, January 31, 2010

Breaking ground!!

We finally signed the loan papers on 1/28. Now it's time to get started. . . . . . .


The children were happy to help!



















Making sure everything is where it should be!












We marked out where the house and basement will go.



Dan started digging the basement!!































































































We are now on our way!!! It is so exciting, after waiting for all this time, to finally start on our dream house! I already can't wait to move in!

Friday, January 29, 2010

We're official!!

Well, we signed the papers and we're all official now!! We'll be starting to dig the basement this weekend! Hooray! Not much exciting stuff happening to start with, but I'll keep posting anyways!

Monday, January 18, 2010



This is the lovely spot where our new house will be built!

purpose of this blog!

Hello all! This is our family blog to document our adventure as we build our family dream home! We have been waiting a VERY long time to do this, so we want all our family and friends to be able to share with us along the way. We will update it as much as possible so you can all experience the craziness right along with us!! We just got our loan approved last week and should sign the papers this week. Then, it's off we go!!!