time to build

**Exhale**

That's what we've finally been able to do around here. Given the tough real estate market, it took a long time to sell the house Chris built on Beechwood Ave. It's official...we've closed on it. We can now focus on selling our current home and then start building our new home.

Part of the plan is to finish the room over the garage, to maximize the square footage. Chris and Marshall have been busy all day tearing a hole in the roof and building a nice, big room for the new owners to appreciate :) We'll put our house on the market in August.


Here's the view from our new backyard. The house is on Mona Ave. For those of you familiar with Norfolk, it's the neighborhood behind the Sonic, by the church. It's on Pretty Lake which runs into Little Creek, which runs into the bay. We will start putting in the dock next month. The children tell people, "The whole world is our backyard". I can't argue with them.