The Day We (almost) Broke Ground

We've been waiting on pins and needles (have you?) to get started on this house of ours and today was breaking ground day! Except when we drove past the lot this evening, it still looked like this:

See that? It's a whole lotta grass not being dug up.  Boo. Nothing has happened and we're not sure why.  Just 4 days ago, the builders told us that today was the day they would start.  There's not even any equipment sitting there, ready to get to work.  This makes for some sad Siegers:(

In other news, I packed like a crazy woman today while the kids were at VBS.  Just 2 1/2 weeks until we move out of this house into our temporary condo! So now instead of this:

The house is looking more like this:

Disaster area!

While packing, I discovered all of these that we had to put away while the house was being shown back in the spring (the rule is no personal photos on display while showing your house!). 

We never hung them back up because we knew we'd need to pack them soon, but they sure did bring up some memories.  I'll admit I shed a few tears going through these photos and reminiscing over all the bits and pieces of Evan and Marea's childhoods these photos capture.  Snippets of their younger selves, special events, vacations, and just every day moments.  Sigh. 

Today was kind of glum weather wise, too--rainy and damp this morning, cool until late in the afternoon. It seemed fitting since my mood was low, too, with all the reminiscing and the house not being started.  Oh well--tomorrow is another day and we know we'll be updating with the real breaking ground post soon!