Lot/House Update #2

As of April 8th, 2011, the Carlson Clan now own .00000083699% of the great state of Texas!!! I guess, technically, we own more if you include our current house, but that will only up the percentage by .000000097068% - hahahaha. Yes, David is a big nerd. But it is pretty stinkin’ exciting that we now own land. Not only do we own land, but we now own a ton of trees, too.

Some worth keeping ...


… some are already hacked down ....


And we own a creek!!!!


Here's some more shots of the lot:






This is all a homeschooling families dream. And how did we celebrate this new acquisition?? We camped out … in our ….. backyard. The lot is way too thick to camp on yet – lol. So we pitched a tent in the backyard and had a good ole fashioned suburban campout.

We grilled hot dogs on our gas grill. Looked out at the stars. We saw one, and I’m sure there were more out there - we just couldn’t see them with all the street lights. We fell fast asleep to the sound of cars whizzing by on Spring Cypress and to the sound of air conditioners kick starting (getting the hint on why we wanted the land??). Then we woke up and had an all American breakfast of eggs and bacon. I actually cooked these on my new Coleman stove.

I love me some eggs and bacon in the morning.

Next up – lots of work days to cut some paths in our lot so we can get a better idea of what we’ve actually got as well as some major clearing out in the general area where we think the house might go. That basically means we are going to be cutting down a ton of yaupon. Stay tuned!