Ricky and I hit the road to Magnolia, packed up with my desk—handcrafted by either Daddy or PawPaw—his hallway dresser, and a few totes destined for the storage unit. After unloading, we made our way out to the house to see how things were coming along, and wow—it’s really coming together! The fence is up, the yard is covered in fresh sod, the landscaping is in place, and there are even blinds on the windows now. It’s finally starting to feel like a home. There’s still some finishing work to be done inside, but it’s so close to being ready, we can almost see ourselves living there already.

We got our weekly call from Zach and Kristy on our ride home. Zach mentioned that the gas line wasn’t in and he doesn’t know how he missed that. The sod will have to be pulled up to put that in but he assured us that it will all be replaced good as new.