The pace of the build really started to pick up in week 3.  They got the slab poured for the house.  Then they dug the footings for the back porch and poured the porch and the garage floor.  The concrete work came out really nice.  We are very happy with it.

We also got the first delivery of framing materials.  The headers Brad chose to use are manufactured headers.  They look like 5 2×6’s laminated together and planed smooth.  I think they will be much stronger and more rigid than the headers in our old house which were just 2 2×10’s nailed together.

Finally, they started digging the septic system.

The septic tank looks awful large, but I figure that is because we are so close to the Mexican border.  They know we will be eating a lot of Mexican food and everybody knows how that goes right through you!