Ah...Memorial Day...

This time last year, Josh and I (along with our families) were rummaging through the remains of our belongings following the Memorial Day Fire of '08. Lighting may have struck our house and burnt her to the ground, but we would be defeated so easily. Josh and I spent the next 6 months stressing ourselves to the max! We had to document everything and rebuild our house (while living in a rental home) while trying to stay focused at our jobs. This proved to be extremely difficult but is all behind us now! Thank the Lord!

I began a blog with updates on the Hixey House last year, but upon moving in to our house in December, I kind of just stopped writing. I plan to post before and after pics on that blog:

http://hixeyhouse.blogspot.com/

over the next few days, but in the meantime, please enjoy a little sample of before and afters here!


Okay, so this is more of a during than a "before"...


And this is how she stands now...the yard still needs some help.


Post-fire photo of built-ins and fireplace.


Dog's-eye view of the fireplace as it is today.

I promise to post real before and afters on The Hixey House Chronicles.