We are officially land owners

As of this past Friday, we are officially land owners. We've been looking on and off for a few years now (more off than on) and we finally stumbled upon the perfect piece of property for our family. It's 6.25 acres just outside a tiny town called Roans Prairie which is located at the junction of TX-90 and TX-30. It takes about an hour and 15 minutes to get there from our house in Katy and about 30 minutes to get to College Station. We really liked the property the first time we saw it and fell more in love each subsequent visit. It's definitely going to be an ongoing project for the next several years as there's probably 4 acres that are still heavily wooded that will need to be cleared. But we're a ways off from that. :)

Brian and our friend Darren spent this weekend cutting down dead trees and mowing the areas that had already been cleared. This current week will be spent meeting with an electrician and the electrical company to work towards getting power restored to the property. Once we have power we can get the well pump up and running again. There's more mowing to be done and trees that need to come down . The property also came with a barn that is full of random tools, appliances, doors, windows, etc. that will all need to be cleaned out. There was also a garden on the property so there are lots of flower pots and metal stakes that will need to be removed. Like I said, lots of work but thankfully lots and lots of time.

We are so glad we made this investment. Having four boys we definitely need a place where they can roam, explore and just be boys. Eventually we'd like to build a multi car garage with an apartment above it and then once we're ready to retire, a home on the land for Brian and I to live in. We're struggling to come up with an appropriate name for the property. Right now Brian is thinking of Pine Hill as we have a beautiful, HUGE pine tree and our land has the only hill in the area. We've also been toying with something to do with the boys, like Four J Farm. If anyone out there has an idea, we'd love to hear it. I'll post photos as soon as we take some (Brian's going out on Tuesday and plans to snap a few photos of the work they did this weekend.)