City Girl to Farm Girl 101: Light 'Er Up

I know some of you have been waiting for this post all day today, so here it is!!

Today marks the day we destroyed the old house. Just a little background--this house was built in 1905 and it was added onto twice. That means the actual house was 109 years old!!

It all started at 9:30 this morning when the tree removal crew hopped into their machines and started destroying the house. They ran one backhoe to demolish the house. They started on one side of the house in the middle and pushed the walls in. They then moved to the other side of the house and pushed in the middle on that side. Then they moved to each corner of the house and eventually the roof caved in. I've never seen a house destroyed before, but this was the way to do it. There was no need to just go right for the roof, but to start in the middle and work out towards the corners and the roof will just fall in on its own.

Let me tell you...when they were tearing the house down, I questioned myself as to how I lived in this place for a year----it DEFINITELY was true love!! The asbestos, dirt, dust, mold, and MICE was just unreal! When the ceiling fell down, it was amazing
at how dirty the insulation was. We figured most of this dirt was from the dirty 30's that got trapped in the house. It was really mind-blowing as to how much dirt was in this house!!

After the entire house was demolished, Shay (Logan's brother), Roger (Logan's dad), and a fireman threw a few matches on the house. The house lit up, and really did not take long to burn down. 109 year old wood burns pretty fast!!

It was kind of sad to see this house go because it has always been the farm house, the house Roger's grew up in, and mine and Logan's first house, but we know that the road ahead of us holds so much more than we can even imagine. The new house will be here before we know it and there are great memories to be made in the new house, just like the memories made in this house.

**So now that my sentimental speech is done, we can get to the pictures. I took about 50 pictures and a few videos, so here are the highlights from the day!