When we moved into the temporary apartment in our garage during the fall of 2009, we had an ultimate plan of building a house around 5 years later. We would occasionally discuss what kinds of features we wanted in a house, but didn’t really put much time into planning any details since 5 years was still quite far in the future. In May of 2011, we took a trip down to Tennessee to visit Joe’s sister Kelley and her husband Jon. While staying at their house, we both commented about how we liked the layout, and we started sketching up some potential floor plans for the first time.  While spending some time in Nashville, we also happened to wander in to a Shane Company store where Sara found the wedding ring she wanted.
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In May of 2009, we began building a 3 stall garage, which houses a temporary apartment for us to live in until we get our house built.  The garage is 44 feet wide by 24 feet deep.
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