Goodbye, Garage

This week our garage is coming down, in order for us to get a brand new, two-car garage!

We are very excited about the change --Max has been talking about it for weeks, and we've been thinking about it for years.  But we are sad to see some other changes that must take place for this to happen. Mainly, the deck and attached playset must be torn down, too. These were big pluses when we bought the house 9 years ago, and we've loved having them so much.


Here's Max over the years on top:

 

Here's a baby Benny eating rocks underneath:

It's been a play area for kids during barbecues or playdates:

 

And the deck has held countless family dinners and barbecues with friends.

All the boys learned to ride in the driveway in front of the garage (this is a 2 or 3 year old Max).

And the basketball hoop has seen a lot of action over the years  (this is me on a chair with a 4 year old Max) :

(And this is my brother Joe lifting up a smaller Benny:)

Thankfully we were able to safely take the hoop down, and we will put it up again when the new garage is here.


The new garage will be set to the very back of our property, making much more space for bike and trike riding and hoops-shooting in the driveway in front of it.

We plan to park in it (what's this? Parking INSIDE a garage in this neighborhood? Awesome!)

But best of all, it will come with tons more storage space in the upstairs part.  My nesting mode is itching to kick in full-time, and hopefully in just a few weeks I will be able to move holiday decorations, camping gear, boys' clothing and more out to the garage to make room for a fourth child to join our family.