 Welcome back to another apples and tiara's vlog. So today I thought I would do a quick life update video because I haven't filmed in a while And there's been a lot going on which is why I haven't filmed in a while so if you guys are Ready for a little bit of a talking vlog Grab a snack grab a coffee and let's do it. So today is December 14th It's been quite a while. I think since I've logged maybe like a month or two But I wanted to give you guys a house update as well as just a good old-fashioned life update so Everything at school is going lovely. I love I still love my job love my students love my co-workers my school everything Everything's going great at school It's like all the things outside of work that are going on nothing bad. Nothing bad is happening. Everything's good um We got approved for our construction loan and our loan Also our permit had been approved so we broke ground today at our lot And so I'm here and I wanted to like take you guys around and show you some some stuff So everything is kind of like going and starting and my mom is like you guys will see this up During this month, and you'll see this at this time, and I'm like, oh my gosh, don't get our hopes up like I Don't know I'm trying not to get like excited and like over my head like thinking about timelines and all that stuff because I just don't want to like Anticipate something happening, and then it doesn't happen The only sure thing that's going to happen at a certain time is that I will have a baby in around three months Which is crazy, so I'm currently 20 Almost 26 weeks, which isn't that far along it doesn't seem But there are only three months left So that is Scary And so now that our house is like approved and everything That process is gonna start getting rolling and it's gonna get very busy so we just like signed all our paperwork and printed everything off and Like I said, we just broke ground on the lot today And so I do want to take you guys over there and show you everything But with all of this comes a little bit of stress because of the unknown Building a house. We have like a set budget. We have a loan amount and The interest rates are just horrendous right now as I'm sure all of you know And so I believe our interest rate on our construction loan is seven point I want to say seven point eight something like that And we'll be paying interest only on that up until the home is finished and then once the home is finished they will transfer our construction loan into a more permanent loan and Hopefully this is what I'm praying for is that the interest rates drop a little bit because of the election I'm hoping the house will be done End of April maybe beginning of May that is what my mom is Estimating She's built so many homes and She is like she's guiding us through this process and she thinks it should be ready by April May. I'm hoping for May that way baby comes and we have some time to like Get a grip on that and have our family life adjust with that and then we can move into the new house I think that would just be a lot easier Obviously, then if I'm not pregnant when we're moving in the house I can help So we're hoping for that and I'm just praying Praying so hard that these interest rates drop before then because The mortgage is gonna be like double what we used to pay and we make half of what we used to make So it's very stressful the unknown especially having that situation and bringing a new baby into the world It's just a lot. It's like, you know that list of like the most stressful things that happen in your life like death in the family marriage Having a new baby moving. It's like we're stacking all of these Life-changing life-altering stressful events all into one hot minute like we moved here We're having a baby. We're building a house. We're gonna move again Like it's just like job changes all of that stuff can cause so much stress in someone's life Luckily though, we have each other and we have our families to lean on and without their support There just is no way we'd be able to accomplish all of this. So anyway, that is what's been going on and of course, there's little sprinkles of all kinds of other stuff happening like Cache's first dentist visit and you know, baby doctor appointments and Christmas is coming in a couple of days. And so it's just a lot going on While we're trying to kind of like tiptoe our way through this new Life that we're trying to create so Anyway, I do want to take you down to the property and show you what's been done So far my parents and my husband and cash are all on their way here We bought some Christmas lights to put on the porta potty. It is a tradition when I was growing up My mom actually built all of our homes owner builder We lived in them for two years and then we sold them. So I lived in like at least 10 different homes growing up I always hated leaving them, but I always loved getting a new bedroom But one of the traditions that we always did was we've decorated the porta potty for Christmas And so we're gonna do that. We're gonna like Cristen the lot and just kind of like see she's gonna explain where everything's gonna go and so I'll show you guys as much As I can now I did want to know because I do want to share all of this Process with you guys, but I'm conflicted where I want to share it Do I want to share it here on apples and tiara's or do I want to share it on our family channel apples in the badge? I don't know. I just I want to know what you guys think. Are you guys here for teaching content? Or are you here for just whatever I put up there? you know because if if I Put this here. I just I want to make sure that it's targeting the right audience Like I want to make sure you guys are enjoying what you're watching So let me know in the comments below if you want to see the house building process here on apples and tiara's Let me know in the comments drop a little house emoji if you're down for it being here on apples and tiara's and Then if I get enough of it, I'll post it here. If not, I'll probably just post it on my personal Family channel But just know that like teaching content has been very hard to make And not because I'm not like inspired or I'm not whatever It's just that I have a really amazing team this year And I spend a lot of my prep time that I would normally spend vlogging Working with my team like we're discussing, you know things and like we work really well together And I really enjoy their company and so I Just feel like I'm not like sitting in my room by myself vlogging anymore. I feel like I'm just Like I'm enjoying being in the atmosphere. I'm in and so I feel like there's sort of a small shift in Like what I want to share I Also just feel like everything I've shared in the past has been already shared and like what else can I share? So if you do want to continue to see teaching content on this channel, it would be lovely if you could comment below and tell me What exactly you want to see? Specifics about like management about how to teach a certain standard You know things like that so if you want to continue to see teaching content Put an Apple emoji down below and then pop a little bit of a topic next to it And then perhaps if I can find time I can Vlog that for you guys, but otherwise there might be a shift in this channel We might turn it into a mom channel or just a lifestyle channel or just like a whatever I feel like flipping channel Because I do like filming and I do like editing and posting. It's just that I haven't really Felt like oh, I should post this or oh, I should post that if it's not teaching related So anyway, I'm gonna stop rambling. I'm gonna get out of the car and show you guys What we're working with All right, so it is currently 52 degrees out here. We're all bundled up because it's cold Okay, so here's the driveway and we're like the worst This is our driveway You're gonna ride your bike down this driveway. We could put a basketball hoop above our garage Okay, let me just quick Huh did you say this looks cool that's where Okay, so all of this is driveway and turn around space The garage is We'll leave the Tahoe out let's probably put it it's all parking space Maybe you might want to Look you into the dentist his mouth is on them look at them. Look at his mouth So this will be cashers treehouse tree Yeah, we're gonna do like a platform and then maybe a ladder with like a secondary thing up there We'll see even if we just did a platform that'd be cool like a platform with a ladder you can climb up into it Yeah Yeah, and then We'll have to make a little path From the tree Over through here and then we can put like the playhouse would be perfect the trampoline and playhouse over here and Then the turf can be closer to Yeah, and then maybe even a small chicken coop. I don't know I want to do a garden Maybe a garden right here in this empty space Yeah, yeah, we want to do a perimeter Not the whole thing, but just like maybe around here Around here Maybe not quite to the tree Down here and then maybe attach it to the corner With a gate don't pull that out, baby I think maybe that we do an outer back perimeter fence and then in the front we do like a smaller picket fence Yeah, so this will all be like this will be our turf area probably right here And then as we go this way We can just do like DG and stuff And then maybe the playhouse and the trampoline and then maybe garden I think it'd be cool to plant something up there on that hill like terrace it out with some You know I'm talking about like terrace farming Although it may be tough because the house will shadow. I think the Sun goes this way So it might be Yeah, so it's gonna rise right there And go this way and then maybe a little path going up So mom is standing in the front porch It'll be cool to plant a hedge up there at the top or I can put my picket fence up there That's gonna be a good sled and hill We should all get in the tractor and take a picture The porta potty's gonna go there behind the truck You want to get in the tractor and take a picture? Well, there's no key in it. Get up there Yeah, babe, let's get in the tractor Make sure the keys aren't in that. See Tom, he brought the little one for digging the footings Let's get in it and take a picture. I'm gonna take it for you. Alright guys, so that is the property It's like I said, we just broke ground like today And there's not even a porta potty yet. We didn't even see it. It probably not gonna be here until tomorrow Maybe the next day, but either way that is the life update There's so many things we want to do with this land. Obviously We have so much more space than we've ever had and so obviously things are gonna take place over long periods of time We have like the five-year plan and the 10-year plan And this is where we're gonna raise our family, um, you know, we're gonna have two boys And I'm just really excited to see where all of it goes. So anyway, thank you guys so much for watching Don't forget to comment down below The house emoji if you want to see more updates on the house on this channel And then an apple emoji with whatever teaching content you are interested in seeing and I'll see y'all in the next video Thank you so much for watching. Bye