We are - Jeff, Katie and (new addition - Brooke) Barnes. I (Katie)will be writing these blogs and helping as much as I can with the construction of the house, while taking care of Brooke who is currently 9 months old. Jeff will be building this log home with the help of friends, family, and of course a few hired professionals along the way. He will also be working "full time" during this process, but works from home. He does mergers and acquisitions/financial analysis. We currently live in Big Bear Lake, CA. Jeff grew up around construction/development with his family in Arizona. I grew up in Oregon where my dad was a log home builder and lived during the contruction of and lived in several log homes. Who knew history would repeat itself??? We have been married about a year and a half but together about 8 years. We met through work in Orange County, CA and after a few years, sold everything to buy a boat and sail around the world. We left from Florida, spent almost 3 years, and made it to New Zealand (halfway around the world), before deciding it was time to get back to the real world. We hadn't yet concluded this venture when we started growing tired of tropical beaches and life on a boat and started dreaming about mountains, snow, and building a log home. The summer of 2005, we were in Fiji where we had friends visit and Jeff requested they bring a few log home books. And so it had begun... April 2006, we sold the boat, moved back to Southern California, and began acquainting ourselves with landlife again. We somehow had a bit of money left after traveling for a few years, but it was far from enough to buy a home in Socal. The market had peaked and was either still on its way down or going to stagnate for awhile, so maybe it was a good time to buy land and build? We hoped so, because we'd made up our minds to go for it...
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