The New House

Since I have received requests for more pictures of the house...here they are. These were taken before the house was completely done. As the rooms come together I hope to amaze you with the changes we will make with some great before and after snapshots...but you'll have to wait for that. We haven't done anything impressive yet. One big difference is the paint. We had the whole house repainted so these pictures are inaccurate.

The kitchen

The mudroom/laundry room--entry from the garage

The living room w/ side nook area (I think our kitchen table will eventually go here) I don't know it is a weird size in a weird location plus I have no decorating skills

The front entry into the living room

Front bedroom--currently a play room/guest room (we want to put a murphy bed in here someday) It is no longer purple

The master bedroom ceiling--again our walls are not this dark. Jason and I prefer a much lighter tone throughout the house.

We are lucky to have something so clean and new. The granite counters are amazing and I have a pantry. I haven't had one before in any of the places we have lived. Slowly but surely I may be brave enough to share what the house actually looks like with our stuff in it.

Meet Me in St. Louis

We spent last weekend in St. Louis. It is amazing that we can leave our house after-school on Friday and get to Mom and Dad's house in time for a late dinner the same day!! We met Carolyn and Parker up there for the weekend. Wes was across the world in India. We of course played Just Dance and took our little animals to the zoo.

With two only children in tow, the stroller was at times an object of contention but they did manage to ride in it together for about 3 minutes on the way to the car. We also went out to eat and tried to stop in at the mall (for my benefit) of course. Not much shopping in D-burg. It was a delightful weekend. After a delicious Sunday dinner, we all came down to our house. I guess the weekend was good because Navie slept for pretty much 3 hours on the way home.

I neglected to take any pictures while we were here in Tn but some of the highlights included: the whole group picking up Navie from school in the new van, playing at the park, having a picnic with the flies, squeezing the 7 of us around the table for dinners, and practicing cartwheels on the mat. It is great to be so close! I can't wait to see what other adventures await us.