Thursday, December 22, 2011

We Believe in Santa!


The kids have never wanted to sit with Santa by themselves and for me I would rather forego the crying and just keep everyone happy. It's our 4th year to have a family photo with Santa so why change things up now?!? Unless they want to sit with him in the years to come we will just continue our family photos as long as it lasts! :)

We enjoyed the Santa Brunch with our friends, the Dwinell's and the Vicari's. Here is the whole gang!



Hope Santa is good to you all this year!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Our new home!

We moved into our new home on December 3rd, my 32nd birthday. Best birthday ever!! We love the house and neighborhood! The past two weeks we have been very busy unpacking and getting settled in. December is always such a busy month and adding the move has been crazy to say the least. :) Here are some pictures of the progress we have made..


The office

Downstairs bathroom

Breakfast nook

The kitchen

Living room



Dining room - the catch all room right now!

Master bedroom

Master bath

Morgan's room



Morgan's bathroom

Graham's room

Graham's bathroom

Playroom/Guest room

Backyard

Our precious kids! They have done excellent with the move! Such sweeties!!

The unpacking and decorating has been put on hold for now because I had to start my Christmas shopping. I am getting a late start but it will get done and be a great Christmas in our new home.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Happy Owners of a New House

We closed on our new house yesterday, November 29th. Closing was a very smooth process, thanks to our good loan officer and title company. Also, a big shout out to our close friend and great realtor, Micah, for all of his help over the last year. It was a long search but we are confident we found the perfect house for our family.

Today the fun began...the cleaning process. Carpet cleaning is done and the carpet looks fantastic. We hired a friend to give the house a good deep clean before moving in. She worked the majority of the day on the kitchen. She had a issue with the gas stove, and it ate up more of her time than expected. Bless her heart! One of the burners got turned on while cleaning and the knob wouldn't turn it off. There was a period of panic as gas fumes filled the house. The fire department came out and shut off the gas. Everything is fine now, thank goodness. Hopefully that is all the BIG excitement we will have.

We had a Christmas lighting crew put up lights on the house this afternoon. I will post pics later. Tomorrow our storage compartments will be delivered and we will start unpacking on Friday. Sounds like it will be a fun moving weekend -- Lots of rain in the forecast. :)

The kids are beyond excited about the new house and their new rooms. I can't wait to turn this house into our home!