Dress up time!

One of the first nights in our new house, Ellie stayed over night. We spent some time in Lowe's and Target and the girls were so well behaved that they got to pick out a toy. They picked out dress-up clothes and had fun playing for hours when we got home. They love to pose!

Lilah painting

Lilah wanted to help paint my bedroom. She started painting the wall nicely, but then quickly became bored and started painting pictures on the wall. I eventually had to paint over her beautiful pictures. She didn't understand why I needed to paint over her pictures at first, but then I think she realized that all the walls needed to match.

Into the new house!

Here are a few shots of the new house. We are so thankful to be out of the apartment and into our own space again. We feel like the fire will soon be behind us and we can really begin to move forward. It was a long process to get here - as many of you are aware, the mortgage industry is really tight right now. We are blessed to have supportive family, friends and community. We have not has any water in the basement (while our neighbors across the street are not as fortunate), but we figure we are not due for a home disaster again for some time. We hope to see many of you here this summer!

Back of the house - view of the deck and some of the back yard. Behind us is the city park and two softball fields. There are games every night throughout the summer. We really enjoy sitting on the deck or in the 3 season porch watching the girls play and teaching Lilah about the game. She will start t-ball in July so we are trying to give her a little bit of a head start - you know us and our competative spirit :).




This is the family room (you will see many boxes and stuff that still needs to find a place) and a small view of the porch. We will enjoy fires this winter.

This is the kitchen. Since the house is multilevel, this view is from the family room. You have to go up 4 steps to get from the family room to the kitchen.


This is Lilah's room. It was painted like this when we moved in. She really loves it! She also has a play room which helps keep the mess a little contained - we can at least shut the door!

This is our bedroom. I painted this when we moved in. I do enjoy painting. I also did the family room, half bathroom, and entry way. There wasn't too much painting to do, but it was nice to put our color preferences in a few key places in the house.