Monday, December 16, 2013

House

Well, we closed today on our new house! It is finally done and we will officially move in this weekend. It's going to be a crazy couple of weeks... house completion, closing, packing, moving, multiple family christmas events, my sister's wedding, new years day catering event.... *sigh*

Slowly but surely we'll get settled and it will be wonderful to be in for Christmas ... and now for the pictures:



very excited for the double ovens and gas range!


dining room right inside the front door

 Loft at the top of the stairs
 view from the loft ... Amelia's bedroom door
 Amelia's room
 Jack and Jill bathroom for the kids
 Jack's room
 my spacious laundry room. love the giant sink
 Master 
 our giant bathroom



Master closet... or small bedroom 
 Living room. (disclaimer: I am getting a custom mantle made for James for Christmas which is why the current one looks a little unfinished.)
 stairs to basement
 study on the main level

 the pantry (another item I'm thrilled about)
 back corner of the basement-wide open spaces for kids to bike/skate/scream 

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

November

Wow... ok so it's been awhile. Sure we've been busy, but the real reason it's been hard for me post is my computer time is constantly interrupted by a certain little boy who thinks he should get some computer time as well. It's just sometimes easier to not fight over the keyboard and hence, ignore the blog. So, with that being said, I'll quickly update what's been going on.

November seemed to have flown by. We celebrated a few family birthdays, including James' grandmother's 90th birthday.
 All the great-grands with Mamoo
 We've also had lots happen with the house (and yes I know I promised an update). Completion is now about a week away and we will close on the 16th. It makes for a crazy Christmas week and, lets face it, all of December, but we are looking forward to being in. So, I will post pictures when it's done. Deal?

Last week, we enjoyed our thanksgiving. On Thursday, we spent the day with my family.

Uncle Landon teaching tricks while lunch was being made.

Family pictures never seem to work.

Games were played. This game was a favorite: Headbands.

Jack charging the camera

Just relaxing, an added bonus of Thanksgiving

Again, lots of game time.

On Friday, we spent some time with the Humphrey side. Again, eating, relaxing, playing games... we also went to Christmas on the Square to see the lights. 

Saturday, was our annual Christmas tree farm trip! We decided we'd get a small tree this year so we could transfer to the house when we move in. It was a pleasant morning with the sun shining bright.

Jack and Mom ready to leave

heading out to find the one
Success!
Action shot


Heading back 

Forgive me if the next time I blog is January and I bombard you with Christmas stuff and House pictures. Maybe I'll get to it before then ... as long as I can keep Jack from banging on the keys.

Merry Christmas!

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Halloween Fun!

We've had a couple fun halloween events over the past couple of weeks... trunk or treating, carving pumpkins, and treat-or-treating. 

Amelia and Dad cleaning out pumpkins

Amelia with the finished pumpkins (jack was in bed already)

ready for some candy! the Butterfly

the Flamingo 

the Ninja

We had our party first with some quality halloween food: mashed potatoes and meatloaf

the black widow: breadsticks

slime punch and brownies 

ghosts and pumpkins


out trick or treating ... wing shot

As for Jack, he of course would not hold still for a picture so we had to get one in action. 
He was the cutest skunk.

a couple shots from the back so you can get the idea.

We had a fun Halloween and October!