SOLD!

Today we can officially say that our house is SOLD. Everything went really fast--in fact, we accepted an offer on it just two weeks ago and had to have everything packed and out of there by today. So now we are on to our next project! My extended family knows this house as "Grandma's House"--feel free to stop by for a game of jailbreak or a drink from the water fountain. We have some minor improvements to make before we officially move in (painting, carpeting, refinishing hard wood floors) but hopefully we'll be in before the holidays--Todd says he's not making any promises.

BATMAN

Addalyn and Grady
Apparently Batman only has one eye once the mask goes on

Fall Fun

Pumpkin Patch

Kindergarten Field Trip--Oct. 2008

My Gorgeous Sister and the Cutest Boys in Her Life

Jody, Grady, Kaden, and Brandt
(Wendy, I stole this picture from you :))

For Sale

So our house is up for sale. I didn't think I would be sad at all because I am so desperate for more space...but as I think back on all of our hard work (okay so all of Todd's hardwork) it is kind of sad to think that we could be giving this place up. Here is a before and after look at our cozy little home.

TREES, TREES, and MORE TREES (The house used to not be visible from the street...we are not tree haters and we do love the environment but I was feeling majorly claustrophobic.) So in one day we brought down probably 20 trees/bushes in our yard.

MASTER BEDROOM WALLS (Not what you hope to find after scraping wallpaper for two whole days)
THE PICTURE BELOW SHOWS WHAT WE RIPPED OUR HOUSE DOWN TO AFTER WE FOUND THE CONDITION OF THE WALLS UNDER LAYERS AND LAYERS OF WALLPAPER
DINING AREA AFTER
MASTER BEDROOM AFTER

KITCHEN BEFORE

KITCHEN AFTER
LIVING ROOM BEFORE(floor to ceiling wallpaper)
LIVING ROOM AFTER

EXTERIOR BEFORE

EXTERIOR AFTER

Thanks to everyone who helped us get this far...both of our dad's for electrical and plumbing work, my mom for helping me strip wall paper for two days before we ended up just tearing the walls out, Debbie for helping Todd paint the whole place while I volunteered at a track meet, Carrie and Eric for spending one whole vacation day sanding the green paint off the original kitchen cabinets before Todd came home and chucked them, Heath for electrical work and re-siding help, Brad for breaking up the ancient tub that was in here and weighed a thousand pounds, Wendy for helping get everything hung, and poor Matt who spent most of his senior year working for free!

Carrots

This is for our good friends and favorite ex-neighbors, Jake and Erryn!
They had the cutest little garden so today Grady snuck over to pull up some carrots!