Our first house!!!

Here is the reason that I've dropped off the face of the blogging world for a while now:





We were able to get the keys on October 2nd and immediately started moving stuff out of storage and into the garage. I had this idea that we needed to paint before we moved in. I am finding out that all these projects I have planned take a lot more time and a ton more work than I think! We didn't actually stay in the house until almost a week later. We painted all the ceilings in the whole house (minus the 3 bathrooms and the laundry room, which we just plain forgot to do). The walls and ceilings in the ENTIRE house were painted the same color. You can see it in this picture of the living room/dining room/kitchen:

I agree, the color itself is not horrible, it's neutral and all that, but it made the house seem so dark. So we painted. There are still many things on the list...the dining room fixture is kind of ugly and somebody hung it in a weird place, we need furniture in the living room...(there is also a formal living room on this floor that is completely empty!) Here is another kitchen picture:

And then we painted all the walls upstairs (four bedrooms, living room). Ethan and Liddy got to pick their own wall colors and then help paint their room. Ethan stuck with it for a long time. At one point I turned to see Liddy dipping her hands in paint and putting hand prints on the wall. It was only the first coat so no big deal. I actually felt kind of sad painting over those cute little hand prints!

The upstairs living room. You can see what the stair rail looks like and down that hall there are two unused bedrooms, a bathrooom and a nice sized closet. Ethan and Liddy's room are to my right and left. You can see Ethan gaming. No, we don't have a Wii, he just plays all video games as if they were interactive. He's always redfaced and sweating when he's done!

The main floor has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms (not pictured due to cleanliness issues) and all the windows have great views. From the front windows you can see the Mt. Timpanogos temple, Utah lake, and the mountains across the lake. The back windows look out onto the foothills and mountain. We are right up against the mountains on the east side of the valley. So far we love our house. We still need to do so much work (finish the basement, put in a back yard...) but at least we can do what we like and keep it when we're done! Please come visit us! We have plenty of room!