House Tour: Downstairs

We have been loving our new home and have so much fun making it a place of our own... here is a peak inside our place.

When you open the front door you see a hall way leading towards the kitchen or a walkway to the living room.

To the right of the door is where the stairs are. 

Living room:

The living room leads into the dining room.

The dining room also has an entry to the kitchen.

over the cabinet lighting

From the kitchen there is a door to the garage.... not a good picture but you get the idea

The kitchen wraps back around the the hall way from the first picture taken from the front door. Laundry space is to the left under the stairs (not pictured) and there is a half bath to the right. 

Close up of the floor... 

And just because I have a picture... here is a wreath I made a couple years ago (yay for surviving 3 moves!) that is on our front door right now. 

 If you made it all the way through the pictures, you're a champ! Stay tuned for a tour of the upstairs! 

Wonderful Weekends: Visit From Friends & Homecoming

(Written Monday, posted late)

First of all, this weekend was just not long enough! Am I the only one that felt like it flew by? Even though it was a quick weekend, it sure was a good one. Friday at 4:30, I left work and got the weekend started. I stopped by our house and then Preston and I went to the field for my brothers’ homecoming football game. We were glad to watch the game and not need an umbrella this time (we’ve been getting soaked at games). Just before the game started, our friends Eric and Jade made it to the school. After meeting up with them, the game started. The game was fun (we won) and then Preston, Eric, Jade, and I were headed back to our house. Jade and I have been friends for years and I am so thankful that despite the miles between us, we continue to stay good friends. I am grateful that we live closer now and they were able to make the trip to come visit us! After showing them our house and a little while of chit chat and catching up, we all decided it was time for bed.

 Saturday morning, we got started with breakfast around 9:00… biscuits and gravy, eggs, and bacon- Yum! We hadn’t made a big breakfast in a really long time and it was enjoyed by all. After getting ready and taking a few pictures, we went and got our supplies for a little crafting. Instead of carving pumpkins, we decided to paint them. My pumpkin has a black “R” with black and silver polka dots, which now sits on our front porch near our mums. After clean up, it was time to tell Eric and Jade bye. After they headed home, Preston and I left to go see my siblings before their homecoming dance. This was the first high school dance that all three of my younger siblings were at together. They all looked so great, see for yourself! Preston and I decided to have dinner out and chose a local Mexican restaurant, then headed home to watch “Blended” that we rented from Redbox. Have you seen this movie? We thought it was a really good one! After the dance, Brinley and a couple of friends stayed at our house. I thought they would be pretty rowdy, but they watched Pitch Perfect and I didn't hear another peep.

Sunday we went to church and then the afternoon was spent assisting with bible bowl. If you haven't heard of it, it's a program where kids study a certain part of the Bible and then have a competition about it.  We stopped for some frozen yogurt afterwards before going back to church.  Sunday night at home was pretty low key.  It was a good day... but a long day.

Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Brice, Popaw, Bradley, Grandmama, & Brinley

Fall List Update

How is it already the middle of October? It's definitely feeling like Fall around here lately, except for the ridiculous amounts of rain making it feel like Spring. Leaves are changing their color late this year, and it looks like this weekend will be the peak of the color change. From our house, we are surrounded by mountains and the colors are beautiful! Since we are really getting into fall now, I decided to post an update on how we are doing with the Fall "bucket list/to do list" that I posted a few weeks ago.

1. Make another Fall wreath. I love making wreaths, and my Fall wreath that I currently have has been my favorite of all the ones that I have made, you can check it out here. This is possibly happening this weekend.

2. Carve a pumpkin with Preston and siblings- need I say more?

Hoping to in the next couple of weeks

3. Decorate our new house with Fall Decor! We should be moving in sometime this month or very beginning of October, I love fall decorations, how perfect for the first season to decorate our new home?! Can't wait to scatter my pumpkins, leaves, scarecrows throughout the house.

4. Enjoy my first pumpkin spice cappuccino from Speedway ASAP. A friend introduced these to me in high school and I have loved them ever since.

5. Decorate my office w/ Fall decorations that have been in my filing cabinet since last year.

6. Hopefully have friends from NC and WV over for a Friday night. Half of this is happening Friday- Can't wait!

7. Enjoy Thanksgiving with family.

8. Maybe take some family pictures outside when the leaves change... maybe.

9. Participate in Trunk-or-Treat at our church. We've decided on our costumes.... we're going to be Indians!

10. Relax a little- Summer is super busy! We just moved, relaxing has definitely not happened, but I know it's coming soon!

What have you and your family done so far this fall?

We're Homeowners!

If you know me personally, you know that the past 2 weeks has been a roller coaster in the home buying process. However, we've gotten off the ride because we are officially homeowners !! We are thankful and feel so blessed for this house to finally be ours. We closed last Thursday evening, and after closing we went to the house, then to the storage unit where all of our stuff has been for the past two months, we found the easiest bed to get out of the Jenga grid of belongings and loaded it in the truck. We got pizza to take to the house for dinner and then after going to my parents' house to get some clothes, we were headed back to our house to spend our very first night there.

Friday was spent moving, unpacking, and organizing. We got SO much done Friday and I was glad with my decision to take that day off. We are grateful for all who helped us in this moving process! Friday evening we quit unpacking and headed to my brothers' football game. It rained the whole time, but we enjoyed watching anyways.

Saturday we finished moving everything in and had it all moved by noon. We spent more time unpacking and organizing. Preston and I headed to Hobby Lobby (it just opened in our town) and I got some chalk pens, cannisters, and some fall decorations. Saturday evening we had family game night at church which was really fun, so grateful for a wonderful church family!

Sunday was church and more organizing....

Monday I was off for Columbus Day (woohoo!!) and we finished putting everything away inside the house, now to organize the garage. Also on Monday, I may or may not have made another trip to Hobby Lobby :)

So thankful to be in our home, we love it! God has blessed us beyond measure and I can't wait to see what the future in this house will bring!

More house pictures coming soon!