We Moved!!!

Hey Everyone,

I know this has taken so long, but we did finally move in on Sept. 6. (I lost the camera in the move and found it a few weeks ago :) ) A big thanks to Mom and Kenny for helping us move. We couldn't have done it without you. It was a crazy weekend trying to move with two little helpers, but we got there and we are all settled in. I attached some pictures of the house. We did finally get curtains in the dining room. I'm working on painting Grace's room pink right now and getting both of their rooms finished. We try to tackle a few projects each week and weekend. Enjoy!

Grace and Dalton found a frog on the back porch. Joey is holding it for them.

Front Yard

Kitchen

Living Room

Dining Room

Locker Area (Entrance from Garage/Back yard)

Master Bath

Kids Playroom (Will be office one day)

Kids Bathroom

Grace taking a nap in her new big girl bed and new room

Dalton taking nap in his new room

Candice, Alyssa, and Ava visited us. The kids had a blast!

Dalton and the girls :)

Alyssa and Grace -- Slumber Party!!!

Bathtime in the BIG tub

Once I get some more of the rooms completed, I will post pics so stay tuned.

Allyson

Busy, Busy, Busy

Hey Everyone,

I'm not sure where to begin....it has been a busy time. Jon and his crew worked their tails off the last two weeks to get our house ready to close. These are the things that were completed: all doors on cabinets as well as hardware have been installed, staircase, toilets, tubs/shower fixtures installed, door knobs on all doors, lighting, granite, sink in kitchen, carpet, tile, and back splashes. I know I'm probably leaving something out. The pictures are below. Oh, and we also did the walk through for the painter. That is what the little yellow sticky's are in the pictures.

Hurricane Gustav put a little damper on things this weekend. My mom, dad, aunt and grandmother were suppose to come up on Friday to help us clean and get the house ready. Unfortunately none of them could come because of the hurricane. Joey and I tried the best we could with two small children to get most of the cleaning done this week or rather the first layer of crud off of everything. We still have a long way to go. I haven't' started packing yet either. I was hoping to get that done this weekend too. My mom and dad should be here on Thursday and Friday to move. I'm so ready for all of this to be over with. It has been a long road.

Gene and Mikey working on the cabinets

Gene taking a little time to pose for me :)

Mikey hard at work

knobs/pulls

staircase

toilets

master bathroom

Granite

granite/sink in kitchen

outside light

Kitchen - Red

Appliances

Brick around porch and back patio

Floors, Lights, and Drawers

Hi Everyone,

The house is shaping up nicely. It is actually starting to look like we could live in it.

Before I get into the details and pictures, I wanted to say an enormous, gigantic THANK YOU to Basil Arthur, Kristi and Andy Hall for helping Joey and me on Saturday to lay sod, pull up the form around the driveway, clean up, etc. A lot of sweat went into Saturday and we can't thank you enough.

Okay, now onto the house. We got floors, not sure if I told you that or not. The wood floors were installed on Friday night minus 8 boards (I think) in the study. The guys ran out of wood. We got real pine put in. They will come back in two weeks to sand, stain, etc the floor. Right now it is unfinished. We also had the ceramic installed minus the grout. The grout will be put in after the painter finishes. The electricians were working in the house this weekend and this week. We got lights and smoke detectors. Unfortunately, there was an accident earlier this week. One of our electricians almost fell completely through the ceiling in the living room. The fall would have been around 19 feet. Luckily, he caught himself by his fingertips. Please pray for him that he will have a speedy recovery. He has two broke ribs. Thank the Lord it wasn't anything more than that. We did have a hole in the ceiling, but the sheet rock guy came out and fixed it. Jon, Gene, and Mikey build and installed the drawers this week. They look great. Yesterday, Jon was putting the staircase in. It should be finished today and I'll upload pictures when I get them.

I also want to say a big "thanks" for all those that are working or have worked on our house. Although this process is stressful at times, Jon and his crew have done a great job. We are eager to move in and throw a party.

Allyson

Master Bath Shower

Hole in Ceiling from Electrician - Scary

Foyer Light

Kids Bath - Counter Top, Sink, Drawers

Living Room

Master Bath

Hallway from Garage

Dining Room

Kitchen Wine Rack above Fridge

Kitchen Lights

Yellow Laundry Room

Master Bath Tile


Kids and Upstairs Bath Tile

Pine Floors