November 14, 2008

* the NEW house *

At last! We have finally moved into the new house. Finally we are done! Finally! (can you tell I am excited!?) I must say, this moving by yourself thing is overrated, if rated at all. ;|

Here is a pic of our new home ...

Another view - encompassing a bit of our neighbor's ...

The house is awesome! I must admit that I am love, love, loving the high cathedral ceilings and am totally in love, love, love with the double gargae w/garage door opener. I feel all hoity toity now. I think I'm getting a little prideful! :( I must repent. Oh, speaking of prideful ... check out the new kitchen table. We totally got it on sale for $128 dollars. Yes, you heard me correctly - an all oak table for $128. I'm so excited! There are two leaves for it and we could seat up to 10 or maybe more people! woo hoo! :0

Here is Austin in the backyard ... we were excited about the snow! We've only gotten about an inch so far and it's pretty much all gone now ...

Here is the living and dining area ... the ceilings are HIGH!

In the past, I have never been a fan of duplex living, but I must admit that we are really loving the house. I think it helps that our house is separated from our neighbors' house by the garage. I did meet our neighbor ... she is German and her hubby is deployed right now. They have a cute little girl and a dog, too. :) I totally have forgotten her name, but I must admit she is very pleasant. :)

Melissa is nearer to her bestest buddy, MacKenzie ... actually, we are on the same street. Austin hasn't really met any of the kids in our neighborhood yet, due to the colder weather. Hopefully, we will be seeing some more activity outside once we get a little more snow! :) I have big plans for forts and sledding and football in the snow ... I may be delusional, but we'll see.

Here are also a couple of pics of the kids - we took the dogs on a walk and went to a park. Austin asked if he could have Pirate go down the slide and I assumed that he meant that he would go with him ... I was wrong in my assumption and let's just say that Pirate was not impressed with the slide. If must admit, it was kind of funny to watch, though!

Melissa & Austin w/Pirate at the slide ...

Pirate, thrilled to be sliding down ... poor thing! :)