OUR NEW HOME..... Happy Happy Joy Joy!

outside the front of the house

front photo # 2

Hughey Elementry... the boy's new school

shot from upstairs looking downstairs

Boys' "HOTEL" bedroom as they call it. They think their room looks like a hotel room.

Upstairs hallway

Kitchen

Kitchen.... view from family room

Master Bedroom

Our new house... 2500 sq ft to 1800 sq ft

This is how you cram 2500 sq ft worth of furniture into a 1800 sq ft space. The only thing we ended up storing was our 2nd kitchen table. Hopefully this is only a temporary thing, we will find out this fall.
This is our Living Room/Dining Room

This is our family room

Family room (photo # 2)

Down stairs restroom

Living Room/Dining Room photo # 2

Moving ..... Update

Well we signed for keys on St. Patricks Day to our new "temp" living arrangements. The movers came on the 18th & 19th and packed everything. The 20th they loaded up the truck in the am and unloaded the truck in the pm. I got home from work to a home full of boxes packed to the ceiling. Feeling a little overwhelmed I looked at JJ and said.... "Let's go get dinner, and then we will hash out a game plan." Well as I said in previous post we were going from 2 living rooms,1 loft, 4 bedrooms, 1 dining room and a eat in kitchen to .... 1 living room and 1 dining room, 3 bedrooms with a little extra storage. Previous to getting the keys were did not have any idea what to expect so it was hard to plan anything. When we were finally allowed to see the new house (may I add only after we signed for it) we decided to lay out a game plan. HOW AM I GOING TO FIT ALL THIS FURNITURE? Well.... I am sure happy I am creative! I was able to put two boys rooms full of stuff into 1 bedroom (yes that's right... they are sharing a room again) They have not had to do this since they were 3 and 5. Now 11 & 9, it's like a "hotel" room as Tanner would call it. I was also able to turn the dining room into a "formal" living room/dining room with some creative staging. I do have a "family room" now, which is where we will spend most of our time. Did I mention that I LOVE this kitchen? It has tons of storage with plenty of drawers, etc. I can actually put things away and not stack them 7 or 8 deep. So this new house definitely has it's pros and cons. You can tell they put a lot of thought into laying these out. 3 storage areas, a huge kitchen, a fluorescent light in the MBR closet. Now I can actually see my clothes, shoes & purses. HUGE back yard, 1/2 grass and 1/2 gravel. They installed sprinkler systems and they mow their grass. (Now Heather, I remember the day's you had to mow at Ft. Riley. I know your are say "WHAT" over that one.)

As of today, I have been very productive. Everything has been hung, organized and put in it's place except the office and garage. JJ is convinced that I would win a contest of who can put their home together the fastest. It took me less than 48 hours minus sleeping and a little shopping to put things together.... so collectively I put about 18 hours into it. I will try to snap some photos tomorrow night after football practice and post so I can get your thoughts. Now with football in full swing 4 days a week and a game on Saturday, the office will have to wait until Saturday afternoon. I will be curious to hear your thoughts on my creative tactics on how to make a 1800 sq foot house feel bigger than it actually is.

Stay tuned for pics....

The flowers JJ bought for me for our 13th Anniversary.

Jack & Tanner showing their Irish hertiage.... (Tanner said, "Mom I think I closed my eyes".... I think he's right!)

D-Day = Moving Day!

Pictures of the house we currently live in. Our new home is much smaller.... so it will be interesting to see where we can put all of our furniture.... Can you say... STORAGE!





Master Bedroom:

Master Bath:

Jack's Room:

Loft area:

Tanner's Room:

Well it's d-day... part 2

Kitchen:

Family Room:

Living Room:

Dining Room:

Family Room (2):

Happy St. Patricks Day!

One of our dear friends past away in February last year and every year I think of him during the St. Patrick 's Day celebration. Here's to you Sean Brown "Our Guinness Angel"