We made it!

What.a.weekend.

Saturday morning ... was D-day. We had a U-haul truck all ready to go, friends and family on their way to help, and rain was falling from the sky. Didn't look too pleasant, but we persevered. Everyone came as promised and the rain stopped mid-morning, and so we continued! The weather got cooler and cooler, and it was windy - which actually turned out to be a good thing. I hate moving when it's hot, and it was definitely cool enough! We were completely done by 3:00pm, and had the rest of the evening to relax and unpack.

I've got tons of photos of the remainder of the renovations, and of some of our moving process... and of course photos of what we're living in now. We won't have internet at the house until next week sometime, but I'll post them as soon as it gets hooked up. It's been a great experience, and there's still work to be done, but at least now we can head to bed when we get tired, and no longer have to trek it back to the apartment.

Home, sweet home.

25?!?!

So, I turned 25 on March 6 and I seriously can't believe how fast my life is going by! It was a great week of celebrations with my family and friends and I definitely feel like a very blessed girl. Here are some photos:

Jason and I went to CPK for dinner and he gave me presents! He's so good to me. :)

Opening presents wrapped in birthday hat paper. (Jason wrapped my Christmas presents in this paper one year because he thought they looked like Christmas trees. LOL)

Friday night we painted at the house just the two of us. It was really fun and we got a LOT done.

Check out the finished product - lots of cutting in, but so worth it. I LOVE the green!

Celebrating at my parent's house. My mom made ham, dressing, broccoli casserole, mashed sweet potatoes, homemade rolls, AND chocolate cake. She deserves the Mom of the Year award.

I got my very own CROCS! AND they are pink!

Cut in cabinet wall. We're getting our appliances on Monday. We are SO excited.

Here we are at The Melting Pot with our best buds. Jason took the picture, but didn't make it in the photo!

The best husband in the world with the birthday girl.

This picture is AWESOME. LOL!

Our sweet friends, Chris and Kylee.

Jason is excited for the MEAT.

Kylee being mischievous with the lobster tail...

Look how red it is!

The waiter totally called her out - but admitted he's done it too. It was SO funny. But you had to be there.

Chris cut the tiny sliver of cheesecake in half and it was hysterical. He's a skilled knifist.

So these are the updates from this past weekend. Lots of fun and I'm a year older. YAY!

Weekends 3 & 4

Okay so it's been a while since I last posted, but things have been crazy working at the house. We're trying to make our move-in date of March 20, and will barely make it. So instead of a recap of each weekend I'm just going to post some photos we've taken along the way.

 

The fireplace all done - just waiting on our mantel!

 

Making progress!

Check out that pretty painted closet. :)

A little lighter now...

More progress - that green wall will be blue.

We have an attic!!

Chris talking to Jason through the ceiling. Ha!

The best baseboard/door frame/window sill painter in these here parts.

Let there be LIGHT!

Always ready for anything.

Teamwork! We are painting the master closet - it was a BEAST to paint and felt like a prison of beige...

Patched wall in the laundry room and no more shelf!

Getting ready to cover that yellow. :)

First painted door in the house.

Kylee, touching up the green.

Measuring for the bathroom light fixture.

Chris and his funny faces... :)

So proud of myself that I didn't even realize I painted this green on the wrong wall!

The beginnings of blinds.

Pretty greens.

Hard at work.

LIGHTS!!!

Totally painted my shirt accidentally. And check out the wall with both greens ... silly me.

Getting closer...

Kylee's pooped and ready to go home to sleep!

GREEN!

Bathroom light~!

Look at those WHITE baseboards and door frame!

Blinds!

I plan on updating the blog in between packing - finished 7 boxes last night and 10 this morning! So much more to come... but so encouraging that we're less than 2 weeks away from living in our first HOME!!  :)