Home Sweet Home!
I'm sorry it's been two weeks since my last post but it took Verizon, two weeks to get us phone service, t.v. service and of course Internet service!
I was using wireless service and it is slower than 28k dial up so obviously posting pictures was out of the question. So.........drum roll please......the moment you've all been waiting for......Pictures of our new home!!!
It's a cute house, not big, but big enough to fit us...almost, except for Tandi's kitchen supplies. Obviously because I publish recipes for a living anything less than a large kitchen just won't fit, but in reality, things are good. A small kitchen is nothing to complain about in the grand scheme of things. Okay, enough rambling, let's get to the photos.
Here is Kenzi in her NEW room! She was adamant this whole time that she was going to get the BIGGEST room. Yes, we had a little argument about the fact that mommy and daddy would get the biggest room, she agreed, but then stated that she would get the next biggest.
Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans.......the smaller room was painted pink. Kenzi instantly fell in love with the pink room and gave up her original idea of having the BIGGEST room. Whew!! Dodged a bullet on that one.
Okay, here is Kenzi's room today. yes, we are pretty much moved in, everything has been put away. She didn't make her bed but I'd have to say, this is pretty clean for her so that's good.
All her school books are on the shelf, ready for school to start in a couple weeks.
Here is Cam standing in his new room, this was the day before we moved in. The colors in the room worked perfect with his comforter so we were pretty excited. The kids were running through the house, thrilled that we finally had a place to live after a full month in hotels.
Here is Cam's room fully decorated, well sort of. Yes, the room is a mess, what else is new. This kid is a walking tornado, so if the room looks anything less than ready to be condemned by the health department, it's all good!
He does have a full bed, we figured when family comes to visit they can stay in his room. Plus he is growing like a weed, in the 75th percentile for his age so choosing a full bed was probably good, I think he'll grow out of a twin by the time he's a teenager. Don't ask me where he got the size from, it certainly was NOT me, well, Dave doesn' have it either but the genes are hidden in there somewhere :-)
Here is the living room, I think I did a good job decorating it. This is all new furniture, it was tons of fun to shop for it. You can see not all the pictures have been hung on the walls yet but it's only been two weeks and Dave is now in study hibernation so who knows if it will happen :-)
I know the men are probably bored to tears, so if you aren't interested in talk about the house and furniture, sorry but the ladies are hee hee.
Okay it's not decorated perfectly but it's cute. We found a couch to match the chairs Dad made which was really cool! One stupid thing about the house, NO LIGHTS! Not a single one in any bedroom or living area. So we had to buy floor lamps. But they add a nice touch anyway :-)
On to the dining room, it fits the table alright, but who knows where I'm going to put the hutch to hide all the rest of my kitchen junk in here. We'll have to figure something out because I've got to get that kitchen finished. I'm still fishing through boxes whenever I want to make something. Continually searching for pans, spices etc....
On to the much talked about kitchen. You will notice the island, we had to buy that to fit some of my stuff in and let me tell you, it didn't fit 1 m illionth of the stuff I'd hoped it would fit.
Okay so the kitchen isn't clean either, we just had dinner, but I figured if I didn't get a picture now whose to say it would be clean next time I thought of it. Plus what's a clean kitchen anyway. Any good chef never has a clean kitchen anyway, or better yet, anyone with children never has a clean kitchen. The minute lunch is done and cleaned up the kids are hungry again anyway. So, there's our lovely, tiny, semi-clean kitchen.
My favorite part 
of the whole house!!
This is the screened sun porch. I LOVE this. We have eaten breakfast out here and have had lunch out here as well. You can here the birds chirping and all the bugs, don't ask me what kind I have no idea because we don't have them in Utah but they make noise.It is so peaceful and quiet, you can see all the trees in the back, it is so beautiful!!
Here are a couple photos of the backyard. We do have grass, but interestingly in Virginia, you don't water the lawn. If you don't get enough rain to keep it green, it kind of goes brown. Weird I know but they generally have enough rain to keep it pretty green.
You can see in the left photo the forest behind the house. It is really pretty and gives awesome privacy. There are homes behind us but we have about 100ft of forest, there are deer, squirrels, birds and loud bugs back there.
Well, that is the tour of our new home. I know you may be wondering, what about the master bedroom. Well, I ordered BEAUTIFUL furniture for it, but it won't be here for another 2-3 weeks. So we are on a mattress on the floor with clothes in plastic bins so I will spare you the pictures of that mess, well organized mess anyway :-)
Maybe when my furniture comes I will email it to you.
Tommorrow I will post Dave's First Day of School pictures.
This was an absolutely amazing experience, I will never forget the absolute reverence, the spirit felt while walking through this cemetery is life changing. All the men and women that have given their lives for our freedom, it brings tears to my eyes.
Here is the sign pointing the way to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There is a guard protecting this tomb, 24 hours a day 7 days a week rain or shine!!
We sat on the steps and watched this soldier guard this tomb, you could feel the spirit here so strongly. The soldiers energy was infectious and you couldn't help but just watch in awe and respect.
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