Saturday, January 16, 2010

New House

Two posts in one week.....a Miracle has occured!

Not quite sure what happened to this post, but I spent a LONG time uploading these images and writing captions only to post it and see that some of the photos deleted themselves (?!) and the wording no longer fits with the pictures...how frustrating! So instead of redoing it all I'm just posting it as is with this little cautionary caption.......................

Justin, myself and Emme went house hunting in Kansas last week. Despite record low temps (seriously, coldest day in 25 years!) we were successful. We toured 30 homes before 3:00 in the afternoon ! I told our realtor I was fast and decisive....I just don't think she realized how fast! Then Justin joined up with me and we toured my 5 favorites. As always we both loved the same house, and after some quick negotiations we bought a new house! We were so lucky to have quickly sold our house here in Iowa, so it looks like March 1st is our moving date! Here are some photos of the new house.....















The house has this great little hearth area in the kitchen to just sit and relax in











View of living room and the outdoor living space. We are having a mantle built on the outdoor fireplace and then wired for Justins outdoor Tv. Also we're having privacy screens installed so it's all enclosed and we can keep all the doors open with NO bugs!










Kitchen - there's good work space and we're having double ovens installed...finally!















View from front looking through the living room and into the hearth room and dining area. The house is well laid out for entertaining (which I love) and has a great casual feel without being to formal.








View of hearth room looking into the dining area.
















Cute little half bath off the kitchen area






















Downstairs living area...we're having some finish work being completed down here and then it'll be perfect for kids, toys, wii and gaming!













Sorry the photos are so crappy....I quickly went around the house and snapped some photos on our way out the door to the airport! We're always wanting visitors though so please come see us!

5 comments:

nathan n rachel said...

Hey...we may hit you up for a visit in Kansas City. GORGEOUS house!

valerie said...

Yippee!!! Can't wait to have you so close!

kateworthi said...

Definitely gorgeous! Good luck with the move - that can't be fun to move again... But hopefully it'll be a better fit for you guys. Emme is beautiful - she looks just like Anna. Glad that we can keep in touch a little...

Hoekzema said...

I love it! It's so beautiful! Perfect house to move to! I'm so happy for all of you!

Elizabeth said...

I'll try not to tell Jeremy that there will be an outdoor tv. He might come live with you instead of us in MT:) We are so happy for you guys.