WE MOVED!!!
We closed on our house Friday, Jan. 25th. Moving Day was the very next day. This time we hired movers. We lucked out with 54 degree weather in January. We owe a huge THANK YOU to Nicole for taking Burke for the weekend at her house so we could get a ton packed, moved and unpacked in a short amount of time. As luck would have it she broke her left arm two days before we moved at Reid's school skating party. Tessa was a huge help along with Reid to entertain. Karyl came to KC to help pack, clean and unpack. What a huge help! She was a trooper.
We are so happy to finally be in our new home. As you can see we don't have sod, our irrigation system or a fence. We are at the mercy of the warm weather and our builders to get those last things done. Gage has now gone to Wichita until we get our yard done. Thanks to Mom and Dad for coming up the weekend after the move to help us unpack more and take Gage home for awhile. Those 5 am walks in the cold were not our favorite way to start the day. It takes a whole village to move when you have a toddler. : )
Our kitchen
Family Room with much more room to lay and play. I think the boys are trading cars.
My kitchen island. This is what I have been dreaming of.... Pouring my guests a glass of wine at the end of the island while I finish up dinner. Belly on up to my bar. Now serving!
Sorry the lighting is bad. This is our office on the main floor when you first walk in the front door. In most house plans this is the dining room. We decided we spend so much time on the computer that we needed this on the main floor. Instead of a dining room we just added 4 feet to the breakfast area and we will eventually get a larger kitchen table to extend for entertaining occassions. I never really understood why we would need 2 tables.
Burke's Room
Front Guest Bedroom with adjoined bathroom
2nd Guest Bedroom that joins with Burke's jack-n-jill bathroom.
Laundry upstairs- I really look forward to not carrying laundry up and down stairs.
Oh! This house makes me happy!
Master Bedroom
Master Bath
Dan and I will be sharing a bathroom for the first time in our marriage- we shall see how it goes. Now that we have a door separating the bathroom from the bedroom I can get up early and shower and dry my hair without worrying about waking Dan up.
Master Closet.
Happy Crofts just for fun!
Burke playing with his valentines on the beautiful floor.
Master Bathroom shower and tub
Burke's latest art work from school.
A parting view of the kitchen and family room from the garage door entry.
Burke is talking non stop and running non stop too. On our way home from church this Sunday Dan and I were talking and stopped to listen to Burke counting in the back seat "fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, seven..." We will work on it. He is very helpful these days, but also likes to insist that "Burke do it." He is starting to remember things that happened weeks ago and initiating sweet conversations, " Mommy, I love you. Bless you Mommy or Daddy workin' hard." In the mornings he comes to his door and says, "Mommy, Open the door." or "Let me out!" I think this stage might be my favorite. I know I said that last time too.
The last two weeks brought SNOW SNOW SNOW. We had lots of time to play in the snow with a few snow days. Our new neighbors are awesome and let us borrow the snow blower.
Burke thought the snow blower was a mower so we got out his mower and pretended it was a snow blower. Why not?
Lots of time for Playdough.
Snow cliff jumping. I'm telling you... he is fearless!
Back inside to paint.
Back outside to sled with dad on the hill behind our yard.
Time to build and bang with the tools that the Griers gave him for his birthday.
Happy Valentines Day!
Prince Charming getting ready to go to school to pass out his "Soopy" (Snoopy) Valentines.
