Did you miss me?

I'm baaack!! :)

Well, here's an update.  Monday we were able to get into our home a couple hours earlier than expected, so Tyler, Tiffany (ty's sister), and I drove our 3 vehicles out to our house to start unpacking our cars.  The cars were full of "breakables" - stuff we didn't want to put in boxes.  So once got to the house we took some pictures, unloaded our cars, and immediately started painting.  It was a HOT day in Kansas - the high that day was 87 and being the cheap-o I am, I refused to turn on the AC.  (If you know my Dad, you are probably thinking I sound just like him.)  Anyways, we painted the master bedroom first and that literally took forever.  We used an entire gallon of paint in there and I'm not really sure why... the walls just seemed like it literally sucked the paint in or something.  My family showed up around 7 pm and they changed into their painting close and we all painted until 1:15 AM.  We got most of it completed, except for 2 of the walls in the living room.

Tuesday morning we woke up bright and early and before heading out to the house, Mom and I made a pit-stop at Home Depot to pick up a lawn mower.  Our previous owner was a nice guy (NOT) and didn't mow the lawn for at least 2 weeks before we moved in, so lucky us... we had the longest grass on the street on move in day.  We headed out to the house and finished up the painting.  It took a while because the living room has 20-foot ceilings, so it took a lot of time.  We finished around noon and our incredible realtor stopped by and brought pizza... Tyler and I were so blessed to have such an incredible realtor to work with.  Anyways, that's a whole different story.  Everyone left after lunch to go pick up the moving truck and start tearing down beds/tables/etc at the townhouse.  Mom and I stayed behind to clean up the painting mess and I did a light cleaning on the house before we left.

The loading and unloading of our moving truck was the easiest we've ever had.  All of Tyler's co-workers came (4 of them) and along with my entire family and a few helpers, we had the truck loaded AND unloaded within an hour... and that hour includes the time it took to get to the new house.  It was incredible!  We were so thankful to have so many helpful hands.  :)

Ever since then, Tyler and I have been unpacking... it's never fun to unpack but we are so excited to be in our first house.  Unpacking has taken so much longer since we have so many more options for where to put stuff.  As of today, almost a week later, we literally have less than 5 boxes to go through, so that's exciting.  Yesterday Tyler and I hung all of our decorations in our master bedroom, but other than that, no other walls have anything on them.  It will take time... or so I hear.  :)

Here's a few pictures for you!  Sorry for the long post.  I feel like I have lots to say but I don't want to bore you.  :)

 



And the painting begins...





And here's a sneak peak of the final product...

 
(The office)


(Downstairs - it's hard to tell the paint color, but it's a pewter color)


(Master bedroom - wall color is a chocolate brown, tray ceiling is a beige color)


(Living room... the fireplace wall is a brown color, and the other two walls in the room are a few shades lighter.)

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Last but not least I wanted to share a picture of the beautiful flowers that Tyler's Mom Jodi and Jon sent us as a housewarming gift.  They are beautiful and it meant so much to us to receive these at our new house! 

 

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So there's a little preview of what our last week has consisted of. :)  

Thank you to our friends and family for helping us pack, load, paint, and unload... and Tiff even helped us unpack some.  THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'll be back later... I need your advice on some curtains.