Before and after Pics

Kevin and I purchased our first home in April of this year.  We feel in love with the backyard...the inside was very dated!  Having the dad that I have  (growing up around construction and real estate) we were able to see past the old, and envision the new.  What a difference that made! 

Old Meets New:

 Dining Room; please note the very "Beautiful" drapes on the windows, the carpet and the closet door...

Now:  We have hardwood throughout the entire first floor, a pantry and grey walls

Old: Living room with shag carpet and felt very claustrophobic

New: Living room



Basement: panel walls throughout.  There were three bedrooms and a laundry room down there.  We turned one of the rooms into a TV sitting area.





TV room in the basement



NEW: Kevin put up new drywall, new paint and carpet. 



Master Bedroom



I will take more pictures of the yard and around the house tomorrow.  Let me know what you think!





Undiscribable LOVE...

As I know all of you know, my sister/best friend had a beautiful baby boy on January 18th of this year.  Kevin and I love this child more than we knew possible.  We have friends with kids, family members with kids, and of course our lovely Tinsley.  That is a different kind of love than the love Kevin and I have for baby Matthew.  There is not a day that goes by (most of the time) that I do not get to see Matthew.  He grows and changes every day!  On the days I don't see him, I like to believe he isn't as happy as he would be if he saw Kev and I that day :)  Here are some photos of Matthew growing up...It is so hard to believe that 8 months have come and gone already!  We love him more and more with every day that passes!

First family photo

Baby Matthew at home

1 month pics

He looks just like his mother!

Mohawk Monday!

He was such a good baby for dads birthday dinner!

What a cute family?!

Now that I have bombarded everyone with baby Matthew pictures...I will leave you be!

My First Post!

Well, after weeks of trying to figure out if I wanted to blog or not...the time has come.  I decided that we should have somewhere that we can share what is going on in our lives, day to day :)  We have just recently purchased our first home and had our housewarming party!  We had such a great time and are so blessed to have the family and friends we have in our lives.  Everyone in our lives plays a roll in our day to day, so I want to thank you all. 

Kevin and I have had a crazy busy summer remodeling the house, camping, hiking, and trying to hang out with friends and family when there is time inbetween!  We went on our annual camping in the San Juans next to the Conejos River with the Harris Family.  That was probably the most beautiful place I have been to in Colorado.  Now, with that being said...I will never go back.  The bugs were OUT OF CONTROL!  I know what most of you are thinking...with camping comes bugs.  Well, that is not the case most times that I have camped.  I have never seen that many misquitos in one place in my life, and relly never want to again.  BUT...like I said, it was the most beautiful place in Colorado.  We also went to Estes Park for our 4 year anniversary.  We have kind of made that into our new tradition.  It is so relaxing there!  We found this cute place with cabins next to Fall River.  It is so nice because Kevin gets in his fishing while I enjoy quite time next to the river with my book.  The hikes are also amazing.  I went on my first 10 mile hike, 5 up and 5 down.  It was such a major accoplishment for me.  I felt so good when we were done.  The views were out of this world! 

This is the sunset on the  Conejos River.  So breathtaking!

This was Kevin and I on our hike in Estes Park.  This was about 1/3 of the way up.

Alyssa, Jacob and Blake on our camping trip.  We got all three of them Lego headlamps.

We also got a chance to go the Mile High Music Festival this year to see Jack Johnson and Dave Mathews (There were several other bands there...)  This was Sarah and I checking out the tents!