New House Tour

So we closed on our house exactly three months ago. It feels like we've been here forever already....like we're home.

In the past, I was reluctant to hang pictures, or really decorate. But having moved 5 times in the last 7 years I have realized waiting isn't always the right answer...so I guess I dove right in?!

I have a fairly substantial list of things I want to do...these pictures were taken immediately after I cleaned (if you look closely my vacuum + cleaning supplies appear in many of the pictures...) It's hard to believe how quickly things get messy + undone with my little helpers.

{as I mentioned before, I have a lot of items on the to do list...}

To finalize the house tour, I have never taken an exterior picture of the front of our house since it was finished. {Our realtor had asked us for a picture and the only one I have is from the first day we saw the house...with no doors, garage doors, etc.} The house also has an unfinished attic (stairs are behind the kitchen table) that we hope to finish one day (if we are here long enough!) There is also a three car garage, complete with storm shelter. And a back yard...

We feel so blessed to feel like we are at home again. Moving stinks. Every. single. time! But my rule is that I don't take out my sewing machine until every box is unpacked...and I feel like I've already sewn quite a bit, so for whatever reason this move feels over. {I do need to tackle organizing the attic, but it's always way too hot to work up there...so as soon as the weather cools down!}

Our firstborn starts school next week. {I don't know if I will ever get used to school starting before Labor Day.}

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Howdy from Oklahoma!

Well, it's official, we are in Oklahoma. I swear our road was not that sloped in WV. We booked it out of town about 2 hours after the movers left, and we finished cleaning for the new owners. We made it midway through Ohio before stopping for the night, thinking we didn't want to push our luck with the kids...they woke up bright and early the following morning, so we got on the road by 830am...and drove and drove, through the time change, into some rain, out of the rain, and actually all the way to our final destination in central Oklahoma in the middle of the night. Yikes. The kids were awesome.

{I should add: before we left some of our friends from pre-school had given us some going away gifts, and what a HUGE difference they made for us during the trip. Simple things like prepackaged treats, bones for the dog, atlas dry erase maps so we could track our progress. Oddly enough, the most frustrating part of the trip was the car dvd player I purchased but randomly didn't work. Extremely frustrating!}

We ended up arriving a few days ago, and have been in the process of getting settled into a long-term rental where we will live for a few weeks until our new house is finished. It's been fun getting to get the hang of a new place. It's nice to check out stores that we didn't have locally before. We have also had some amazing summer-like weather.

It was great to show our boys the new house:

I ended up sending my sewing machine with the movers, but still have projects to share from before the move...so hopefully I'll be back soon...

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Getting there...

You know. THERE. As in being finished unpacking. Being settled.

I remember back when I first got married and my husband and I moved to Colorado. It seemed like we were moved & settled in overnight. Granted, we had no kids, pretty much no furniture, and were eager to get settled and get our life together started....but this move is just taking FOREVER to get settled. It's a big house. We have a lot of stuff. We have two kids. I have no energy. {Sigh}

But, I'm getting there. I refuse to allow myself to unpack my sewing room until we're settled. And I'll admit, we're about 90% there. I need to finish my office space--and the basement--but so much progress has been made. I'll get there.

In the meantime, I'll show you the bookshelf I built {last YEAR, seriously, I made it last September!!} It's finally living in Callum's room and FINALLY repainted. I used the genius Ana-White.com for the design. We {and when I say "we" I mean my fabulous husband} painted it last year, but the color I picked ended up being this strange orange-pink color--sort of salmon-and just was NOT working for me. So we finally repainted.

I'm  happy with it, I like that he can see the front of his books and easily pluck out the one he wants. Sadly, I think he needs more shelving. {Honey, don't hate me for saying that!}

And, I love red in a boys room. Don't you?

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