We interrupt our packing to bring you this......

I'm.  Tired.  Of. Packing.  Ugh.............wahhhhh!!!!!!!  Ok, so I'm taking a break to bring you up to the present in our doings.

Backing up to the 4th....we went to Hays to watch Fire works.  Eating at Qdoba before.  Harrison was in Ohio, and Teague was here from Ohio.

 This baby slept through the whole thing.

 From left to right, Eddie, Ike, Thatcher.....such a cute bunch.

 Grandpa covering Brentley's ears.  He wasn't too sure about them for a while.  By the end he was fine.

 Drew, Ella's cousin who is here for the summer.

 Wren, Iley and Teague.....sharing candy.

 This was at our house another night.  They had the big lights on outside playing Can Jam.  Brentley hauled this watering can all over.  Thatch was hollering down the spout making his voice sound all funny.

 Then this little mannie stopped by for a visit....he's starting to be awake a lot more now.

 

  

Several ladies took Lucy out for lunch and had a small baby shower for her.  We went to a little cafe up north of us.

Not all of us were ladies....

 

He looks a little nervous about his caregiver here.

Will they ever get done talking??  I could be outside playing, but I'm stuck in here.  He did SO good!

 We had to make several attempts to get a picture of Nanna and her 2 babies.  One kept trying to escape while the other one just snoozed away.

 Finally!  One that's decent :)

 Then we stopped to let the mamma's do some thrift shopping.  Both babes were asleep when we stopped so I voted to stay in the car with them........well.....one didn't stay asleep long, and was MOST pleased to get out of his seat!

 I could totally drive this thing......what does that lever do?  what happens if I push this button?

 Oh look....straws!

 Now, how do I get to them?

 I'll just put one leg down here.....then pull them all out...I'm sure mom and grma won't care.

  

 Nope....with a face like that....you get to do what ya want......well, mom's not quite as big a push over, but he's got his Nanna figured out!

A few more pictures of the house that I forgot to take last time we were there.  We had to meet with the realtor and do a DETAILED walk through and documentation of the condition of the house.  "We aren't in Kansas anymore, Toto"

This is the only carpeted room downstairs.  It is supposed to be the dining room.  We are planning to use it as a den/ extension of the living area.

From the 'dining room' looking into the living room and front door.

 kitchens to the left.

 Sorry, I forgot to rotate this one before hand.  This is through to the laundry area.  The door on the right is the red bathroom.

The laundry walk through. The door at the end goes out to the garage.

 The big room in the basement.  The owners left the screen and the projector.  The boys are super excited about that.

They were brave to leave the dart board too!

 The beginnings of a man cave!! 

 The girl's closet.

This is looking out the front of the house from upstairs. You can see the mountains in the background on the left side.

The stairway, and hallway to the dining, garage, laundry, and 1/2 bath. This is pretty much the house in one glance.  Except the basement. 

We found these fans while sorting through things, that we got them in China.  They LOVE them!  I found them dancing on the table, watching themselves in the mirror.

 Blithely dancing amidst the rubble.  They don't seem too bothered by all the upheaval.  I think they are secure in the fact that they are going with us, and their stuff is going.

 Wren would dance, then bend down like this to signal it was Iley's turn to do her thing.  So funny!

 We've started loading!  The trailer is backed up to our front door.

 This is the garage sale pile....not the mantel, couch or table....ugh.  I do NOT want to price all this stuff!

 We are hoping to be loaded and headed west by noon next Friday.  Still have LOTS to do.  Now if some magic cleaning fairies would show up....or maybe a cooking fairy.......sigh... Well, I've stalled long enough.....back to work.

We Have a House!

We finally have an abode in Fountain!  I'm going to post pictures of it.......there is no fear of someone recognizing it and finding us.......trust me there are hundreds of others that look just like it!  I'm more afraid of getting lost in my own subdivision, than I am of getting lost in the city.  GPS and I are going to become very good friends.

The outside from the front. That little patch of grass....that's the extent of our mowing!

 And the side yard....it doesn't go with our house.....it's actually called a park.....I guess if there's a bench, and the city mows it, it's called a park.  When we were here looking at the house there were about 6-8 boys out there playing football.  Sherm should love it.

The back yard is non existent....but we do have a nice deck and a little fire thingy.

Then in the front door..This is taken from the upstairs landing.  There is a dining room to the right....the only room downstairs that has carpet!  Which does NOT work with kids.  We are planning to use it as an extension of the living room, maybe the computer, or just a den like area. 

 The front door is to the right, and the coat closet is what you are seeing here. 

Next up is the kitchen.  If you go to the left of the stairs, there is a hallway going to the kitchen.

 Through the door by the refrigerator  is the "dining room" with carpet. To the left of the bar is a closet, and on down that hallway is the door to the basement, a 1/2 bath, the laundry, and garage.

 Just across the bar here is another family room.  We plan to use it as our dining room.

 The pantry.

 

This is the room we are going to use for our dining room.  My challenge is that wall...I love the fireplace, but what do you do with all those big empty spots?  It's not yellow paint, it's maple wood.  The room is a blueish gray.  We are going to put our harvest table here, and Troy is going to make benches for it instead of chairs to help stream line the area.  We are finding that our furniture is all too big.  We live in a big house with huge rooms now. Although this house is not small, it feels small comparatively.

 The 1/2 bath is the door on the left in the hallway.

1/2 bath....I'm struggling with the color! It's red, leaning towards orange. BUT  I'm thankful for the extra bathroom!

Laundry.....I can't call it a room.....it's just in the pass through to the garage.  I'm trying to figure out where I'm going to sort laundry, fold laundry, etc. :(  That'll teach me to complain that my laundry now is small....well it IS small, but at least it exists!  And I forgot to take a picture of the new one.

Upstairs:  there are 3 bedrooms and 2 baths.  This is the master bed/bath/closet

From left to right.....Master bedroom, extra bedroom(maybe Shermans) then the bathroom, closet, and the girls room. I'm planning to put their toys in the open area upstairs.

 the girls room is just to the left of the open area.

 

The girls room.

 

The extra bedroom.

The extra bedroom closet.

  

And now to the basement.  I'm aggravated I forgot to take a picture of the big room in the basement.  But this is the room directly at the bottom that Sherm may put his bed with a curtain across.....or he may decide to go upstairs.

 In the room looking back at the stairs.

Harrison's room.  This is the only bedroom in the basement. It's a bummer that the bathroom is in that room, but they will just have to share it if Sherm wants down there too.

 

Harrison/Sherman closet.

 

Little space under the stairs the girls will have fun playing in.

 There's a little kitchenette down there too.  The boys already have big plans for stocking the fridge with Peace Tea, etc.  They are thinking "man Cave".....mom is thinking ....NOT!

It's a very nice house, it truly is........it's just not home yet.