Thursday, April 2, 2009

WE FINALLY BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!!

We finally bought a house and moved in a week ago. I can't even tell you how nice it is to have some space and to not have people living above us. We have been in a 2 bedroom apartment for almost 4 years and with 2 kids it was getting a little cramped. It was a lot of work getting into this house. We bought it from the bank, so it was really dirty and needed new carpet and paint. My mom came down and helped me scrup the place for a week (my brother Jared and Dad helped a lot too, so thanks so much all of you for helping us so much). I should have posted some before pictures because it doesn't even look like the same house. This is our kitchen and I have so much space to cook now and store food. I'm in heaven.

This is kindof the dining room area just off of the kitchen. We still need to get an area rug and maybe a new TV stand. I am loving the fire place. Sometimes in the morning when me and the kids are eating breakfast we turn it on for a few minutes to warm up the room.

This is the guest bedroom downstairs. Now if anyone wants to come and visit they will have a place to sleep. Jordan and Jamie were the first ones to try out the bed. They also have a little dog who loved our little doggy door. Yes we have a doggy door and no dog and I don't plan on getting one any time soon.

This is the view you get when you first walk into the house.

This is our loft upstairs. It is huge and we spend a lot of our time up here. This room is one of the main reasons I wanted this house. Of coarse we still need a TV stand and some pictures hung up, but it's going to take me a while before I dare pound holes in my newly painted walls.

This is the master bathroom. I have always wanted a big tub. Our closet is really big too which is good since we have no bedroom furniture yet.

This was supposed to be a picture of our master bedroom, but i'm not sure what happened. It's really big, but not that exciting because we have no furniture or pictures up.

Kylee's room is painted pink. It looks so cute. Her white bedroom furniture was mine when I was a little girl. I'm so glad my mom saved it.

This bed is what Kylee will sleep in when she is older. The day bed was also mine.

Zac is sleeping in a full size bed now and so far he hasn't fallen out. He has come pretty close though, as you can see. We painted one wall in his room blue and he absolutely loves it. When I was trying to talk him into sleeping with Kylee one night so my dad could have his bed he said, "But mom how will I see my blue wall?" I told him he could look at it all he wanted the next day.

These are some of the palm trees in our back yard. We have around 40 palm trees in our yard.Oops! Zac's room again. (I don't know how to erase pictures once i've posted them).

My kids play outside for hours. It is sooooo nice to finally have a yard (even though there is no grass). The cement patio is really big, so Zac can ride his bike, scooter and 4-wheeler out there. He can also drive his remote control car and draw on the cement with chalk. Kylee is even learning how to ride the 4-wheeler. They both love the swing too. Right now the weather is so nice, so it's fun to just sit outside on the swing and relax.

I think we will be spending the majority of the summer in here. This is a mini pool, which can also be heated for a hot tub. Ben and I have been in it twice already. It works just fine which was lucky because we didn't know if it even worked when we bought the house. I think we are going to have to refinish it soon though because there are little pebbles coming off all over.

Fun times in the back yard. We are so blessed to be able to buy a house. There is still a lot of work to do in the yard and i'm hoping to be able to get the outside painted in the next 6 months, but i'm very happy with our house. Thanks again to my mom, Jared and my dad for all your help.














15 comments:

Jenn said...

What a great house! Looks so nice, I'm totally jealous with our long-lived apartment squeeze...one day! Love it though, so nice!

Grant and Candice said...

Congratulations! That is a very cute house. I am so excited for you, how fun!

Jamie said...

I love your house! Thanks for letting us stay with you that was fun. We'll see ya tomorrow!

Stacey said...

Yay!! I'm so happy for you guys!! It looks so nice! We definatly want to come and see you and stay with you!!!

Bairds said...

I LOVE the house!!! It's so cute and there is so much ROOM! I bet it's a nice change. Scott and I fill up a 2 bedroom apt. with all our stuff...I don't know what we are going to do when we have kids. I especially love the pool, so nice. And I bet my dad's jelous with all those palm trees!

Mike and Kelli said...

Congratulations! It is beautiful! Great pics!

Wendi Oyler said...

Yeah Stephers! Congrats on your new house! It looks so good and big. I may be down in two weeks so if I am, I'll for sure call you and come see your new house!

Matt And Robin said...

YEAH! Congratulations Steph, Ben... kiddos! It is SO nice to have your own yard and I love all the palm trees! Now B and I will have to come visit for sure! Love ya!

Karole said...

I bet you are so happy!!! The house looks super nice...we will have to come and see it soon. Your kids are getting so big too. It seems like I haven't seen them in such a long time. Hopefully we will get to see each other soon:) Congratulations on the house...LOVE IT!

Bockholt said...

Looking good. I bet it is soo nice to have so much space.

Mike and Jenny said...

LOVE the house! It looks amazing - you'll have to have a house warming so we can come see it! Congrats!

Jennifer Clement said...

cool house!! I'm excited for you! hey, can I get your new address?

Shawneen said...

I love the house! You have got to be loving the kitchen. It took us a while before we moved into one too, and that is the first thing I fell in love with. Although now I want a bigger one, with baby #3 on the way. I love the back yard too! How fun!

Rob, Diane, Alyse Stephens said...

CONGRATS on the house. It looks amazing. I really like that little pool in the back yard.
I liked the picture of Zac flashing gangs signs. If Zac becomes a gangster, when I end up prosecuting him I will cut him a deal! :) Family looks healthy and happy. Enjoy the house!

Marlyce said...

Congrats, super exciting. We love finally have some space all our own too. I need you new address so we can get you an invite to the big class reunion. I know you want to come, you'd better anyway. You can email it to me, mfriess@gmail.com.