OK, OK - The house!

Too many of you have been bugging me to post pictures of the house.  You've worn me down. I'll do it.  I much prefer you come for a visit and see it yourselves, but the photos will do, for now.   

We are definitely blessed beyond anything we deserve and are extremely grateful for our home. We were in our last home for over 14 years.  We grew into and out of that house over the years! We welcomed three more children in to our family while living there and shared many wonderful and memorable moments together on Yeary Road.  We will always remember our years there...

Now, we find ourselves out in the country - in Prosper, Texas.  There isn't much out here, which is part of what we really like.  We have a Subway, Sonic, Mr. Jim's Pizza, CVS, two gas stations, a car wash and a few other Mom and Pop outfits.  No grocery store.  Our one four-year High School has around 750 kids.  It's a typical small Texas town - everyone goes to the football games, and I mean everyone.   

The kids are loving their schools.  They've made lots of friends and are getting involved.  All in all we are happy.  

Here's the story.

Moving in.... 

We thought this day would never arrive.  Actually, we thought this day would follow Moving OUT day, but that wasn't in the cards.  So we moved into the hangar for a couple weeks.  For those of you who haven't been to our hangar, don't feel bad, we weren't sleeping among the planes, tools and car parts.  We have a small apartment upstairs.  We had beds.  And a kitchen.  And plumbing.

As nice as the hangar is, and as much fun as we have with our friends up there, we were very happy when the house was "done enough" and we had a Certificate of Occupancy.  So we moved in.  Our first load came on Saturday, August 23rd and the second on Monday the 25th (the first day of school).  We will be finished unpacking by the time Molly moves out - I'm sure of it.

The truck came bright and early!  Before it came I ran around taking pictures of the house.  I knew it's wouldn't look so neat and tidy again for a while.  

Here's the outside with our newly installed landscaping.  Some of the cedar hasn't been stained yet.
Come on in!

This is not how our front door looked on moving in day!  This is it today, decorated for fall.  It's fun having some space on the porch to add some seasonal decor!

Here are some shots of the downstairs.  Please don't feel obligated to view the whole bunch of them!

Upstairs has the kids rooms and a few other spaces...

We are very happy here - even though there are so many things still to do.  There are lots of boxes yet to unpack, empty spaces to fill and decorating to do. That will be a slow process.  We hope to have many visitors.  We have plenty of room.  We also have a pretty fun back yard, which I'll blog about later.
Hope to see you soon!