Welcome to IDAHO

We have made it to Idaho. I don't know why it took me so long to realize that we were moving to the country, but the views out our windows since we moved in have made it very obvious...

So, yes, we really do have TWO COWS right next door!!! And a red barn with an old car. Seriously. Why didn't I notice this before? I have to admit though, I kind of like it! :)

This is a view out the back and to the side of our house. Abbey and her friend decided to dig a mud pit in our back yards. (Really.) Behind them? Two John Deer TRACTORS! Does anybody need some potatoes? :)

Final House Pics. I promise!

We are finally into our new house! The following several posts are some pictures of my favorite things (the front room, the kitchen, the entry). As it turns out, there are things I would change if I could, some major and some small, but there are also lots of things that I love. Overall, we are happy with it and are so glad to be reunited as a family and on the downhill side of months of "transition".

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and more...

kitchen cabinet installation

kitchen backsplash

painting (front hall)

tile install (master bath)

a few more house pictures

Our builder let Chad use his backhoe to move some rocks around for landscaping.




Framing...




Putting up rock...





Sheetrocking and more sheetrocking...

Some house pictures

We moved this week. I HATE MOVING. But it is exciting to finally be back together and to be in our house. There is so much to say about this whole experience. I could write long, exhausting paragraphs about every single picture, but I wanted to just post a few representative shots of our home-building summer. (These are all taken from the pictures Chad faithfully emailed me every night - since I couldn't see what was happening! Some are from his cell phone so they are not the best quality. I plan to add some more from my camera ...someday.)

This is a view from the back of our lot which is about an acre. I am excited for the extra space but a little nervous about that much land to take care of. Are we CRAZY?



The kids and I while the house was being framed. I went up about every 1-2 weeks.

The back of the house and the bonus room.

Claire and I picking out tile. I'm glad I took a picture of this. We spent many hours in those aisles.

...more to come...

Update

Well, I know we have been M.I.A. from the blog "scene" since moving to Utah. Life has been really crazy - even more than usual. So this is my attempt at a BRIEF update:

The summer has been fun and hard. Some things have been better than I expected (i.e. staying with my parents - they really have been great) and some things have been harder than I expected (i.e. staying at my parent's HOUSE - without my own stuff or space). I have realized -again - how much I really like being with my husband and how much kids need a Dad.

Building a house has been harder than I expected. I didn't realize how much TIME it would take ME to think about, research, and decide on SO MANY things. And it has been hard to do it while living in a different state. (Our house is basically finished, but our builder - because of the timing - wanted to put it into the parade of homes; so, we won't be moving until around Aug. 18th.)

Bryson turned 10 last week. That will have to be a separate post. Claire is crawling, and waving, and saying "hi"! Oh, she is adorable. That will have to be a separate post too. Parker LOVES playing cars with Grandpa (almost) every night after dinner and picking raspberries in Grandma's garden. Abbey has a really good friend that lives next door here and has already met an 8 year old girl who lives next to us in Idaho! Lucky girl. (although she still really misses her friends in ABQ.) Chad is surviving - literally - on Little Caesars $5 pizza and hot dogs from Costco. It makes me think he really might need me after all. :)

Here are a few pictures of our house. I'll try to post some family pictures soon. I just realized I only have these two right now... the kid's bath and the double ovens. (Chad took a picture of the ovens because he knows how much I LOVE THEM :)