Home

Yes, my blog is sorely neglected but our household has experienced a few changes in the last few months. Apparently moving cross-country wasn't enough for us. Mommy went back to work, just part-time but even that was a big adjustment for a household used to mommy home 24/7.  This mama couldn't be happier. Yes, I miss my babies when I work but Grace was ready for preschool, Andrew is in school full-time and really, absence makes the heart grow fonder. I feel like I'm enjoying my family time more now that I have a little time away to remember who I was before kids and renew my passion in social work. Finally putting that masters degree back to work!

Our big news is that we found our home!  We told ourselves we wouldn't be in a hurry (really, we tried) and we would get to know the area to figure out where we wanted to buy. Well, we did get in a bit of a hurry but we didn't want to move the big kid mid-school year again. Our search was a little discouraging at times but relatively easy. We found a great house in the country, in a great school district. It was a bit out of town And needed some major renovations but it was going to be worth it, right?!  As I obsessively searched houzz.com for ideas, Kendal called the realtor. Less then 24 hours earlier they had gotten a contract. After sitting on the market for well over 6 months.

Being the glass-half-empty kind of girl that I am, I immediately decided we had lost our dream house and would spend months searching for a home to move into this summer.  Really I'm not a pessimist I just tend to jump to worst-case scenario on occasion.

Then we saw it.

 What...you're not overwhelmed with the awesomeness of the inside of this house?  Yeah, neither were we.  But we had traipsed through many other houses and more importantly had driven through a ton of different neighborhoods.  We researched schools and timed the drives to our offices and shopping.  When we drove through this neighborhood we saw trees...and kids playing outside...and a park within walking distance...and sidewalks...and couples walking their dogs...and close to shopping and work...and, well everything we said we were looking for.  We fell in love with the neighborhood.  We liked the house but didn't really fall in love with it until we started realizing the potential.  And realizing that it was just what we were looking for.  It's big enough for our family of four and a guest room but not a overwhelming amount of space.  We wanted a house we could DIY.  We love projects and wanted a house we could work on as a family and really make our own.  This house is a huge blank beige and honey oak canvas just screaming for our woodworking and painting skills.

We haven't wasted much time with the projects either.  Stay tuned for and update of our first remodeling projects but for now, we are glad to be home!