Recent happenings

It's been a while since we've posted anything, but that's because we've been very busy lately. We got to move into our new house! Moving is always a chore, but luckily we didn't have that much stuff so it really wasn't that bad. There were hiccups, as I'm sure there always are when moving. For example, I packed up our entire kitchen, minus the food, and took it over to the new house during the week. So...when it came time to dinner, all the food was at one house and everything I needed to cook it was at our new house...opps. :) Also, we bought an older home with narrow hallways and stairs. We have a large couch that we wanted to have in our basement along with our entertainment center. Dan was bound and determined that they would get down those stairs. I was a little less hopeful. They tried and tried to find angles that would work, but to no avail, neither one would fit down the stairs. So, no couch in the family room for now. We are blessed to have so many family members close by. We had lots of help moving in, and Dan's Dad even mowed our lawn! The grass was so long that he had to empty out the lawn mower bag after each pass up and down the yard. It was very kind of him to do that. My Dad let us use his trailer and my brother skillfully drove it. Both of our families helped with the loading and unloading of the trailer so it went really fast. We've gotten everything almost put away now, we just have a few more boxes in a storage unit that we'll get later. Here are some pictures of our new home.

This is the dining room:



This is the living room:



This is the study/den:



This is the kitchen:



These next 4 are from the baby's room, where he is currently sleeping:









And here are a few more pictures of James, just because he's so darn cute. :)







This was James first nap in his new room:



We love our new home and we are very grateful that we are able to have the opportunity to raise our family here. :)