An Exciting Weekend!

We just had an awesome and tiring weekend! Not only did we start renovation on the house but my brother, Jeff, and his wife, Teresa, came to visit from Oklahoma. We have not seen Jeff since our wedding, 7 years ago, and Teresa even longer. It was great to visit with them and now Brayden has officially met all of his aunts and uncles. They even helped with the house while they were on their vacation. The Edwards also helped us out and Nathan even tore down some wallpaper. Curtis has been working hard on the house and with all the family and friends helping things will get done even faster. Curtis just keeps telling me that he will sleep in 2 weeks after we move in!

Uncle Jeff, Aunt Teresa, and Brayden!

We were sad to learn that the dining room had 2 layers of wallpaper and the nursery had 3!

Teresa tried to clean some of the drapes. As you can see they were very, very dirty. The bad thing was the dirt was apparently the only thing holding them together. The cleaner they got the more they fell apart.

I was very excited to use a sledge hammer. I started tearing down the brick planter, Brad finished it up. I love the picture below of Curtis, Sara, and the kids hiding outside from the flying brick.

Curtis and Brad started ripping up the carpet. It is weird but all the concrete is painted red. I guess they use to use paint as a sealer.

I will keep posting updates as time allows. Also there will be a post from Curtis' trip to Michigan when he has time. Hopefully he can do it before Christmas!

The Wait is Over!!!!!

Curtis and I just picked up the keys to our first home. We are very excited!!! We had a picnic lunch in the living room today. Besides the spiders it looks good. We can't wait to get started on it. Curtis is going to take care of the little pests, the spiders not Brayden, tonight and tomorrow we will start making it our home. We will be moving on Nov 3. We will be moving in just in time for the holidays which is the best time of year! I am still in shock and can't believe it is finally our home. My mind is all over the place so excuse me rambling on about random things. I am just soooooooo excited!

Waiting!

I am currently sitting here waiting. And as most of you know I have no patience. It has been over 2 months since escrow started on our house. The process has been a roller coaster. We have been up and down and right now I feel like we are on that last huge final drop. Any moment now we should receive a call to go and sign the loan documents. Now I have been waiting for this call since Thursday, so the excitement of the ride is wearing out. I know it will happen but the waiting is killing me. Did I mention that I have no patience.

Here is what keeps me smiling!