New Home

The movers came this past Thursday and got all of Rob and the boys belongings that have been in storage since moving out of their house in February to the new house. Some things did get damaged in the move, but for the most part it was a smooth transition. The movers set up some of the big furniture in the living room and some of the beds, although we had to go on a while goose chase to find the hardware for James crib. It wasn't until late in the evening when Rob, our Mom and I were unpacking boxes that we finally found it. This last week we've been living in box city, slowly but surely getting things unpacked. Gram and Auntie Kendall came over from Seattle to be with us this past weekend. They were a big help getting us unpacked and had a great time playing with the boys. The bedrooms are set up, the kitchen is unpacked as well as most of the boxes. We are slowly starting to organize the chaos and have been discussing decor ideas for the house - oh the possibilities. Rob and I have made quite a few trips back and fourth to Boise for Costco, Target and Lowes run and even managed to pick up an area rug and new bed for one of the spare rooms.  The town of Mountain Home is decent size in terms of the amount of houses but as for amenities like restaurants, groceries, shopping the pickings are slim. I'm not a big coffee drinker myself, but I'll put it this way, the town doesn't even have a Starbucks. Luckily Boise is a short 30-40 minute drive and has everything you could need.

For those of you who don't know I came out to Mountain Home with Rob back in February to help him pick out all of the interiors/ exteriors for his new home to be built. Between his Realtor and great friends the Henry's (who also live in Mt. Home) we were able to get pictures and updates on the progress of the house while we were in North Carolina. There were quite a few things that needed to be fixed along the way, but thankfully we had our "spies" to capture everything so the problems could be fixed before we arrived. We are very happy with how the house turned out. I am loving all the space we have (especially compared to the 3 bedroom apartment)! I told Rob that he can't move into anything smaller than this house or else his stuff won't fit! He has set the standard of living at a 5 bedroom house from here on out!

Rob got a few bids on landscaping and fencing for the yard today and they will start on that tomorrow. He has been doing his in processing and will start work next week. They boys are loving their new house, especially going up and down the stairs. But most of all they are loving getting to play with all of their old toys that have been packed away, it's like Christmas in June!

Pictures of the house before the movers arrived

Tada! There she is! Outside doesn't look like much, but the inside is beautiful!

Living room from the front door

Standing in the kitchen looking at dining room

Double fireplace from living room into dining room

Dining room looking at kitchen

powder room bath

down stairs guest bedroom - hard to capture the size

Laundry room / utility sink

2 car garage with a 3rd bay added - so big!

from kitchen looking at the stairs and living room

top of the stairs looking over to the loft playroom/ office and doorway to James bedroom

James room with big closet (on the right)

guest bedroom upstairs - this room is really big, can't tell from this picture

Standing in the loft looking back over the staircase at master bedroom and Andrew's room

Master - again huge room, bad picture

Walk-in closet - big enough to be it's own bedroom!

Master bath

Andrew's room

Upstairs bath/ kids bath

Back down stairs looking at back yard from the dining room

Back yard to the left - grass is being replaced because it's not level or growing evenly

yard to the right

Just so you can see how big the yard is....I'm standing on one side of the yard and if you look carefully you can see a small blue speck - that is Andrew on the other side of the yard

edge of the yard looking back at the house

Can you see Andrew?