We're Accomplishing Lots!

You'd think Spring was in the air, with as much cleaning and sprucing we've been doing. We've finished the living room, hung pictures throughout the house and have cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. It feels so great to relax at night knowing how hard we've worked and how great our house is looking! We're truly turning our house into a home. ♥

Here are some pictures of our living room.

Also...

I can officially say... I have found THE DRESS! This past weekend I went wedding dress shopping with my mom and found the most perfect dress! It's going to be very hard keeping it a secret from Steve, but it's a must!

Fall is in the air!

Just a quick note... Last night Steve and I had grilled cheese sandwiches accompanied by tomato soup.. we both definitely agreed that it felt like a fall night. Then woke up to rain this morning, so it's official, fall is arriving!

Photo Contest Update
First of all, THANK YOU to all who voted for us!! We brought in such an amazing amount of votes! However, we came in close at second place. A beautiful mama won with her amazingly gorgeous maternity pose. What a great memory for her to have! However, Whitney was so kind to give us a great second place prize. An 11x14 print of our choice. After some decisions, we've decided what picture to go with and where we are going to put it. Stay tuned!

Back to School
Many have already returned to school, others hit the ground running this week. I however am hitting up the sub-site and searching for some jobs. Already have a half day scheduled for tomorrow, wish me luck!

Labor Day Weekend
After a nice (somewhat) long weekend, Steve and I feel very accomplished. The outside of the house is officially done! We finished up the trim, cleaned the sky-light windows, touched up our blemishes on the house and sat back and admired. We love what the exterior of the house has become! After a few months (3 to be exact) of hard work, sweat and tears, we are done! Phew...

Monday we took some time for "us." This included watching some movies, a luxury we have not had for quite some time now. We watched When in Rome, Clash of the Titans, and The Backup Plan. Thank goodness for free redbox movie Mondays!

Exterior Re-Do

Steve and I have been working VERY hard this summer, as you already know... But I am happy to say that things are finally coming to a wrap. Our latest adventure, not quite one of our immediate choosing, was the exterior of the house. We came to the unfortunate conclusion that parts of our siding were beginning to rot away, and others aspects where just stupidly done by the previous home-owners. Thus meaning, their "quick-fix" equaled our "money, time, energy- drainer." Such is life right...?!

Take a peak at some before and after pictures of the exterior of our home...

Before

After

Looks like a completely different place doesn't it?! We now happily have a red door too!! Supposedly, a red entrance door brings good luck into the home.. hopefully we'll soon find that to be true! Landscaping is still a work in progress (as it probably always will be with the ground we have to work with). But overall Steve and I are very pleased with the outcome!

We've also painted our living room/hallway, changed it up from the boring plain ol' white... Pictures still need to be hung and then I will reveal that room to you. Stay tuned!