Done for now...

We've decided to take a short break on fixing up the house. We have finished all the rooms downstairs except the kitchen... which is a whole other story. We painted our master bedroom and might even pick a color for the guest room if we feel up to painting it. The office and bathroom upstairs are on hold until we gather up some extra funds. With summer vacation coming for me (and not getting paid for 2 months...) we need to figure out exactly what we want to accomplish on the house, and what we can afford to do.

For now we are just happy to be living on our own -- in our new house. We are still incredibly excited and can't believe that we finally bought a house. It seems like it took forever, but we made it somehow!

I guess I'll just have to keep busy with school and wrapping up my first year of teaching. Thankfully (and sadly) it's almost over! It will be sad to say goodbye to my first class of students, but I am ready to see them go! 8th graders are difficult -- especially the closer to June we get. I'm praying to patience as the year winds down, I know I'll need it.

Enjoy the pictures, and again thank you to everyone who helped us out these last couple of weeks! We couldn't have done it all without you!

Parker enjoying his yard.

Master.

The gift from our realtor.

Family room. New couch.

Family room with curtains and paint.

Looking into the dining room.

Close up of the dining room.