We are home!

We are home!  We will hopefully be calling this our home for a long time.  It feels so amazing to finally have a permanent place to come home to.  We are having a great time stretching out with all of the space that we have gained. 

Brian starts his first day of the academy tomorrow.  So, we have spent the last week trying to get ourselves situated in the new house before life gets crazy.  We have done some pretty significant work on the house the past few weeks.  We painted the living/hallway/dining/ kitchen/ laundry/and master bedroom.  We replaced the carpet, blinds and some outlets.  We (Brian) chopped down four trees, unpacked all of the boxes, played outside a lot, raked a lot of leaves, raked some more, burned brush and leaves, rocked on our new rocking chairs, and enjoyed many meals in our new spacious dining room.  It seems like the entire family is overall happier here.  Obviously we miss our dear family and friends in T-town.  That is the hardest part about leaving.  But, we are truly and happy about our new adventure here.

Here are some pictures of the house work we have done.

Master before

Master after (with boxes along the wall of course.)

Just a little peek of the teal that we covered up with our neutral green color.

New living room and hallway color.  All four of us had fun peeling off the wallpaper in the entry.  Eventually, that little project will be complete and I will paint subtle horizontal stripes in the entry.

Dining Room Before

Dining Room after

This week is back to reality.  It is going to be strange with Brian working an 8-5 day.  He has worked shift work since before we were married.  The boys and I are hopefully going to get back into some sort of schedule along with trying some new things like checking out some new stores and the city library.  I can't wait to continue updating everyone about our new happenings here in Norman.