Moving In!

This week we spent our time doing small projects and moving in! We moved all our boxes into the den until I could open each individual box. I didn't want to rush and just start putting stuff where ever! I want it to be all organized!
Dustin put in new 3 and 1/2 inch baseboards this week and replaced all the door frames with cute new ones!

We replaced all the light switches, all the ceiling light fixures, the mini blinds in the master bedroom and front room, installed the new washer & dryer Dr Bogle gave us and installed Addisons doggie door! I also bought a cute area rug and a ficus tree!

This week has been crazy!

Lamenite and Carpet!

This weekend we had brand new carpet put in the three bedrooms! We chose a golden tan based carpet with dark speckles! A friend of Dustin's Dad installed it for us for only $200!
Dustin and his dad spent Saturday laying down hardwood lamenite in the front room and halls. We chose the Brazillian Cherry by Kingston. I absolutely love it! Dust and his dad did a great job of cutting and laying down the hardwood! It looks better than I expected! We saved a ton of money by having Dustin do it!

Pictures of this to come too!

Valentines Day!

For Valentines Day, we did something her different this year! We worked on the house ALL DAY! I wanted to! I just really wanted our house to get done so we could finally move in! It's been a long and tiring 2 and 1/2 weeks! At about 7:30 we finally quit to go out to eat. We had reservations at Sakayna at 9:30! I knew it would be a long day so I put us at the last appt available! We had a great time! The food was good, the service was great and the other people at the table were cool too! Over all, it was a nice day.
Picture to go here too!

Painting the house

So Dustins dad, David has a professional spray paint gun!
We were able to get the wall paper off in the living room, kitchen(by far the hardest room), both bathrooms, and the master bedoom. David and Dustin started by painting the ceilings bright white! The next day they painting the completed rooms a gold tan color. We chose a Behr paint called Desert Camel. Its exactly what I wanted! A few days earlier my dad came over and taped off everything. He did such a wonderful job! He's so meticulous so every room had a perfect line where the ceiling and the walls meet! We decided the bathrooms could be completed after we move in since they don't require any covering really. We decided to hand roll the den since we are not changing out the carpet in there just yet. The sprayer can get so messy!
I've been so proud of all the hard work Dusty has put in to our first home! We've been so blessed to have such great friends and family who have come over and help with our big project! Thank you! We love you!
This picture came off my iphone so its not that good! sorry!

Wallpaper, Wallpaper, and more Wallpaper!

Wallpaper takes FOREVER to take down/off! We worked all day and all night and only got one and a half rooms done! Dustin and his dad have bought all the different types of wallpaper removing tools! We have scrapers, hot water bottles, a rented steamer, razor blades and finger nails! We quickly discovered which method we personally preferred!
Chad & Tiffany, Katie, Courtney, Shaun & Brooke, grandma Billie, Stan & Susan (my mom & dad), Brad & Brent, David & Kim (dusts parents), Sydne and Stephanie all came over through out the week to help with the wallpaper! Most everyone was sweet enough to come everyday! Especially when we were all sore from bending over or reach up high!
On top of all this excitement, we babysat for the Bogles over the weekend!
Pictures if the wallpaper to come, as soon as I can get my Internet to work again!

The first day of cleaning!

Today was the first day of clearing out the house, cleaning the house and tearing down all the wall paper!
Dustin, Me, Katie, Stephanie and my parents and my brothers helped clear out the house!
My grandma and my aunt had left quite a bit of stuff that needed to be sort thru and trashed! We had gathered so much stuff that we had to request a city street curb pick up! Our pile was 5 feet high! Crazy! That was fun.
We also started the wall paper tonight! Not a fun process! We thought it was going to be easy since the back room was coming off in huge strips! It's been anything but easy! We started in the living room!
I will put a video of it here!

Keys to the House!

At 11:00 AM on February 2nd 2009, Escrow officially closed! At 6pm we recieved keys to our new house!
We are so excited!
Tomorrow we will start the clearing out of the house!