we have a garden

i do not appear to have much of a green thumb but...Byron sure does and he finds such satisfaction in working outside and growing things, a garden is right up his alley.

i bought him a book about square foot gardening for Valentine's Day (romantic, no?) and he, with a few little helpers, built two square foot gardens. we bought some delicious veggies and herbs today and all four of us were excited to plant them!

(a future post on why Connor is down a tooth. cute grin though.) :)

ta da!

self portrait to document that i was also a part of this family event.

the mastermind behind it all. way to go Byron it looks awesome!

it's a miralce

not only that we own a home, but that i'm making a blog post! it's been too long people. :)

here's a few pictures of our new home to wet your appetite for more to come as we continue to put the house together.

below is a picture of our family room from the dining area.

here's our dining area. Byron figured out how to install what we think is a very cool light fixture from Ikea.

nicest appliances in the nicest kitchen i've ever lived in. the oven has a convection setting that i'm in love with.

so much space to store things! i have a whole cupboard that is completely empty and i'm guarding it with my life.

and this ends the tour of our family room, dining room and kitchen. still downstairs is my workroom which probably won't be pictured for a while as it's a work in progress and the half bath. i'll get some pics of the rooms upstairs soon.

we've moved...

but it's probably going to be a while yet before i get some pictures up and going on the blog. until then, here's a picture of Kylene and I back in January at Chuck E Cheese. I friend just sent it to me and i love it!

dogwood festival

okay, so i tried to do something different with my layout and it's all crazy, not what i was going for, but hey it works.
a few weekends ago we went to the Dogwood Festival in Mebane. for those Carmel, IN natives it reminded me a lot of Carmelfest. Connor got to pick out a few activities to do and Kylene and I rode the carousel together. She wasn't quite sure what to make of the whole thing, but i had a good time. :) we got good carnival food (Connor enjoyed every drop of a snow cone and then put down a hot dog and popcorn. great day or what?) we perused the different vendors and listened to a band warm-up. the kids danced around until the band kicked it into full gear and Connor and Kylene froze and put their hands over their ears. :) they had gotten the flavor and we moved on. that morning i ran in a 5K with my great friend Jami as part of the festival. we ran it in 30 min and 20 seconds and were totally proud of ourselves. :) the more our little family gets to know the little town of Mebane, the happier we are that we get to call it home.

a yard

we're exactly 2 weeks from closing and our house is almost completed!

master bath backyard view from master

downstairs half bath
new dishwasher and sink

new microwave

shrubs

one of two trees

ta da!

connor was so excited about the yard he asked if he could bring is lawn mower and mow. :)

weekend highlights

even though 3 out of the 4 of us were dealing with various degrees of a cold, we did manage to have some fun moments over the weekend.

Centex was throwing a party at our soon-to-be neighborhood and we got to enjoy the last little bit of the party.

Does that look like a good time or what?

Kylene also got in her share of giggles in the toddler bouncy house.

after the party, we of course had to walk over and see the progress on our home.

the inside is all painted,

the bathroom countertops and sinks are in,

we have logs in our fireplace,

and gutters on the outside.

it also looks like they've graded the land in preparation for sod and a few plants and trees.

the kids got a kick out of sitting in an excavator. :)

a few measley colds can't keep us down!

thank you Aunt Tracey!!!

last Wednesday, i went over to the office to pick up a package the mailman said we had received. i was so surprised to find TWO packages, one addressed to Connor and the other to Kylene. I came home and told them they had packages to open and an exciting evening ensued.

Connor identifies his package and begins to move it to the floor;

Trying to figure out how to get in...;

"Mom! You're a genius! How did you know to use scissors?!?"

"Hey guys, me too!"

Dumping the loot,

sitting amongst the spoils,testing out the toys,

eating the candy,

and doing the happy dance.

Thanks for the GREAT surprise Aunt Tracey! You made out day! Love you!