Well after much contemplating on who would actually read this blog, Tyler and I decided to finally start this blog of ours! After all , I stalk Lynn, Kellie, and Bryn to see when their blogs are updated, I mean who wouldn't want to hear about all the "adventures" Tyler and I have?
Looking back, we should have started this blog when we were house hunting, but now that our "home" is pretty much complete, we shall begin there!
We closed on our home on September 4th, 2009 and while it wasn't the HGTV moment I had pictured in my mind it was great to finally get the keys in our hands. Granted the keys were handed to me from a locksmith, (b/c the seller's realtor lost the keys) and not our realtor Theresa, but it was just great to finally know that the house hunting process was over!
Tyler and I spent the next couple of months doing some "rennovating". We replaced all of the floors and gave the interior a fresh coat of paint! The majority of the work is now done and while we are still thinking of re-tiling the fireplace, it seems to have been put on the back burner for now.
Most of our fall was spent inside, but it was worth it. We were able to have the place ready to go for our Christmas visitors...our families. It was great to be able to spend our First Christmas in our Fiirst house with the fam. Granted, we were short one family member (Aubrey couldn't make it), it was still a wonderful holiday season....one of my favorite Christmases for sure!
It has been almost 2 months since our families left, which is somewhat hard to believe. It was a busy January, spending as much time as possible with Kellie and Chris before they left for Spring Training. After all they are our new neighbors and we didn't want to be rude :)
We were able to squeeze in our 2nd Annual Pretzel Party. Funny thing, we just happened to have our Pretzel Party the same day my grandma was hosting her own Pretzel Party....what a great tradition to continue! I think she gets a kick out of it, just liked she did when she found out that we made pretzels in Big Rapids!
Speaking of my grandmother and roomies from Big Rapids, I am headed back to Michigan next week. While I assume it will be FREEZING cold, I can't wait to see my grandparents and roomies! Especially since, I will be meeting a new edition to my Roomie Family :) Nick and Lynn are the proud new parents of Gabrielle Sophia Taylor...aka my first and favorite niece! I am looking forward to spending the weekend with Gabrielle, Jess, Lynn, Tams, my MOM, and my grandparents! It will be a whirl wind trip and I'm thinking I will be pretty tired when I get back, but I can't wait to meet Miss Gabrielle and hold her in my arms.
The only downfall to this whole trip is the fact that Tyler won't be joining me. But someone has to stay and work....I mean cripes, we now have a mortgage payment! Although I think he is looking forward to his weekend of fast food and watching movies that I refuse to watch with him, but really who wants to watch Saw 20?? Really, who???
