We are absolutely loving our new home. Today, I am going to take you on a tour of our living room & kitchen spaces:
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Category Archives: Our Homethis month for my embrace the camera challenge i wanted to get the whole family involved. i love these people more than life. excited for our new adventures in this place we shall call home.
- we went to our first driller’s game of the season. the kids were amazing — i don’t know if it was all of the commotion going on around them or the fact that we stuffed them full of junk food. but, i was so impressed that they sat still for so long. so we rewarded them with some time play time afterward.
- i helped with a school reward party at the rink. although i do quite a bit for the rink i’m usually working from home. it was fun to get back in there.
- sat down with the kids and played play-doh. they love this and i don’t know why we don’t do it more often.
- i met a new friend, kylie. she’s in the process of opening up a vintage rentals company here in tulsa called rekindled. her stuff would not only be amazing to use for parties and events but for styled photo shoots as well. i’ll be sure to share her information once she gets her blog and website up in the coming weeks. - visited our house. the door was finally unlocked! we saw that they had poured the driveaway and patio, put in the carpet, rebuilt our stairs (which were crooked), and had installed all of the toilet, sinks, and faucets. we discovered that we weren’t happy with the size of the back patio. we paid extra to have more concrete poured and it isn’t quite big enough for what we’re envisioning so we are adding on more after closing. i don’t love the exterior of the house and realized i was becoming sort of a brat about it. when i dreamed about what i would want in a house it would be stucco or painted brick…the builder that we chose didn’t offer either. eventually i would love to paint the brick…but i’m trying to be content with what i have. kylie and katie brought the contentment challenge to my attention and i realized it’s something that i desperately need. especially as we prepare to move into the house and i’m aching to change out lighting fixtures and start decorating every room.
- realized in the midst of finalizing our loan approval that court and i have both somehow lost our social security cards. so, we had the pleasure of spending a fun hour and a half in the social security office with the littles. - did the color run with my best friend and her two little girls.
- got to get away with my hubby! granted…it was for a roller derby bout but boy was it needed. our girls won both games and are undefeated so far this season! we thought we’d be young, stay out late, and sleep in. then we realized we were old, tired, and just wanted to sleep. i think we were passed out by 11pm.
much of what we will use in ella’s big girl room we already have in her current room or around our house. what will be new? the headboard, bedding, and roman shade. we do plan to paint at least an accent wall the aqua color. we’ll need to throw in some wall decor and accessories to break up the monotony…but that will come as we move in.
this week: - checked progress on the house. all of the walls have been textured (including two that were not supposed to be) and we also noticed that they covered up the wires for the surround sound with the drywall. so, a small setback there. we also discovered our cabinets and interior doors being prepped to install which was exciting. i also thought that we were doing a granite that looked like marble for the kitchen counters. when i discovered that it was in fact marble that i had picked out i got to speak with the fabricator about our options and she leaked that they are doing the install on april 2nd. i am beyond excited to start seeing all of the details come together.
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