Feeling Like Home

Our new house is finally starting to feel like "home". We have been here just a little over a week, and have unpacked boxes every day since then. The main living areas are to where we can now relax and enjoy it!

We love being able to see out both directions, open the windows, and enjoy the breeeze. Someone wanted to sneak into the picture :)

One of my favorite parts is the rough hewn cedar mantle. It's so pretty!

We got a new dining room table big enough for lots of friends and family!

This is my little sister Kori's pretty pink room. It's not quite finished..yet. Gage's room still needs painted. It's an awful bright green color.

This is the guest bathroom. Having two sinks makes it so nice!

I was able to mow the backyard yesterday. We haven't had a house with this level of a yard in years. Looks like the perfect place for a pool this summer :)

I really do enjoy living here. I went and got my hair cut yesterday at a place here in town. Everyone seems very friendly and asks lots of questions. It seems that most people know each other and they take time to visit one another. It's a much slower paced lifestyle here. No traffic jams, few stoplights, and no interstate. Best yet, it's not uncommon to see an Amish man riding his tractor to Wal-Mart.  

Don't forget to enter the giveaway! Have a good week!

Labor Day Giveaway!

It's another giveaway!

For this week's giveaway, I am offering a One brand natural body soap. It's called Blast From the Past and smells wonderful and very organic looking.

To enter:

Comment and tell me what you did over Labor Day weekend!

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"Like" and comment on the Facebook post.

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Aside from cool giveaways,

We have been unpacking and trying to get things organized in the new house. We are loving living in a smaller town, especially the part of being able to park close at Wal-Mart!

I was so glad for the movers, but the negative side of that is not being able to find your stuff once they bring the boxes they packed in. I am still missing a few things, but slowly finding them. We have one room that is presentable at the moment..the entryway.

The weather is beautiful today! We have opened up the windows and are enjoying the cool breeze. Fall is my favorite time of the year!

The wedding is just a short 54 days away! Once we get "settled", we will be able to focus more on wedding preparations. Tate starts home in just 6 days!

Hope everyone enjoys their Labor Day!

I am here!

Sorry for the delay in posting! Our internet was just hooked up today, finally! We are busy getting settled into the new house. I love this place! Being 3 minutes from Wal-Mart is great! I will  be posting more pictures soon.

The moving trucks coming to the new place!

The view from the loft..my favorite part!

 Sorry for the delay on the giveaway!

The winner of the giveaway goes to:

Brandy Barnes!!

Congrats! :)

Keep watching the blog this week. I will be starting another giveaway this Friday! If you are having trouble commenting on the blog, "like" me on Facebook, and comment there!

Before the move, we were able to go see the Chapman's on Saturday night. They are a favorite group of mine. They did awesome!

Yes, that's a fast train going by behind them.

That's all for now. Must go unpack :)

Home Sweet Camper

We are on day 4 of the big move. The house is empty now. The movers were great to work with and super nice and helpful. We are just about done staying here! We are now staying in the camper for the next couple of days while we are in transition of the new house, which is sitting in our driveway. It's so nice that we have this to relax in. Plus, it's giving me a taste of my new camper life in a couple months :)

This is from yesterday. We filled two trucks just like this with our stuff. I'm so excited to see it all unloaded in the new house!

Oh, how glad I am that we didn't have to move ourselves!

The movers mark each box with contents, name, etc. The guy who packed my room just couldn't quite get how to spell my name. I guess that would be pronounced... "Kill-see"?
Official moving-in day is Tuesday! More pictures to come!

Tate starts home in 15 days! I'm SO excited! A few days ago, he sent me a couple pictures of a heart he had made by a river in Canada. He made our initials in the middle of the heart :)

Don't forget to enter the giveaway! I have received several items in the mail recently and I'm excited to be giving those away in the next couple of week! You can either post on the blog or comment on Facebook. Good luck!



Moving: Day 1

 Day 1 of moving.

Today was packing day for the movers. They arrived at the house about 8:30 this morning. They were able to pack several rooms today with just a few left for tomorrow. Our house is not the most comfortable right now. We have had to make the dining room table our living space for the next couple of days. But, we shall make do! This is much, much better than having to pack and move ourselves.

Thankfully, we have our camper that we will be able to stay in for a couple nights after all of our stuff gets loaded to the moving truck.

A few pictures of the day:

The moving company's "box truck" full of...boxes. What else would you haul boxes in?

Our cat, "Kitty"...supervising.

The beginning of the living room/kitchen box tower..

My poor empty closet.

The box truck...full of..boxes :)

Kitty had a long day..



Window Washing and Catfish Cooking

Today was a very successful day for us here at home. We all worked hard on cleaning the house in preparation for the big move. My grandma (who we call Nanny) came up and helped us so much today! We no longer have anything hanging on the walls, no curtains, no decorations up anywhere. It's pretty boring looking around here. We washed all of the windows today..this was when it was still fun:

Our fireplace mantle looks so bare now. We are looking forward to our new stone fireplace in the new house..very cool :)

At the end of the day, we were rewarded with catfish, hush puppies, corn on the cob, and fried zucchini. It was SO good! Definitely one of my favorite meals.

More cleaning and sorting tomorrow. I hope to tackle the basement and my room tomorrow. Wish us luck :)

My Weekend

 This weekend, we have been making preparations for our big move. Cleaning out cabinets, the refrigerator and freezer, junk drawer (awful), and other things. We have been selling off furniture and extra stuff, which we still need rid of. Couch and loveseat, a mirror, pictures, a guitar, and a play fort...anyone?

We will have packers and movers, thankfully! But, they still don't move everything..including all liquids and food items. Tomorrow, I may try to pack the store room. Oh my, it will be quite a job. 17 boxes of cereal, 40 boxes of pasta, 40+ toothbrushes, 25 tubes of toothpaste, 15 bottles of Bbq sauce, and lots more. I always wonder what people thought about that room when they looked at our house...

The best thing about it...I ordered more coupons for this week's sale. More toothpaste coming this week! It's the right time of year to stock up on items like this. It saves so much money in the long run!

Today we went to church and stayed there for the afternoon. I brought my guitar and was able to jam with the Grape family. (Grape jam? Ha!) We played for about 2 1/2 hours, it was so much fun! My fingers are so sore, but it's good for me :)  I'm hoping to do that again in a couple weeks!

Tell me about your weekend!

We Are Moving!..Finally!

After a year's worth of waiting, we are finally packing up and moving to Mountain Grove. Our house has been under contract for several months, but just recently, everything has fallen into place. We started our house hunt about a year ago, and finally found the right one! It's just a short distance from town and about 25 minutes to my dad's office. I'm really looking foward to living in a small town. Being just an hour from Springfield will be so nice, also! Thankfully, I won't have to leave the new place permanently quite yet.  There is a great spot for a seperate "mini "apartment where Tate and I can stay when we are home, after we are married! 

Here are a few pictures of the new place:

Best part: We love the colors. We won't have to paint! (I hate painting!)

Aside from moving: Tate comes home in 38 days! I'm so excited..just about to the 

half-way point! :)



New Video!

Here is the video I mentioned in the previous post. Not the best quality, I'm sorry. I really enjoy singing and playing with Tate and his family. Trying to fit 6 people on that stage was quite fun :)


Tate and I start recording Tuesday (hopefully). We will be cramming weeks of work into just a few days!


Aside from that..
Our current house we live in is under contract with a contingency. We have a new family interested, and are really hoping they make an offer tomorrow! We found a beautiful house in Mountain Grove and are getting very anxious to move!