Welcome to my blog.

Well, with a little encouragement from my dear friend, Annaliese, I finally started a blog. I've felt so out of it with everyone else having one. I'm not sure if I'll post much or not, but I wanted a spot that I can upload photos that family and friends can easily view.

I cannot believe that summer is almost over and the kids (well two of them) will be going back to school in a couple weeks. I feel like we haven't even had much of a summer between the cooler (and right now, wetter) weather and us moving and then remodeling the kitchen, there hasn't been much time or motivation for summer fun.

If you weren't aware, we moved to a new house only about 4 miles from our old one at the end of June. We live in a great neighborhood toward the end of a cul-de-sac (there aren't even any houses around the end of the cul-de-sac--it's green space). Our backyard backs up to the elementary school, so Hannah will just have about a 2 minute walk to school, although she says she'll miss riding the bus. The school is supposed to be very good, so we're excited about that. Justin's preschool is about 5 minutes down the road, so that is very convenient as well.

A couple weeks after moving in we tore out the old kitchen--cabinets, countertops, appliances and all--and had a new one put in. We just got our appliances back in less than 2 weeks ago after being without anything except a microwave and toaster oven for over a month. There are still a few minor fixups to the cabinets that need to be done, but for the most part, the kitchen is done, and although it was not a fun process, the results are great. We are very pleased with it. I am still trying to move all the kitchen stuff in and figure out where each thing should go. There definitely isn't a shortage of space, although somehow I am managing to fill most of it up. I will post a before and after pic when I take the after.