My Humble Abode

Okay so I thought I'd upload some pictures of our house now that we have lived here for over half a year! weeird to think that time has gone by that fast and snow is covering the ground already.

so I worry sometimes when I post things that people will think I'm bragging or something, but i'm not. just sharing for those interested. so here is our house!

so the outside picture of our house is a couple posts down if you're interested. I wish I had taken a picture before it snowed because we got around to doing our landscaping, and now have a driveway and a proper sidewalk, thankfully (that metal grate was scarey in heels!)


okay so here is the one side of the kitchen. there is a sunken foyer for the entrance (which you can sort of see through that opening)


here is the other side of the kitchen with the appliances and boring stuff. but i am so glad to finally have a dishwasher! i am not the best house keeper so this has definately made my kitchen at least a little bit cleaner!


here is part of my living room. a family I used to teach piano to in calgary gave me this piano! i'm so happy to be able to have one in my house, even if it's not the best, i can't complain.


this is the other half of the living room. spence thinks it's unnecesary to have all the pillows. he has no idea


this is our little bonus room. yes that is wallpaper. and there are now pictures on the one bare wall. but haven't taken pictures since then. oh well


this is the three stairs that lead from the bonus room to the hallway of rooms and bathrooms. Over that edge you can look down and see the sunken foyer. kind of cool. scary though when kids grow up i think....


and finally the bedroom. the other bedroom and office are boring, and so are bathrooms, so didn't put them up. anyways, that's the house!


and some exciting news. my twin brother got married this last weekend! I can't believe that just my immediate family is growing so huge! 28 peeps (with the 29th coming in May!) It was so fun to get away for a few days, see family and see my sister who has gone away to school and my other sister and her family who we only see like twice a year. the house was nuts with everyone around, but something Im' used to. (not sure how spence feels about that since he's the baby of his family)


so these are my sister's kids. in the summer time there was this towel at the cabin that all the boys fought over. SO I decided to see if I could make them some. I have had them done for a long time, but by the time I got around to sending it, steven announced he was getting married, so I thought I'd save some money and wait till I saw them.


haha i love this one. the only this is it was a little small for her head. I forgot how fast babies grow!! it would have fit her better in the summer.

Well that's been us lately. Now on to christmas..haven't even started anything!! yikes. anyone have any good gifts for parents? I got nothing...