(The joys of apartment life, which we are SO excited to say good-bye to.)
Every fall/winter, when we turn our heat on for the first time, we have to assume to position. Towels in hand, ready to jump and wave them at the fire alarms to get them to stop going off and waking up our neighbors. It never fails, every time. Here's a few pics to document this year's festivities. Hopefully, this will be the last. :)
This past weekend we traveled to Fayetteville, AR to visit Josh's younger brother, Caleb, at The University of Arkansas. He is a freshman there and is loving every minute. So, the whole family (minus sweet Asher) piled into the Myers' mini van and headed out for a fun weekend.
We had lots of fun exploring caves at Devil's Den Park, touring the campus, attending the football game and just enjoying being together.
Josh & Adam ready for our Hike. Cameras belted on and all! Can you tell they weren't crazy about taking this pic?
Josh and I
The Fam
Baby bats we found in the cave
Bethany and Hannah
Siblings
Josh tormenting Hannah-as usual
At the game
After about 12 sample quarts of paint we decided on our colors! And who knew you could return your unwanted paint back to Home Depot for a FULL refund. Yeah! That's the only reason Josh kept allowing me to purchase quart after quart when trying to decide on the colors. :)
Great Room (Kitchen, Living, Dinning, Entry Way)
Master Bedroom
Master Bathroom
Guest Bathroom
Now all we have to do is decide on colors for the (2) extra bedrooms and garage, then we're finished with paint. Yeah!
Things are moving along quickly. The paint is looking great and will be finished today! The hard wood floors are being installed later this week (in the living room and dining room) and carpet comes next week. We can't wait to see the finished project. Pictures to come soon!
So, the big project this past weekend was the Sidewalk. For some CRAZY reason, the previous owners decided to paint red and white bricks on the sidewalk leading up to the house. Then, when the HOA saw what they had done, they demanded that they paint over it. So, they painted it a lovely gray color. Josh and I are not fans of gray painted concrete, so we thought we'd try power washing the concrete to get the paint off. It worked really well, just a little at a time though and it did take off some of the concrete as well. This thing was POWERFUL! So, after having rented the equipment from Home Depot for 24hrs. we had to return it and be okay with only having accomplished the sidewalk. The front porch, will be another day.
Doesn't it look so much better?
Before
During
After
My sweet parents offered their time up again this weekend. It's been really fun working on the house with them. So, while Josh was power washing, we were working on moving the firewood pile away from the house (Hello, they were just asking for termite problems), when we found the cutest baby bunny that had made it's home in the firewood. Mom caught it for a quick picture, but as soon as we put him down, he ran away. I don't think he and Skeeter would have played well together anyways. :)
At the end of our labor intensive weekend we decided to cap it off with a treat from the ice cream man. He wasn't necessarily headed down our street, but when I heard that ol' familiar music, I ran out of the house, down the street to stop him. Who can resist a treat from the ice cream man himself?
So, what's on the schedule for this week? PAINT! The painter is coming on Thursday and we have got to decide on colors. Decisions! Decisions!
Okay, so here's the progress we made this weekend. We worked pretty much all weekend long, except for watching the Cowboys game, of course. My parents were so sweet to offer their help, so of course we took them up on it. It was so great to have a few extra hands as well as Mom's green thumb.
So, we ripped out almost all of the plants/flowers/weeds, transplanted a crape myrtle and mowed/weedeated. It's amazing what a little hard work can do. We still need to work on the flower beds, kill the weeds (there sure are a lot) and work on the backyard, but we were excited about our progress so far. Check it out!
Before
After
Josh mowing the extra long grass. I don't think the previous owner had mowed in several months. :(
No, I'm not sweeping the lawn, I'm spreading the extra soil around from of our transplant project. It worked really well. :)
The Seller's Realtor never put a "Sold" sign in the front lawn, so I had to complete my dream of buying our first home with a picture in front of the "Sold" sign. I know, cheesy.
Yea! We closed on our house yesterday afternoon and are now official home owners! We were so excited to get our keys and garage door openers. :) Everything went very smoothly and there were no surprises, thankfully. Our monthly payment even came out to be less than we had expected. Such a blessing! So, now the fun/work begins. We will keep you updated as we progress. First up this weekend, the lawn and getting our projects estimated.
Here are a few pics documenting the event.
Signing our last paper. Josh says that my signature got worse and worse as we went along. Who can blame me? There were a lot of papers. :)
Our FABULOUS realtor Jeff. He was so wonderful. He was patient with us, helped direct us and of course, helped us find OUR new home. If anyone is looking to sell/buy in the North Dallas area, we'd love to hook you up with Jeff. It was so wonderful to have a realtor that wanted to help us buy the house the Lord had planned for us instead of just wanting to make a sale. He was such a blessing and we hope to work with him again in the future. Not anytime soon though. :) 
Our Keys!
Just for fun!
