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So long...

Sorry that is has been almost an entire month since we've posted anything!!! Well, as you guessed we closed on our house. Here are some pictures before we did anything to the yard, updated pictures to come. Our second weekend in our house we completely tore apart the front yard. We removed the fence, all the hedges, Randy washed the sides of the house, and we removed the gate there in the front. All of our neighbors said it was WAY over due! :) We've raked all the leaves and Randy took out the hedges in the backyard there as well. Eventually our plan is to take out the poorly added "car port" area and the concrete to extend the backyard to the end of the property and close it off from the back street there. We have a ways to go but that's the beauty of a first house, it's always a work in progress.

We finally closed and got keys New Year's Eve. It was not a for sure thing to even get the keys before the new year but the Lord was faithful as He always is and we picked up keys at about 11AM and Randy's parents didn't have to work that day and were willing and ready to come down and help us move. The ladies, Vickie Stephanie and Leisha, cleaned the house while the guys moved everything over from the apartment to the house. Vickie and Stephanie did an incredible job on the kitchen! Cleaning out mouse poo and deep cleaning the WORST room in the entire house! It looked like a completely different house just after their intense work in the one room. Leisha's mom was able to come down and help paint a couple rooms and lay contact paper down in all of the cabinets which was another HUGE project, THANK GOD FOR FAMILY! All of our friends and family and been so wonderful with house warming gifts.

Now that we have a house we can start a family, no not with kids, with a PUPPY! We picked out our female yellow lab from the breeders this last weekend and we should be able to pick her up THIS SATURDAY! We haven't firmly decided on a name but we're 95% sure on one. She's 6 almost 7 weeks old and we picked up all of her "stuff" last night. We got a couple toys, a bed, food, treats, collar (which we're hoping is big enough after we got it home), leash, and food bowls! Now we just need carpet spot cleaner and a puppy and we're set!