The BIG periwinkle surprise!

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE! 

Our FIRST home! 

Together!!!

Come visit! We've got a guest room! and a backyard! And my very own kitchen! 

Here's a smattering of random pictures:

The yard needs some TLC - our plans include a lovely porch and maybe a lawn and new shutters. But it's definitely periwinkle! 

PS - a HUGE thank you to Aunt Sarah for letting us borrow your trailer, it was a life saver! 

PS again - another HUGE thank you to Weston, Jeremy, and Darren for helping us move in!

This is the view from the back door, looking into the kitchen.

We quickly replaced the ugly track lighting with beautiful barn lights! Soon to come is a cover of some sort to hide the track... any suggestions??

Oh, and the kitchen table won't be staying in the living room - it just doesn't quite fit in the tiny kitchen, we're working on that too.

And the view of the kitchen from the living room - please note the AWESOME vintage tiled counter tops (LOVE THOSE!) and the beautiful rock fire place!

And the fire place! A real one! We'll probably put a wood burning stove in there, it's more efficient. Notice the door on the left - that's our pantry and laundry room! My OWN laundry room! Oh and please notice the gorgeous hard wood floors!! We're hoping there is hard wood under the ugly laminate tile in the kitchen --- otherwise the kitchen is getting new floors soon.

Our second project - a doggy door for Kona! She loves it!Look at that studly man with the saw! He's all mine! Forever!

New lights, new doggy door! Productive first weekend! We also installed a ceiling fan, and polished all the wood floors and caught up on 12,000,000 loads of laundry -- not an exaggeration.

And without further ado, I'd like to pass this blog over to my love, Sam.  

What's going on around here:

Let's catch up! Grab a drink, get some coffee, happy hour margs?? Yes, please. 

Sam and I miss those of you that we don't see on a regular basis, we really truly do. So to catch you up on what's been going on around here, here's a sneak peak into our lives: (feel free to catch us up on your life too! Comments taken at the bottom!)

Our neighbors, Chris and Erin, got this ADORABLE puppy named Remi. What a butter ball - Kona and Remi will be the best of friends when Remi gets bigger!

As most of you know, I, Leah, work at a waste water treatment plant. What's that, you say??? Basically we take sewage..YUCK and turn it into reuse water...COOL! The best part about work is the wonderful flowers we grow in the lawn out front...if that tells you anything about how much I like my job...my favorite part is the flowers... Umm, Yea. 

Last week I got on a sewing kick: item #1, my first apron, #2 a clutch for a friend, #3 a clutch to match Grandma's wedding day outfit, #4 a keychain wallet for me! If you want something made for you, call me! I have a ton of fabric, an excess of zippers, and I really like to sew!

Look at this safety savvy girl! Literally, she rides in the car like this, all. the. time.

On the way home from work last week, a truck in front of my decided it no longer needed the cover to the tool box in the bed of it's truck, and kindly threw it down the highway (75mph, mind you!). And long story short, the cover of the tool box met up with the bumper of my Forester - they didn't get along. 

Do you know what this is??? If you don't, then be prepared to find out on 8/11 when you come boot scootin at the Heffelfinger/Powell wedding! 

Leave us a message, what was your week like? Come on folks, this bloggin thing works two ways, I post, you comment! We miss you and want to know what's going on! 

XOXO - Happy Monday