A home in progress....

Notice in the title of my post, I did not say "house", I said "home". I am so excited for this house we bought to become our home. We're in the home stretch now. And despite a few unexpected delays (ahem, termites), I think our April 15th goal of being completely moved in is attainable. I hope this house will be our home for years to come. It suits our personalities and provides the kind of environment we want to live in and raise the kids. And I can just hear some groans, and people saying, here she goes again gushing about the house. But I just luuurrvvves it so much. So anyway, if you want to see the beginning pics, you can check out this post here, or the flickr set here.
So these are some of the in between pics. Kind of. We've put down the hardwoods in the basement, taken care of our moisture/termite problem at the front door, in the process of repainting the kitchen cabinets and the rest of the house, working on the landscaping around the house, some deck work, and lots of other little fixes. The next post will probably be pics of us all moved in. :) I hope.

Engineered hardwoods in the basement


New backdoor, because the old one Nick struck with lightning

New front door because the moisture/termites made it seem like a good idea

A kitchen in progress

Making the deck safe for the dogs and the kids


Backyard firepit/play area

path up to the patio/deck and the grassy play area

And a bonus pic of the path along the lake

The House

So as most of you have read by now, we put an offer and are under contract on house that we just really love. My favorite rooms are the kitchen and the dining room. I love how light and bright it is and the big floor to ceiling windows in the dining room. I also like the screened in portion of the deck right off the kitchen. Perfect for eating dinner outside on those warm spring, summer and fall days. The yard is great too. All kinds of places for the kids to play and there's a lake we can walk to. Like behind the house across the street from us. Of course, they will always be supervised outside until we figure out a fence for the yard. The kids will share a jack and jill suite, that they will hopefully one day actually sleep in. :) Miguel will have his man cave in the finished part of the basement. His office will be part of a room that will have a pool table in it, one day. Anyway, I just wanted to share my excitement for those who haven't already read it on Facebook. Hopefully, we are buying at the right time. As best as we have seen the housing market is coming back. Houses that we looked at one day are all of a sudden under contract the next. Maybe this is a good sign? Right? I think we could all start to use a little good news. :)