Promises and long nights

We promise to make it beautiful again.

So as you know, we have purchased a new home (new to us...it's been around for some years to the world). It's a 1944 home that came with it's very own needs. Each day we come home we smile - "We have a home all our own". And since the day we moved in - May 23, 2011 - to today we have been doing small and semi-big improvements to not only make it home, but also to clean up what ever filth that was in the air and on the walls. This was a home that once had two advid smokers. While they may have been nice people, the cigarette smoke was not.

As I also promised....here are some before and after pictures of our home.


Front of house






Backyard (We haven't done much change, but the table and chairs look great! Future project will be garden, tearing up some cement, and patio reconstruction.)

Living room

Dining room

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. More to come.

Home Renovations

So in the midst of all the wedding planning and honeymooning, we bought a house. Our actual closing date was May 11, 2011 (just 3 days from our wedding), and it cleared escrow on May 16, 2011 (just 1 day after we left for our Alaskan Cruise honeymoon). You can imagine how it went when we returned. Packing, packing, and more packing. Cleaning, cleaning, and more cleaning. Painting, painting, and more painting. Luckily we had a lot of help from family and friends, which got us through a lot quicker than if Johann and I just did it. We are still in the process of doing our home renovations, but until it's finished (for the time being - there will always be things to do), here are some pictures of before and after pictures....or more precise...before and in the process pictures.



HOME PICTURES BEFORE CLOSE OF ESCROW



HOME PICTURES BEFORE ESCROW AND AFTER ESCROW - RENOVATIONS BEGIN


We will put up before and after photos as soon as we get things in order and the dust all cleaned up.

The Wedding...

We had such a great time at our wedding. Thank you to everyone that was able to make it and share in on the celebrations; And thank you to everyone that has blessed and supported us before, on, and after the wedding. We certainly are two lucky in love people.

Here are some pictures of the wedding for your enjoyment. We hope you had as much fun as we did.