Happy Home


This week marks five whole years in our house! It’s gone by fast and we’ve squeezed lots of life into that time period. It’s been fun to watch the house change as we’ve:
The list goes on and on. This past year we’ve done lots of thinking about where our future will take us. We love our home and the general location but still don’t see it as our forever house. There for a while, we thought we’d move out before celebrating our 5th anniversary here. We even started casually house hunting but were pretty unimpressed with what was out there in our price range and on our side of town. The more we talk about it, the more satisfied I am with where we’re at. 

When we bought the house in 2010, we knew it had plenty of space for us to grow into, so the plan for the immediate future is to stay put. I’m really happy about this because I get super sentimental about change. We’ve had so many great times in this yellow brick house of ours, and it seems all too soon to be moving on. Here is a photo recap of some of our fun memories here. We look forward to sharing many more in this happy place we call home. (Assuming we don’t go crazy and change our minds again!)

Endless Projects (but plenty of helpers)



 


Misadventures in Baking 


Our First Trick-or-Treaters



Overnight Visitors



Campfires with Friends


Nights in Front of the TV 



Holiday Celebrations


Miniature Disasters




Watching Storms Roll In


Cars, Cars and More Cars



Cheering on the Cowboys


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