Mixed emotions filled the month of January. We lost our home. Not only was it our home, but it was the "family" home that I grew up in since I was 5 yrs old. It was hard to say good bye too. Clint is such a good husband and tells me that it's just wood, and the memories that were made there can be taken with us. Such a wonderful hubby I have. :) So here are some memories I have from there...
1. The playhouse my dad built us in the family room. It was two story!
2. The measuring board in the kitchen that we measured our heights on for so many years... there was even friends on there too.
3. Slumber parties on the addition slab of concrete
4. Flipping backwards out of the swimming pool onto the ground.
5. Family home evenings in the living room
6. Christmas Eve's with Maxi Pad boxes to unwrap (I have such an awesome, embarrassing dad)
7. My brothers drawings of dinosaurs on his bedroom wall
8. Going from sharing a room with 5 of my sisters (in the 3 bedroom house) to sharing a room with 1 sister (in the 5 bedroom house after the addition was finished)
9. Having that house being the hangout spot for lots of friends!
10. Prom night dinner in the dining room, complete with Menus, servers, music, and lots of laughter... and the best company.. Clint, Clay and Amanda Cook (Nielsen)
11. The swing under the gazebo
12. Tanning on the roof
13. Sneaking out and meeting "friends" at the corner
14. The Porch swing in the front yard
15. Staying up way to late with Jessica, Amanda, and Allison in our awesome splatter painted room
16. Getting ready for church dances
17. Slicing my thumb open with a baby bottle jar in the family room
18. The bars my dad built in the backyard where we'd do cherry drops off of. (we were crazy!)
19. The fort my dad built in the backyard out of old crates and pallets. It even had a cool slide made out of an old operating table from the hospital! haha.
20. Being able to say... "the big yellow house on the corner with the white fence"
and many many more memories!!
The Yellow house on the corner with the white fence
Kitchen... wondering where the middle counter went??? Clint took it with us and it's now his work table in the garage. haha.
Living room
Family room... the part of the wall that comes out here was where my dad built our 2 story playhouse when we were kids! It was so cool!
The board!
Carson fell asleep on the kitchen floor while we were packing. So cute!
Well, the time came for us to move out of the big yellow house and into our new rental home. We actually really love our new home. It's beautiful and it's in a culdesac and to Clint's uttermost joy... it has a garage! :) We have met several of our neighbors and everyone seems very nice. It will be different, but we are so grateful for Clint having a job and for the ability we have to rent a home. We have a nice new ward too. Change is fun! :) Here's our new home...
Here she is! The front, low maintanence, front yard
The only criteria the kids had on the new house.... stairs!
front room as you walk in the front door
kitchen
family roomIt's a great house. 3 bd 3 bath and a backyard with potential! :)
