Here are some pictures of the house now that we finally have

some furniture in it. We are so happy with how 

it has turned out. It will be a lovely, comfortable home!

This is our bedroom - 

The bath off the hall - 

Our hall has a little curved table at one end,

and the book shelves at the other end are wonderful!

Our Living Room is one of my favorite rooms!

It turned out very cozy and restful. We love 

Our big, sectional sofa that gives us lots of seating 

for company, and I am in love with the big

old upright piano that was Joseph's Grandma's.

Our kitchen is definitely a favorite room 

for both of us! We love all the space to 

work and entertain. I love how bright and cheerful 

it turned out after we painted it!

I was kindly remembered this year on my 25th birthday with

flowers and cards from so many special people! 

It is truly a blessing to have family, friends, and a church 

family that all care about me so much and 

find so many ways to show it! My favorite  card was 

one from my piano and violin students

that sings The Einsy Weinsy Spider recorded by them!

Joseph took me out for the evening on my birthday

and we went shopping for our wedding bands

and some items for our gift registry.

We went to a wonderful oriental restaurant for supper.

It was a fun evening to spend together!

These were my Valentine roses from my fiance this year. 

They were so beautiful and they smelled so sweet!

This Sunday Joseph and I worked to get our wedding invitations ready to mail. 

We also worked on our gift registry. We are both glad to have those projects completed!

We have been making more progress at our house this week.

We have all the painting finished, and we went over the wood 

floors with another coat of varnish. They turned out great!

Here are a few pictures of our recent progress!

We painted the living room and down the hall a light lavender. 

It turned out so lovely!

Our stove is installed now. I can't wait to cook on it!

This Sunday I am going to try it out!

We painted one of our bedrooms the same soft yellow 

that we did the kitchen in. It also turned out lovely!

Our other bedroom we painted the same light aqua as the 

Master bedroom. I love how all the colors turned out!

I got the mirror hung in the bathroom, so things are coming together!

We have been busy working every spare minute

on our house, and here are a few pictures of the

 progress we've been making!

We painted all the cabinets white. We 

will be tackling the walls soon!

This is the new stove be bought for the kitchen.

We are both looking forward to trying it out!

These were all the cabinet doors and drawers for 

the kitchen cabinets that we laid out to paint.

That took awhile!

We re-painted all the trim and doors in the house, and Joseph 

built in an extra cupboard in the hall. We should 

have lots of storage space!

We are still painting in the living room!

We painted both our bathrooms white and Joseph

put a new vent/light in the master bath.

Our bedroom was the first room finished. We painted it a 

pale aqua blue and it turned out lovely!

This is the house that we bought. We closed on it 

on December 9, 2012. We are so thrilled with 

this cozy little place that God provided for us!

This is how the house looked before we started taking

it apart - obviously we wanted to change a few things!

Ashley choosing paint samples.

A work in progress!

We make a great team!

 (never mind that we couldn't fix it!)