No Pictures?

I know I promised updated pictures of the house but things have just been so crazy lately. I honestly can not find the charger for the camera to take pictures of the painted walls so I can than upload the pictures to my computer. I know it is in the house somewhere, it is just buried in a box waiting to be found.

The move into the house was long and tiring but we did have a few helpers that made things go much easier. Joey (Chris' Mom), Jane (Ann's Mom), and Kate (Ann's sister) came over and helped us out so much. Joey not only helped with moving but she also helped paint, clean, unpack, and decorate. We are getting there slowly but surely and I promise to post new pictures as soon as I find the battery charger for the camera.

It has been a very productive few weeks for Chris and I. We of course still have a very long "to do" list with a shopping list for Lowe's or HD but it is slowely getting smaller. We were able to find a refurbished stove and dishwasher from the "mom and pop" shop named J&J Appliances off of Mississippi (where we bought our recent dryer) for only $245 for both. They were also able to fix the refridgerator that was left inside of the home for only $150. It feels good to purchase appliances and know that they are yours. Kind of scary too b/c if they go out we get to replace them ourselves. ;-) The kitchen feels better though and livable now that it has appliances.

Last night we met up with Mary (our landlord for the townhouse) and turned in our keys. We than towed the Honda (which was still in the garage) to the auto body shop from the townhouse so it can finally be fixed. Chris' accident was in mid August so it feels good to finally have that situation moving along. We than (of course) watched the first Bronco game of the (real) season last night, it was good to end the evening with the Broncos kicking some Raider butt! ;-)

Hope all is well for everyone and we will chat soon!

It is Finally Time for COLOR!!

I feel like this week is just flying by and I really hope we are ready to move into the new house this weekend. Not everything will be finished of course in the house but having the downstairs painted and the carpets clean is enough to get us moved in, the rest will be finished over time. Everything is just so exciting that we are not worried about it at all. Chris went to Lowe's last night and picked up a new toilet seat for the downstairs bathroom (it was absolutely necessary because the existing one was an old wooden one that was yucky and gross) and when he came home with it and put it on I was just so excited, I couldn't stop smiling over our new toilet seat! :-)

I want to mention too how much Anne and Ryan have helped out tremendously this week. They came over and helped us pull down wall paper on Sunday and last night they came over and helped us primer the walls to be ready to paint tonight. They ROCK!!! :-) Chris did an awesome job on the wall texture by the way, this was the first time he used this technique and of course it looks like he has been doing it for years. Chris is in his element right now with all this though so I am not surprised at all that it looks great. :-)

That is all for now and we will post pictures soon, I wanted to wait until the color is on the walls so I could share the whole process with you, so until than have an awesome weekend!

We're on the move...

Chris and I FINALLY did it, we bought a house!! After three years of searching off and on we have finally found a house we can call a home. :-) It is located in Centennial, close to Buckley and Smoky Hill Rd. We closed this last Friday August 22nd and despite not having water yet (but we had electricity) we decided to take a bottle of champagne and an air mattress over to the house and sleep in it for the first night it was ours. We were so exhausted yet we couldn't sleep, we had so many ideas and thoughts on what we needed to do before completely moving in at the end of the month that it took us a while to fall asleep. This weekend was busy but since we didn't have water we couldn't really clean the carpets or anything but we did tear down some tacky wall paper that was in the dining room and the front sitting room. We will now apply new texture to the walls (since the wall paper pulled most of it off) and than paint. I will post pictures as we go of our progress so you can see the transformation. Hopefully it will turn out nice and we won't have to start all over. ;-)

We are so excited and can't wait to have everyone over for a BBQ. Here are some pictures of the house in case you haven't seen them yet.

Front view of our house

Back yard view of our house

View into Family room while standing in the front/sitting room

Family Room

Main Level 1/2 Bathroom
Kitchen

Another view of the kitchen

Upstairs hall bathroom

Our biggest project right now besides ripping down wall paper and cleaning carpets is be the master bathroom. It is completely unfinished but the only part left is the fun stuff like picking out tile for the floor, cabinets with sinks, toilet, and fixtures. :-) Here are some pictures of what the master bathroom looks like now and I will post updates as we complete it.

Check out this Blog

I just thought I would share this link with you to a Blog on 'cakes gone wrong', most of the posts are hilarious. Being a cake decorator I got a kick out of it. :-)

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com

Have a great day!
~Ann

Seriously??

Has it honestly been since September that I posted something on our blog? I guess it wouldn't lie to me would it? ;-) A lot is going on for Chris and I right now so I blame it on not having enough time in the day to get everything done. There are only 4 more months and we will be married and just in case you didn't know we are approved for a home and in the house hunting process, so keep those fingers crossed for us. :-)

Here are a few pictures that Leah took a while ago for our engagement that I have been meaning to add, she does a wonderful job.

I love this last picture! :-)

Newest Member of the Newton Family

Carter Jay Newton is finally here! Tina and Terrance (Chris' sister and brother-in-law) our proud parents of a new buddle of joy, a baby boy! He entered the world on Friday September 14th at 11:15am, weighing 8 lbs, 13 ounces, and was 21 inches long. Congratulations to the new parents and Chris and I can't wait to meet him in person! :-)

Aspen/Snowmass Jazz Festival

Wow! So this last weekend rocked! Chris, Leah, Lopey and I had ourselves a weekend full of live music up in the mountains and it was awesome! We rented a condo in Snowmass for the weekend and bought two day passes to the Jazz Festival that included The Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule. The weather and scenery was absolutely beautiful, we couldn't have asked for anything better. The condo was right on the edge of a run so we were able to watch hikers and bikers on their way down the mountain. The view has got to be incredible during the ski season as well. When we weren't at the show we made our own music in the condo since the boys brought their guitars. On our way home we stopped at Maroon Bells to stretch our legs and to take some pictures. The Maroon Lake was so clear that you could see everything laying under the surface, it made me thirsty actually. We took lots of pictures and I will post them soon.