Chrismas and more

Over the past 2 weeks a lot has happened at the house. We now have all the cabinets in place, paint and trim on the walls, the outside painted and tile on the floors. There is even the tile in the master bath shower, tub surround and counter. It's getting so close the house will be all done by January 29th for the final walk thru. They will then have 1 week to fix anything that needs to be fixed before we close.

We also had a great Christmas. We didn't do much for each other this year because of the house, but we still had a blast. We both worked Christmas Eve. In the morning we slept for awhile then drove to my parents house. Yesterday we had James' dad and brothers over for Christmas at our house. James wasn't feeling good so he went to bed, but everyone else had a lot of fun. He has now made a full recovery.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and have a great New Year!!

Painted yellow (still have trim to do)

Master shower

Tub

Sinks

Kitchen and Dining Room

Busy Day . . .

We had a very productive day on Friday. It started out with James deciding to fix the roof. There was a smallish spot that was starting to leak, so before it started to rain he wanted to fix it. We went to Home Depot and he got all kinds of stuff for it. Meanwhile as I sat in the truck waiting for him there was a weird guy either selling drugs or stolen property. He kept walking around saying "Hey I got a deal for you". Needless to say I immediately locked my door and started planning my escape. LOL

After he was done getting all the supplies we went over to the new house to take a look. The day before we were there and the roof tiles were still not on and there was a roof vent exposed to the outside. James was freaking out, so much so that he took it upon himself to take a piece of plywood upstairs and reached out a window to cover it. So Friday when we went by they started to put the tiles in place. They also had 2 of the 3 columns in front of the house covered in stone, and the stair railings up. It's amazing how quick it is going and how much it really looks like a house. We were over the other night and it was freezing outside, but inside it was nice. The insulation is AWESOME!!! Before we know it we will be moving in.

After our daily check on the house we went to Davis Ranch just outside of Sacramento to get our Christmas tree. We found the perfect one right away. James cut it down and home we went. As soon as we got home to the roof like Santa he went. Later that night since I got the night off we put the tree up and decorated it. All my childhood ornaments, our new wedding ones, and all the ours we have collected went up. After it was done we sat back and just admired the tree and each other. I can't believe it is already Christmas, before we know it it will be Christmas again!

Justice helping Daddy secure the tree LOL

all done

stone columns

stair railing

garage door (not too fond of the sunburst
window, what do you guys think??)

Lots of updates

So lots has happened since my last blog. First off we had a great Thanksgiving. We went to my aunt's house for dinner with my family. Then the Sunday after we had James' dad, brothers and one of their girlfriends over for dinner at our house. It was the first Thanksgiving dinner I have cooked by myself. It went really well!! On the 6th we went The Singing Christmas Tree, it was amazing. We can't wait to go again next year.

As for the house we now have Stucco, a garage door (with an opener), and all the drywall seams and nail holes are all taped and mudded. We are moving right along to the closing date. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.

STUCCO!!

the granite we picked out

garage door

Buddy & Justice