Ok, FINALLY the blog is allowing me to post pictures. Woohoo! Here are about the last month of pictures from the house, and Brad's parents visit. We'll start with the visit...then on to the house! :) So here goes....

On Saturday night, I thankfully was given on call at work instead of having to go in to work, so we were both able to spend time with Brad's parents. After waking up in the afternoon, I joined Brad, his parents, and Shauna and Aaron over at the house. Brad's parents were weeding for us, and Shauna and Aaron were sweetly helping Brad prime the rooms. So thankful for them!

After we finished at the house, we headed to Gumbo's with Brad's parents. Can I describe how much we LOVE Gumbo's? If you recall, in a WAY early post on my dear blog I described a FANTASTIC meal from Gumbo's. Well, they did it again. Brad's dad and I both had the chef's special...steak of course. Steak with 3 shrimp that were with cilantro , in this tomato sauce with these delicious mashed potatoes. Brad had pork tenderloin, and Brad's mom had pasta with chicken. The portions are perfect...I even finished the entire meal. Delicious. You just come on down to Austin, and we'll take you to visit our favorite place! Pictures...On Sunday we cleaned like maniacs. Brad's mom helped me get the cabinets cleaned out, and Brad's dad mowed the lawn for us. (This could have been Monday too, it was a busy couple of days.) As you see, I had to do some acrobatic moves to get a specific cabinet cleaned out...I really struggled with my gag reflex when I opened this cabinet...see below.

Post scrubbing....how sweet is that!!

Sorry for the blur...Rosemary kicking the cabinet's caboose. We had tuckered Carl out, taking a breather from mowing the lawn I believe.

My painting maniac husband. Also on Sunday, after church we headed over to THE place...Hula Hut...YUMMMMM! It was an absolutely gorgeous weekend of weather too!
Monday night, our softball team had a game, and Brad and I were both playing so the four of us headed down south for the game. We won...no thanks to me. I played pretty much my worst game of the year. Two fielding errors..pathetic. Brad kicked butt, and my teammate announced it was good that I brought Brad to cover for me. :) The other team cracked up. No offense was taken, as it was all in good fun and I really was TERRIBLE that day.
Overall, we had a fantastic visit. Carl and Rosemary were our first family visitors to see our new home! We love having family time, we miss that down here.

Now on to the house pictures...this picture below...we had just closed on our house. Yay!

Alright, so a sort of picture tour, although I apparently skipped that whole area on the left in the picture. That area is the "formal living/dining area." I'm not sure what we'll do with that yet. Straight ahead...the front door. On the right is our office. Office...very front of the house.
Guest bathroom ,we like the accessories they have hung in here, and we're leaving it brown, as it matches our bathroom set that we have. I really like the mirrors.

This is the living/dining area we'll use the most. Pre paint/prime. Kitchen...empty. We're deciding if we need to paint or not...but currently we're undecided so it shall be staying this color. We like the color..so we'll probably keep it for awhile. We'll need a backsplash however, as there is a white patch behind the stove, and some stains I can't get off the wall.
The fridge we love. Not in the best shape when we moved in...spotless now..these are for you Mom. You have to see how clean I've turned out to be...
Every time I finished I made Brad stop painting and come look at my accomplishment...I actually had the bottom drawer out of the freezer and was sitting in between the slide out door and the actual freezer. Our cabinets that are starting to fill up. Coincidentally, the whole 5'1" of my frame does not allow me to reach higher than the 2nd shelf without a step stool, so I am attempting to put all the important things on the lower levels. Haha...the life of a short family.
These are the wires to the speaker system they have installed in the house...we have absolutely no idea what to do with these yet...hopefully we'll figure that out. It's there though, so that's a nice bonus.
Painting man...getting rid of the pink room.Check that out...Our bathroom, clearly not decorated yet. Our bedroom...storage for the Mullin's ladder.
Painting the living room...we have gone through sample after sample and we finally landed on this color..which we love.


Prior to paint...our primed WHITE wall. We just finished last night...we will have more pictures soon. The backyard. We love the trees behind the yard...we also have a rock quarry back there..and Brad says he has heard it twice. Kinda bummed about that..but we still love the house.
We bought some hedge clippers last week. We have many things to do to the landscaping...but the bushes look much better now! This was post hedge trimming to the bushes on the right front of the house. These are the out of control bushes in the front of the house...Post trimming...so much better!Garage..not usable for two cars yet...but soon. And...so that is our house. We love it! Sorry not much explanation yet..we have errands to run. But soon, so soon.

Had a fantastic weekend. Katie G's shower was this weekend, we met some wonderful ladies, and the shower was so fun! I almost overslept...by almost I actually did after working on Friday night. Sweet Katie didn't mind, and thankfully Shauna called and I woke up and made it prior to games and gifts. Can't wait for Katie and Evan's wedding! After the shower, we ladies headed down to the Family Reunion baptism service at church to meet the guys. Amy, Shauna, and I got a smidgen lost...but we had a great time doing so. We caught the tail end of the baptisms. There is something so amazing about watching someone get baptized...tears every time for me.
Saturday night, Brad was super excited abut the UFC fight so he went Adam and Blair's, while Blair joined Shauna and I up north for some TBS movies. LOVED it! Would have been doing the exact same thing if I had been at home, but I had people to talk to. :) Apparently Brad's favorite won too.

Yesterday, we finished up the living room. We had a great day! I finished a little more organizing and we met some more neighbors.

Alright...hope you all have a fantastic week!