Game Room

Remember the cereal problem? Well we fixed it by building shelves in the Game Room. Then we decided to add a dvd/cd shelf. Then we decided to paint it. AND we decided to do all of this a week before Thanksgiving. I'm not sure the carpets were even dry that day :) The kids explained what the "hawt mess" meant, but I can't remember. Justin did quite a bit of the painting, but we all pitched in.

We put a long table and a desk under the shelves for the kids computers. To the left of the window is where the tv goes with the Wii.

This is usually where we find Alex sitting at his computer.


And the dvd/cd shelf that holds all the games, movies and cds that we own. Believe it or not, I'm the happiest with this because we had things every where. We didn't have anything big enough to hold it all. Kind of amazing how things build up over the years.

New Stove

Well I think this is the last of my house pictures, for now. Steve installed our new stove just before the New Year. He about broke his knee cap just getting it to where it needed to go, but here it is in all its glory. Yes, it looks exactly like Jeanie's and Tammy's, except mine does not have the convection oven part. I LOVE my new stove.

Seamless Finish

This is what my living room has looked like for the past 4 days. Yesterday he draped the plastic all over the place. Today he finished!!!!! He also fixed a few other things. All in all, I'm glad to be done.

Finished Outside of House

I sent this group of pictures to John around Christmas. The rest of them are in the family file. The dirt on the bottom of the skirting is from the rain or dew dripping down and splashing on the skirting. Also on the back porch we will be adding a board so there isn't so much of a gap. We won't be keeping the ramp, it is just there to help us move.

Arrival - Halloween

I've kind of been unsure how to post some of this and that is part of what has taken me so long. This seemed the most amazing picture and then all of the pictures have been added to the 'more family pictures' file. Kind of an interesting series of photos. This is our new home when it arrived. Yeah, it got stuck on the ravine. They brought in a bulldozer to fix the ravine and I think everyone on the land cheered because of it.

There is another picture of them backing the front section in and it was a really tight fit. The picture does not do it justice because I'm guessing there was about six inches from the new trailer to the old. It was quite nerve racking to watch.

Monday - Foundation

I am not sure why these went in backwards, but here they are.
Stage 3.

Stage 2.

Stage 1.

Even these went in backwards. This is the final product.

After the kids did their hands, Justin went and collected all the animals (yeah, seriously). This is John helping with Sydney.

Teyla

Justin even went and got the cat, but decided at the last minute not to do her. She walked on the cement anyways and Justin put her name in.

Closing

Well, we closed on our house yesterday. I am sorry to say that I have mixed emotions about it. The thought of spending more time in our current trailer fills me with sadness. But, I am not sure I ever dreamed that I would be living out my days in a double wide either. This double wide will be nice, I know that, but it is amazing how negative people can be about trailers in general. I could get away with it before because it wasn't ever a permanent option. Commonly referred to as my 'single wide'.

All of that said. We lived in a double wide in Arizona. It was very nice. I didn't mind it a bit. Everyone who came in was impressed with its size and space. I think, once we move in, I will feel exactly the same way. Plus . . . we saved over $50,000 for a building almost 600 square feet bigger!!! I can only live in either (site built or double wide trailer) until I die and that is not a long time compared to eternity.

We won't get our keys until December 20th even though it is being delivered sometime next week. WOW is right. They have a lot to do before they will even let us move one stick of furniture in it. Overall we can't wait!!! Poor John will just have to hear how nice it is : (

Now for the big news!!!

This is the floor plan of the new manufactured home we are buying!!!! John has been looking for months (if not years) for a piece of land to buy and build. Long story short (and a lot of prayer on both of our parts) we are staying put. We are buying the acre directly behind us and we think between the two acres we should have enough room for all the animals he desires (well, the ones I'll let him get : ) Everything else he wants to do can be done on leased property.

I'm warming up to the idea that we are buying our 3rd mobile home. This one is by far the nicest. Tape and texture throughout. Wood cabinets. I don't want to bore you with the details, but this thing is huge compared to the tiny site built house we were looking into for only $50,000 more!!!! (In other words the manufactured home is cheaper).

I wish there were better pictures but we are having a hard time getting the pics off of my phone camera and it is their model anyway. So as things develop we will take more pictures and post them.