Well it's been a bit nerve wracking around here, but we are in the final stages of escrow with our new home, ya for living closer to the beach!
First off, aren't these two the cutest boys you've ever seen? How did they get so big? I had this great idea of taking a picture every Sunday before church, because they're looking especially handsome, but for the last couple of Sundays, I've forgotten. Oh well, good intentions.
I haven't posted any pictures of the new house, because I've been waiting until we've closed, but I can't wait anymore, so here are a couple. Here is the main floor living space, I fell in love with the house with this room, it's so big and bright and open and has so much potential, plus it reminded me of Grandpa Kay's cabin, anyone else?
Kevin fell in love with the spiral staircase, he said, "oh I've always wanted one of these, my Granny had one!" Ha ha, what's with us and the grandparents? The house is a bit of a child-proofing nightmare, these steps being one concern, but we will figure it out.
Kevin jumped the fence from the "tamed" area of the yard to the "untamed', man there is a lot of work to do down here in these parts.
Looking back at the house from the base of the "tamed" area. See the second child-proofing concern, 1970s decking with a slat spacing of 7 inches, don't worry, getting that rectified before we move in.
Did I mention the yard needs some work? This "retaining wall" is our first priority!
Luke was loving all the fruit trees, he picked some lemons, limes, and apricots.
...a walk down the wild "untamed" side of the yard...scary
...but there is a cute little bridge...
...what's going on here?
...wow, what to do, the possibilities are endless, and we are more than thrilled, can't wait until it's official, June 16!
Some projects before we move, our old King headboard, time to get rid of the red...
...and after
This is what Luke did while I recovered the headboard.
On Memorial Day we decided to go down to a ceremony commemorating WWII vets held on the Midway Ship, it was really cool, and I'm glad we did something to remember the veterans on this special day.
Highway to the danger zone.
The wreath ceremony, where 4 wreaths were tossed off the boat in memorial of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Airforce.
The boys loved checking out all the planes aboard the Midway, they even got to climb inside and pilot a lot of them.
Captain Wyatt reporting for duty.
Lock and load
Looking down at the lower floors of the ship through an acrylic floor.
Wyatt climbing some steep stairs.
After checking out the ship we picked up Papa James and headed over to Mount Soledad where many vets are memorialized with granite placards surrounding a cross.
Congratulations in getting into your new home. The pictures don't really justify the grandness of the home, nor the amount of work that is going to go into the back yard. Have fun with the projects and garden and yard! You've already accomplished so much with refinishing a lot of your furniture. I love your style. Now, if I could come get you to stay for a month or more, you can refinishing some of my pieces.
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