E L L I E !

oh my goodness! i love her so much!!! you are looking at one happy aunt!

giggles!

ohhh...

grandmother loves her so much!

oh the whole family, loves her so much!!!

grandpa

daddy

grandma

oh zebra on the head! she loves when this zebra gives her kisses...

swinging...

CUTE nighty from aunt jenny!

cute close up!

scottland

pictures from sweet caroline photography website...

love them! wanna go!

art show I'm in...

...at the University of Kentucky, connected to the Collage Book I was published in recently...it's all the artists from that show!

WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOUSE!

okay, so we've been so busy, but i thought i'd choose a couple pictures to show! we love the location of our new home to be! off audelia in the RISD area! yay!

we are so excited. the remodeling process is very tedious...

i am going to insert a very kind quote from a friend,

[congratulations! you are officially homeowners TODAY! praise The Lord for His providence!!! i cannot wait to see the before & after pictures. i know your attention to detail (and tendency to worry?), so i'll be praying that you and matt enjoy the process of remodeling... and that it stays relatively on-time. =)]

she knows me too well, i have already had to reign myself and my emotions in several times...it's hard to not be in control...who am i kidding, this should be a big lesson for me, b/c i need to recognize that i am NEVER in control, the Lord is and i should be submitting and following him every day...

back to the house...enjoy the pictures, we're looking to be done by mid october...

house before

front tall plants we took out...

after with new windows

what we are looking to do with the exterior, not bushes but just gives an idea for now...

S O L D !

side tables...

these are all of matt's excellent blueprints!

our front door

cool Kilem rug from the middle east i got off ebay for our bedroom for $.99 but then add $30 shipping and $71 for cleaning...it jumped in costs overnight :/

beginning of interiors

YES!

matt acting like he demoed this kitchen

whoa!

looking good!

pink bathroom

back bedroom

awning that we eventually had removed

they removed our fence prematurely, then hauled it off and brought it back, nice to know it was being used as a dumpster, don't know if we can even salvage it at this point?

checking it all out. we were wondering why there was no dumpster? they said it wouldn't fit, the next day, there was one in the driveway.

our new french door leading to the back. awning removed!

we went with a vaulted ceiling!

coming along. this is our new greatroom. we vaulted the ceilings and took out all the interior walls to make it one large room!

our little friend!

scott powell the contractor

new guest bedroom closets!

great room

insulation

issac and his crew unloading the cabinets for the house into the garage...

filling up!

wires! looks like something out of war of the worlds

hardwoods installed!