Unpacking a New House

On Saturday, Mark, Tessa, and I moved into our 1st house. We were able to move everything in one day with the help of parents, Mark's brother Jacob and Mark's friend Cody. (The pics are of Mark and Tessa practicing their moving skills.) We love the extra space and it is nice but weird to come home to a place where you don't have to share the parking spaces. I have begun hanging up things and decorating because I can't stand to be unorganized. Mark's mom was impressed that I was able to organize my kitchen before everyone left on Sat. Tessa loves the new house and all the extra moving room. She walks everywhere and has said goodbye to crawling.

Besides moving on Sat. Mark started his new job in Scottsdale on Tues. He is really excited for the new opportunities that Scottsdale holds for him.

Tessa and I start swimming lessons on Monday at Kino.

Nuestra Casa (Our House)!

Well, if the rumors have not gotten to you by now, then you must be living under a rock, because within five minutes of walking in to the church building this morning about half the congregation knew we have just purchased our first home! Tara and i have been trying to keep it under wraps until everything was finalized, and we did pretty good on not telling anyone.

We got our keys on Friday and have been busy last night and today trying to get everything going so that we can move in later in the month. We are going to be painting, replacing some doors, and putting in fans. It is mostly cosmetic stuff but we want to do it before we get in or it will never get done. We will post later with our adventure in projects.

Sorry we don't have a picture of the outside but here are some pics of the inside.

PS. HOLY CRAP!!!!! Tessa will be 10 months tomorrow!