Long time no write..

It's been a while since we posted here. So what's been going on with us? Well, let's see... We went to Oregon for Thanks Giving and my little brothers wedding. My sister came up with her family for Christmas and we had a blast! Hung out with our friends for New Years.

On the wedding news we've reserved a spot in la grande so that's happening! We've printed our save the dates last week so we'll have to send those out this week. I just need to order some envelopes and we need to finish the list. Figuring out what we want to do for our honeymoon has been pretty tough. There are a few places we'd like to go, everything is just so expensive and need to come up with a plan to afford it.

Oh, and we bought a new camera! A Nikon D90! having a blast with that!!

Anyway, I guess that will do for now! :)

small update

We were originally set to close Thursday, but a week ago the state made $4,000 grants available to first time home buyers (us!). So, this has delayed us by a few days, but it's totally worth it. Right now, we're set to close on Monday.

This a picture of our upstairs hallway all completed. As you can see, that solar tube is friggin bright. Definitely get one if you have the chance! Anyway, we hope to have keys on Monday and we'll get painting soon after, so more pictures soon!!

T minus 1 Week

That's right. We're are exactly one week away from closing and finally calling this place ours! We took these photos Monday, and it's been a crazy couple of days since, so we apologize for the delay. The house is about 98% done when we took these, so you might notice a few things not quite finished (like the kitchen cabinets below).

Above is the view from our living room, looking toward the kitchen and entry way (that's the closet door, the entry is on the adjacent wall). The tile is kind of dusty in this shot, so the color of that will be more viberant.

This is the view from atop the stairs. The solar tube wasn't in yet, but it was supposed to go in yesterday. They were vaccuming when we arrived, so the carpet was nice and clean.

Here is Tennille admiring the granite countertops in our kitchen. We've been trying to select a paint color to match to the counter tops/bring out some of the deep golden colors, or even the dark cranberry specs. However, I don't think the camera brought out the right tone. It's pretty darn close though.

And here is a cruddy panoramic stitch of our kitchen. The flash really washed things out, and I was too much of a dork to turn it off... The microwave is going to be changed to stainless steel. The black one is incorrect per our specs and will be replaced, so we'll have all matching appliances.

I should also note that the exterior is also almost finished. It's about 90% painted and the walls were prepped for stucco.

We'll be going back up on Tuesday for our final walkthrough with the construction manager to make sure everything is perfect before we close. We should have more photos then, and maybe a video tour..?

Paint & Flooring

Our visit today was pretty exciting. All the walls have been painted and the vinyl and tile flooring are in place. Everything is still right on track! The cabinets were in our living room, ready to be installed in the kitchen and bathrooms, ready to be installed Monday. The laminate countertops were also on site which will also be installed this coming week. The granite countertop should also be installed then too. We look forward to seeing those!

Entry way tile

Kitchen Flooring (counter tops on the right)

Master bath

Tiny update

We stopped by the new house on Friday after work. Since we had been by earlier in the week we knew not much would have changed. The doors were locked, so we couldn't get inside. We don't know if it's because the parade of homes is going on, or if they just wanted to start protecting the interior. Anyway, we took this shot through the window, and it looks like things are moving along right on track. It looks like all the molding is done and the walls are prepped to paint.

Speaking of paint, that's supposed to be done this next week and the vinyl flooring should be in place as well. The walls will only be painted white, so we will be painting the walls with color (with some help). So look forward to seeing some updates on that after we close!

Suprise Update

We swung by our new place on our way into town today, and were pleasently surprised. The sheetrocking was 95% completed (the garge sheetrock just needs to be mudded) and is ahead of schedule! They've also started on finishing up the exterior. We plan to go back up Friday or Saturday (which was our original plan) to see what's done. They should have the trim work finished, so we'll see!

Housing Update

The framing is officially complete! We went over on Thursday to check in on the progress. The windows are in, and they just finished installing the HVAC, tubs, showers, wiring, and all that good stuff:

As you can see, things are coming along nicely. According to the construction schedule, things should be moving along very quickly over the next month. Insulation, sheet rock, flooring, cabinets, counter tops, paint, and then that's it! Moving time!

As Tennille mentioned earlier, our closing date has move up to Sept. 10th. Our mortgage is officially cleared for closing, so we're getting very excited and realizing how quickly this is coming up! We're finally going to get packing, too!

It looks like we've never posted what our street will look like (for now... There's still the rest of the development to get built, so the neighborhood probably won't be completely finished for a few years.):