In a nutshell, we were blessed to basically stumble upon a vacant house out in the country owned by a lady in my sisters ward and the rent was only going to be $1 more than what we were paying in our apartment where we were really sick of being hemmed in by way too many people (some of them scary) and it would only increase Blair's commute by about 7 minutes.....whew! So there you have it.
We feel really blessed the way things worked out, and we feel way more at home out in the country. Here are a few pictures of the view out of some of my windows. It sure beats the heck out of looking out my apartment window into someone elses apartment!!!!
Out the front window are some beautiful trees...
Out the kitchen you see the corn fields...
Ignore the dirty window and poor quality of this picture....but do notice the awesome view of the mountains in the distance! We see some awesome sunsets out this window.
I'll show more pictures of the house another day, but one thing that will certainly be a challenge is keeping Briggs from the HOT stove which will be one of our main sources of heat this winter. I love the coziness of having a fire on these cold fall days, but I won't love chasing him down constantly to keep him from burning himself. (I will be able to empathize with you Dannielle...I remember this same scenario with Odin...any tips?)
Don't worry, there was no fire in the stove at this time! Otherwise I wouldn't have been sitting back taking a picture :)
Some friends invited us to a Halloween dinner party at their house and we decided to dress the part of our new lives :) Okay, well not exactly. I didn't want to buy a costume for Briggs and I had access to a cute little cow costume....so Blair and I had to be the farmer and farmer's wife! It just made sense. But for the sake of this post, you can picture Blair, Briggs, and I living like this out in the country :)
So, Blair and I are loving life out here in wide open spaces...and we hope to never have to live any other way (hope, that is...we'll see what the future brings).
P.S. I have fallen off the blog wagon lately, and now I think I'm back on. I caught myself up....so there are like 8 more new posts below this one. Check them out if you'd like :)
9 comments:
super cute pics! I love livin' in a house too. We are kinda in the country. It's much more private and peaceful. Quick Question: Where did you go to change the layout of your blog. I'm getting so tired of mine always looking the same as everyone else's. I like that all the names are at the bottom. Let me know. Good seeing you a few weekends ago. The pumpkin patch was fun huh?
oh yay!! it must feel SO good to have a place to call your own!! especially one that fits your style so much. apartment complexes really do suck. : ) so glad you guys are happy!!
I love your costumes!!! I was planning on being a farmer this year too. I told my little 4 year old I was going to be a farmer and she laughed in my face..."mom, girls can't be farmers."
Cami! How did I not know you were moved! I need to call you more often. I love all the new posts. Hope to see or at least talk to you soon. Hope all is well!
-AK
You have the cutest little boy ever! I loved your Halloween costumes--especially the little extra on Blair. Thanks for the new pictures, and we're glad you are comfortable in your new place.
Love, Mom
WOW!!! that is SO exciting! congrats on the home. :) i loved the costumes :) K ps Briggs is so adorable!
Yay an update! I love all of the pics Cam. Your house seems GREAT too! Perfect for you guys, I won't tell Bart he will be totally jealous! It looks like you have been having a lot of fun, I sure miss you. And wow you have seriously one of the CUTEST little boys ever!
Cami I can't believe you moved. That is so awesome. We need to talk more. Not having the internet really keeps me out of the loop... I am so excited for you. I will have to come and see it sometime. Congrats!! cute costumes as well!
Sounds like things are great! For keeping your little man out of the stove try buying one of those paneled gates, he would still be too young to move them and it'd make you less worried about leaving him in that room alone.
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