Owning a home....

Well, Michael and I have been in our FIRST purchased home for about 3 months now! Crazy how fast time goes by! We have done many projects. Someday, when I learn how, I will post pictures on here in the posts. :) The first project was the gait on the deck. Since we love Cooper SO much, we decided it would be best for the stairway to the driveway to have a gait so he can't just take off. Since the yard is fenced in, Cooper doesn't wear his collar unless he is going for a car ride. He just loves his yard!! Michael keeps saying we should build him, or buy him a dog house. I would be to nervous to see what else would crawl in there with him! He seems to be the ONLY male dog around, so he's in high demand with the lady dogs! Some of them try to come over and get in the yard. It's actually kinda funny. Sometime we just let him run the neighborhood with his "girlfriends" and he just loves it. Sometimes I actually forget he's even out there!

We ended up giving one of the younger trees in the backyard to our neighbor, and a ton of hostas. Which I have no idea how to spell :) The yard looks more open now. Michaels parents are going to take the other one soon. We already have 2 mature trees in the back, so we don't need anymore! We had 3 in the front, but my dad and Michael took one down. Boy was it a process, but it sure makes the front yard look larger.

Lots of painting, and I am kicking myself now for not taking any before pictures. Truth is, I disliked the bedroom soo much that I wanted to forget that it was SUN YELLOW!! I also painted the living room window frames white to match the baseboards. It looks amazing! It makes the room look larger! We are looking to do more painting projects this winter, when we don't feel like being outside. So for now, Michael has been dominating the outside!

He worked with our neighbors on their shed, and then they came over and went to town building a work bench and a storage area up in the garage. We have certainly been blessed with great neighbors! This is DEFINITELY where God wants us.

More upgrading posts to come!
~Team McHenry~