Our Very First Home!!!

Mid March 2008 -

Aaron, can you imagine that it is now exactly 5 years since you gathered the courage to pick up your phone and call me in Israel to ask me on a "date"??:-) Ok, that's another story...:-)

But yes, it's been 5 years, and 2 since our wedding, and we are now moving into our first home!! Our parents are proud of us. I know, I know, the housing market is all about people trying to keep the homes they now own...but it is still a buyer's market and Aaron and I are just delighted with what we got.

It's a new (never been lived in) 2007 house with warm olive-colored walls and white crown molding on the inside. We also have some very friendly neighbors, our very own pond out front, and a number of interesting entertainment areas such as the battlefield park, where part of the American Civil War was fought in the 1860s. We have our very own downtown, an aquatic park among others, and a fair once a year. Aaron and I also found the tennis court the other day!

I am attaching several pictures. We are still putting in furniture and haven't yet gotten any paintings (which I absolutely loooove!!). There's also the fence we need to put up so that I can get a dog, and I have to work on the garden and plant some trees. But na small small...as we say. Sahar and Mushu asked me to blog these pictures....since they won't be seeing the house yet for a while.:-)

Behind the houseSee the bbq area...there behind the house? It already has the gas outlet, just waiting for the grill to be bought.:-) In front! You can see my car parked by the road. You can also see a neighbor's house across the street.
The pond. Just across the road from our house.
Initial chaosThe guys at work
Aaron putting up roman shades in the breakfast area.
Putting colored shades to a lamp in one of the guest rooms.
Our bedroom


My bathroom. Notice the whirlpool in the back. I love it!!

My walk-in closet. Quite big too. We always joke that it will be the timeout chamber for our kids!!:-)
The kitchen. It has lots of cabinet space and beautiful granite tops and white brick.

Our small breakfast area.
Living room

Other sitting area


A hallway flanks each side of the living room..

Other guest room
Guest bathroom
Laundry room
Garage
They are constructing more houses all around us; it's a new subdivision.

We have the River Valley to look out to from the house. With lots of cows grazing and the hills overhead too. Fortunately, we don't have to worry about them building over that beautiful area because when it rains, the area gets flooded.