Our New House...

We had our home inspection and our walk-thru with the builder on Monday and the house finally looks all finished. There were a few monor things that they still had to finishe like a few touch ups on the trim and finishe the landscaping in the back yard, but for the most part it is all done. YEAH! We will most likely be signing the papers this coming Monday and getting the keys to the house on Wednesday. It will be so nice to get this whole move over with and be in our new house. We are all very excited. Here are the pictures of the house as it was on Monday:
(click on the pictures to see them larger)

front of the house showing the rock detail

the fireplace still has to be painted white (it will not be bare wood like it is in the picture)

kitchen

looking out of the scrapbook room into the dining room

looking from the family room into the entryway

more pictures in the post below...

More pictures of our new house...

back yard (the landscaping is not quite finished yet)

this is what all of the bathroom sinks look like

front porch (I love the ceiling on it!)

vanity in master bathroom

master bathroom

bonus room

kitchen counter tops

dining room

Our trip to the zoo...

The four of us went to the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma last Sunday. We had not been there in a few years and they had done a lot of improvements to the zoo. It was a beautiful zoo and we got to see almost all of the animals. It was great to get out of my Mom's house and spend some time together as a family. Here are some pictures from our day:

Down 81 pounds now...

WOW! I can't believe how far I have come with my weight loss. I never thought I would be able to do this, but I really am. It seems to be getting easier every month. We are living with my Mom right now while our house is being built and I am happy to report that I am still traveling 10 miles to the gym every night to get my work out. Our gym used to be 2 miles away from the house so going the extra 8 miles is a little harder since it now takes 20 minutes to drive there instead of less than 5. We hardly ever go out to eat anymore either so that is making things a lot easier as well. Hopefully I can still make my weight loss goal of 100 pounds in 1 year. I have 19 pounds to go and 2 and a half months left to do it. Hopefully I can find a gym soon after we move into our new house so I can keep up my work out routine. If not then I am sure that going up and down the stairs of our new house could be a new work out for me. :)

more new house pictures...

Matt went to visit the house again today and said that they had just finished pouring the concrete for the driveway porch and back patio. He also said that they had just finished painting the inside trim (baseboards). Things are moving along very fast now. Here are the other two pictures from last week that I couldn't post then for some reason.

kitchen

chair rail in the dining room (everything inside of it will be painted white when it is done)