We love our house. As excited as we are to move, we are really going to miss this house.
Our first house! We did so much to make it ours, even though many families called it theirs before we called it ours. Windows, furnace, garage, painting, electrical. More we could do, but the rest is for another family.
The home we brought both of our girls "home" to. Setting up nurseries. Late night feedings. First birthday parties and almost everything first under their first roof.
The porch . . . We crammed 20+ people around the table for Thanksgiving, celebrated Kaili's graduation, my 30th birthday, and hosted several late-nights with friends. A space heater and a warm pair of socks and you could stay pretty cozy out there in the winter. I love eating meals out there, reading, rocking, watching tv. It's quite possibly my favorite place in the house.
The kitchen, maybe the only kitchen in the world that you have to move shoes to open the freezer, but functional none the less. Pinky and I have made a lot of banana muffins, caramel corn, and cheese quesadillas in that kitchen. It's the kitchen I have burned, undercooked, and tried many recipes. (All the while moving shoes!)
The yard . . . I'd be lying if I said I was leaving all of the rocks I had hand-picked from rock piles on the farm. Sorry, for the most part, they are already loaded. I've also dug up some of the plants so I can take them with me as well. Hostas, peonies, buttercups. So many perennials that show up just in time for summer and bring a splash of color with little care. And then there's the apple tree . . . apple sauce and apple pies. I even tried apple cheese cake. But most of the apples went into carboys for wine. I love having an apple tree. (LOVE) And a place to hang the girls' swing.
It's been such a great house. It's hard to imagine our Christmas tree decorated anywhere else. A year from now, I hope we are settled in and making our new house our own. And I hope, and pray, that someone buys our house and makes it their home. It's a great place to bring home babies, host friends and family, and create memories.
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