Our new house

It's time to officially introduce the new house...I kept stalling until a few more rooms were "photo worthy," but realized that might take too long. So without further ado, here we go...some photos from marketing the house before we bought it, and some taken by us, boxes and all! 

 Our new house! We love it!

 Side view, with the big sunroom windows

 Here comes our moving truck! Thomas watches it round the corner. (Yep, note the snow...that wasn't in the other pictures!)

 Our stairs--two short sets with a landing in the middle, perfect for 3-year-olds who want to slide down because there isn't time to gain momentum!

 The kitchen--this was one of our big requirements--a large kitchen for lots of cooking, and an adjoining family room/play area so we could keep an eye on the kids. 

Another angle on the kitchen

 The eating area, just off the kitchen, filled with boxes. Note that the wallpaper has already been removed. Hoping to paint this next week...

 Jojo sitting among the packing paper, wearing TJ's Davy Crockett hat. 

 Our bedroom, with one entire wall of (mirrored) closets. 

 Plus a bed, dresser, and boxes!

 Ahhh...the master bathroom.

 The toy room. Needless to say, it was no-brainer to unpack this room first. Previously, this was the family room and the adjoining room was the living room. We don't really need both, so this room, straight off the kitchen, is the kids' room, and the former living room is our family room/tv room. There's a fireplace that opens both ways, into this room and the family room.

 The family room, looking into the toy room

 This was probably the only house we looked at that could comfortably house our enormous couch. The drapes came with the house and will stay for now.

Here's your bedroom, when you come visit. Please do!

 The boys' room. Haven't done much in here yet because I'm planning to paint it next week. 

Then we'll finish unpacking and get it organized. 

 The guest bathroom.

 This photo is out of season, but gives us plenty to look forward to. Here's our back deck! The kids have been having picnic lunches out there these past few warm days. Can't wait to eat outside all summer long. (There aren't mosquitos in Michigan, right?!)

 The sunroom, complete with toasty southern exposure and openings into the playroom and family room. The plants are not ours, which is good because I am not known for having a green thumb. 

At the moment this room is primarily filled with boxes, both empty and full.

Speaking of boxes...the bonus room, which will serve as my office and sewing studio. (Yes!) Somehow I didn't get a photo of this room after the movers left. This is only partway filled. We have closets along both sides, so we're storing baby/kids' clothes and Christmas decor up here, as well as ALL of my fabric, so the room was pretty packed. I'm making headway on sorting it, but as anyone who has unpacked knows. it gets worse before it gets better. 

This isn't every room, but the ones I didn't show are not really worth seeing right now. We've actually made great headway on the boxes, but it's still a work in progress and will remain that way for a while. Just wait until I get my hands on some cans of paint. I have great color plans for inside this house and cannot wait to get started! I've come to realize that I must think a house isn't truly mine (ours) until I've changed the wall color in at least half the rooms. :) Since only two rooms in this house have any color at all, I have a 2-month, 6-month, and 2-year plan to get all the painting done. And that includes exterior trim this summer. It doesn't look it from the first photo above, but the trim is a bit flesh colored and the front door and garage door are rose colored.