Home Sweet Home- in Texas and from Shelley!

Chris and I moved into our very first house! We needed one because our puppies are getting bigger and they need a yard. We are renting it.

I was so excited about the backyard for our two pups, I just had to share it first. ;)

Buddy and Bella Roo sure love running around, don't they?

I thought we would be living in apartments for a few more years before we rented a house. The house works, though. :)

Before

And...After!

Before

And...After!

Before

And...After!

Before

And...After!

I LOVE the "His and Her" sinks in our bathroom. That will be very convenient. 

As we packed all of our belongings in boxes, I've realized that I'm a horrible packer. Oh well. Chris on the other hand is really good. He put all the boxes in our car. Chris was so impressed with it, he just had to take a picture of it. I'm not going to lie. I was really impressed too! ;)

He sent the picture to his mom, Denise, and to me with a text that said, "Tetris level pro". I thought that was hilarious. If you've ever played Tetris before, you'll get it. ;)

Cyrus was going to live with us before he got deployed, but he was deployed earlier than he expected. Chris and I sure miss having him around. However, we do have most of his stuff since he lived with us before he left. At least he will have a place to come home to when he's finished. I wonder what will happen when Cyrus comes back.

Chris's parents came to see us on Tuesday (April 14) for about a week. It was so fun to see them. Doug (Chris's dad) and Chris went hunting. Denise (Chris's mom) hung out with me at the house. She helped me unpack our belongings. I'm so thankful I had more help. Usually I'm unpacking alone because Chris is always at work while I stay home keeping up with our place. It was a blessing that they came down to see us when they did.

On Wednesday, we did more packing and unpacking. Chris, his parents, and I went to the house. The locksmith came to change out our locks. He came with his son (he looked about five years old). His son was so cute and he could talk your ear off. Buddy about licked his face off. The AT&T guys came to turn our Internet on. It took a while, but it worked. 

We also got a lot of our furniture in on Wednesday. It's starting to feel a lot more like home now. It's kind of bitter sweet because our apartment looks bare, but our house feels like home. I hope everything goes well. After unpacking for the day, we went to the grocery store to get some food. Doug and Denise went in while I stayed with the dogs. While they were in the store, Buddy decided to jump in the driver's seat. I got a cute picture of it. It was pretty adorable. 

Doesn't he look like he's the man of the house? ;)

By Wednesday evening, we had everything in the apartment. I was so excited. Everything was almost cleaned up and put away. I was pretty proud of us. It was so nice to have an extra pair of hands to help us move to our house. After putting things where we want them, it is starting to feel like our home. 

On Thursday, guess what? We did more...unpacking (huge shocker, right?)! ;) We have everything in the house now, but we haven't put everything where we want it to go. That might take a while, but it will be fun. Denise helped me put some decorations up in our room and in the living room. We don't have a lot of decorations, but we have enough. I enjoyed putting them up. Later that evening, Doug, Denise, and I went shopping for some more items for the house. We got some shower curtains, a rod for the shower, and a few other things. It was so fun to go shopping with them. 

On Friday, after we ate breakfast, Doug and Chris went hunting and were gone until Sunday. In the meantime, Denise and I hung out quite a bit. We went shopping together, cleaned up the house, and took care of the dogs. It was fun to have a girl's night with Denise. She is so fun to be around.

On Saturday, Denise and I hung out at the house. We went shopping and took care of the dogs. That evening, we read books and watched a movie. Afterwards, I helped Denise make pie crusts. While we were baking, we stopped for a bit and saw this happening in the living room:

Aren't they precious? 

On Sunday, Denise and I didn't know how to get to the church building from our house so we stayed home. We cleaned up the house and took care of the dogs. I also helped Denise make some dinner for them. We made potatoes and carrots. After dinner was ready, Denise and I watched a movie and waited until Chris and Doug came home.

I felt bad I didn't get any pictures with Doug and Denise, but it was still so mch fun to spend the week with them. I'm so glad we have good family members who want to come and see Chris and me. I don't know what I would do without them! :)

Being in our new house, I noticed there is only one downside. Chris and I are not in our same ward. When we were searching for houses, we couldn't find any houses  that were in the ward boundaries. I hate changing wards. It's harder than moving to a different state or country. Thankfully, we are still in the same stake, but it still isn't the same. Hopefully, I'll make new friends in our new ward.

I'm so grateful that Chris and I were able to find a house with a yard for our puppies. It's been fun to put our house together. We have been praying for a long time to find a house and I'm so grateful Heavenly Father answered our prayers.