House Update!

A few pictures of the house progress - We have a neighborhood cat that hangs around the house a lot, he's growing on me.... not so much on Craig. We had a weeny roast so we put some decorations up and cleaned the house last weekend. We are still barely making progress with the remodeling, but we now have the ceilings stomped!!  :)
     

  

           

New House ("Before" pictures)

We FINALLY get to move in to the new house!! Hoorayyy!! We have TONS of work to do in the house, so I'm sure it'll be a construction zone for the next few years, but more on that later :) for now, I'm just excited to be moving in! 

Kitchen into dining/living room

Kitchen/Laundry

I thought I would hate these cabinets but I think I'm liking them!

Living room

Living room out to the patio

Just another view :)

Looking back at the front door. Garage to the right.
        

                

Bedroom #1

Bedroom #2

Master bedroom

Balcony off the master

Master bath (tiny :( )

Bedroom #4 balcony off the front of the house

Another view of bedroom #4

"walk in" closet 

upstairs bath

Skylight/window in upstairs bath

Our first night in the new house. Bottle of Champagne and some lawn chairs. :)

We technically haven't moved in yet, because when we got there we realized they had turned the water off to replace a pipe. That would have been nice to know.  :( It is now 3 days later and the water is still off so we have been driving back living out of suitcases. Boo. I'm hoping it's fixed and on before the end of the week!

More before & after pics to come :)

Birthday Fun

It seems like we never get to go out and do anything fun with everyone anymore, but we had a good excuse this time! Kayla's birthday! Definitely a reason to hit up Osaka for hibachi dinner and some martinis and head downtown for the night :) Craig of course came out with all of the girls .... I think he secretly liked it because of all the food. We met up with more friends later, but here are some pictures from dinner and early in the evening!

 Just wanted to throw in a post to remember this night out! Love getting a chance to get together with friends :)

Waverly Picnic

This year was my first experience with the Waverly picnic, and let me just say it will be an annual event for years to come! I kept laughing when Craig would mention it to me because it is such a small town, I thought it would definitely be a lame thing that only people who grew up there would enjoy. I was wrong. It was pretty fun! Here are some pictures-

Annual mud volleyball game

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Katelyn, Heidi, and I

Craig and I didn't participate in the mud volleyball tournament, but we did get to see a couple of the games. It. was. a. mess. I don't know if i want to participate next year or not! Eeek!

Race Day!! (Finally)

Here are some pictures of my first annual Abe's Amble 10K ... I plan to continue running it every year! It is supposed to be the "hard" race in Springfield. The course is fairly hilly for central Illinois :)

I had been slacking horribly on my running (I still am) so I was terrified of this race. Maddie had been training for a while and this was her first 10K. Our pace was fairly close so we decided to run it together. That was about the best thing that could have happened!! She definitely drug me through it and I did the same to her. The hills were a nightmare but the weather was perfect! I finished this 10K 6 minutes slower than my last 10K... which was fine by me considering my "training" ... or lack thereof. As always, Craig finished the race (he won 1st in his age group!) and came back and ran the last leg of it with us. He is always supportive :) I apparently didn't take pictures of my Abe's Amble 2012 shirt or my number by itself but oh well. Another thing to note - this was the first race I've ever ran with the shoe chip! (you can see it in the first picture). I know it's a stupid thing but I was excited about it. For some reason it felt official. 

Short and sweet post :)