Pics of the new house

Here are some pictures of the new house. We were forced to finish the unpacking to about 95% for Ethan's birthday so here you go! It definitely has the lived in look.

The entry. The living room is to the right of the front door with the formal dining room to the left. We're using it as an office space as the kitchen has a space for a small dining table and we don't need more room yet.

The family room is behind the living room. We've tried to barricade the fireplace until we can get some glass doors or something but Ethan still enjoys pulling the baskets out and playing with the Wii games we keep in there.




The kitchen is behind the dining room. The eat-in area works perfectly for our hutch and little table but its a little tight when we have more then the 4 of us for dinner. It doesn't happen often so its ok for now. The kitchen storage is actually less then at the old house but I love the island. Alex wants us to build him his own kitchen but I told him that he could use mine to practice cooking. Ethan has discovered the fun of drawers and cabinets so we've got child locks on the ones with breakable or dangerous stuff in them. The others won't hurt him, its just annoying to pick up the same tupperware lids all day.

As you can see we haven't replaced the tv that was stolen during the move yet. Very soon though. The little one from Ethan's room looks pretty sad in the family room.

The laundry room is off the hallway and leads to the garage. Its actually a pretty good size and there's a far bit of space across from the washer/dryer that I want to put another pantry to store food storage. There's some cabinets I want and I want cabinets above the washer and dryer too.

Alex's room is straight down the hall. Its a bit bigger then his other one but we decided not to put the futon in there again to give him more space. He's not quite done unpacking yet.

Ethan's room is across from the bathroom (no picture) and is much bigger then his old one. His closet has some shelves and stuff that came with the house.

Here's the master bedroom. There's two closets, a walk-in to the left of the door and a wall closet for Dustin parallel to the bed. Its a lot bigger then our bedroom at the old house and its even big enough for a reading area to the left!

The master bath is huge. The soaking tub and separate shower are sooo nice. After trying a few different cleaning products on the glass shower, a squeegee works the best to keep the glass clean.

There's not a lot of cabinet space though. I have big plans to redo this bathroom and the kitchen but that's a ways off. The yard needs work too. The backyard is rocks and we want grass so that will probably be the first project before it gets hot.

So, there's the house. We love it!

Ethan also celebrated his first birthday on January 31st. We had a small party for him on Saturday with his Utah family and a small party for him on Wednesday with his Las Vegas family. He enjoyed his cakes and loved his birthday presents. We got a package today with a gift from his Aunt Mandy and Uncle Joe and Ethan was very anxious to play with his new toy.