It's Official!!

We started on our new home this weekend. Connor and I took a trip out there today to see the progress. He was so excited.... look at all those mounds of dirt! Boy paradise!!

The driveway is in, or at least "dug out", and the "big hole" as Connor calls it for the foundation has been dug up as well. Everything looked so beautiful out there this morning. It was chilly with low clouds over the mountains so the fall colors just popped liked crazy!

I couldn't resist snapping this pretty picture... this is the beautiful country road leading up to our house. We are so excited!!!

Well I'm off to work goodies and projects for all our Halloween events this week. If your in the Missoula area you should come to our church on Wednesday night. We are having a HUGE Harvest Party as part of our AWANA program. It's at 7:00 at Clark Fork City Church on Latimer behind Target. It's going to be a ton of fun for families... two big bounce houses with slides, hay maze, carnival type games, food, candy, and prizes (all for free)! We'd love to see you there! Have a great week!

Dreaming....

I think we're finally really going to do it. This year we are going to build our little "farm house" (as the kids call it). We bought a beautiful piece of property a few years ago and have been waiting for the "right time" (really is there ever the perfect time for such an undertaking??) to sell and build. We have a floor plan in mind, and now we just have to get it to our guy who's going to put all our ideas into one cohesive home. I've been looking at and looking in magazines, books, and on-line for a long time for inspiration, ideas, and must haves for our home. It's very exciting!! These are 2 kitchens that I just love. I love the darker floors with the simple white cabinets and black/dark grey counter tops. So elegant, classic, and simple. I also love the idea of painting the island (see the blue island in the 2nd photo) in an accent color... definitely going to do that too... and WHOO HOO!! I think I finally convinced my hubby that we should do the white "subway" tiles as a black splash. See the long skinny white tiles in the first photo. I just love them!! It's a good thing I've been working on converting him to my style for some time now. He is always a little slow to come around. I don't know about your hubby's but mine always says, "I don't care, decorating is your department," and then disagrees with every decision. :) If he could design the our house it would be floor to ceiling dark wood, timbers, big beams, rock work, dark leather, with a gazillion deer, elk, etc mounts hung on the walls. For me it would be a bit like a gigantic animal tomb. Don't worry though, he will have his own man cave in our home.
Love these floors and counters!!
These simple cabinets are great!
Well here's hoping this is the year we really get to do it!