Finally...house pictures

I know it's been a while and everyone has been patient so, here they are...Dane and Drake serve as co-stars in this "slide show". Oh, and after I took the pictures I noticed I had clothes on our bed, picture frames on sofas, etc...but hey, we live here and we're still unpacking. So enjoy the "live-in" effect I've given our home.

Starting on the main level:
going from kitchen to garage. There are cubbies on the right and a storage bench on the left. The bathroom is on the right, just before the cubbies.






Dining room...AKA "D" boys' play room *smile*

Looking into office from dining room. Front door is on the right between the two rooms.

looking up....

and looking down....


guest bedroom (sewing room) and laundry...


Drake's room; walking in and then sitting in the glider, looking out.



Dane's room...yes, he WAS sleeping when I went in to take these pictures. And notice Drake following me in. When Dane saw him crawling in it helped him not be so grumpy when he woke up from his nap. True brotherly love...until "sharing" is required! *smile*


Boys' bathroom. I didn't want my reflection in the mirror in the picture, so you only get a very small view of the bathroom. It's decorated in ducks and they have a big deep, bathtub.

Our bedroom and bath and also looking out and below to lower deck from our deck.






And last but not least...the Bonus Room...aka, our closets and storage area...future home of our wetbar, dart board, chess table and chairs and the sofa and recliner arranged more than 4 feet from the bigscreen...that's number 31 on Andy's list of top 100!

Drake's a genius!

Here's my littlest man...who somehow quickly figured out how to open the door to the gate I had set up to prevent him from going up the stairs. It still allows Dane to come and go, but Drake would get distracted with the fun stuff on the gate. It was perfect for about 2 days! It didn't work keeping him from the dog food either; he went over and through! There's something to be said for determination...right? *smirk*




















Here's also some cute pictures of the boys at dinner time:
Happy 10 months Drake:

Zoo fun with friends

We've had a very busy week. We started by going to Six Flags on Monday and Tuesday. We have season passes and Dane is loving his little Looney Toon Land. He's just the right age and when he slows down enough to ride the carousel or train then Drake can ride with him. Friday we planted grass seed all along our driveway after the excavators left. As Dane puts it "I made a mess mommy"...and a mess he DID make with the grass seed. We'll probably have one very thick and tall spot in our lawn. And I will forever remember the day Dane "helped" me plant seed.

Then Friday evening our friends from Jeff City called us and said they were coming into town with their two boys (Dallas and Dillan) and invited us to join them at the zoo. That's a no-brainer...of course we went. They also brought their cousin, Conner. We were able to get one picture where all 5 of them looked at the camera; and if I might add with only two shots taken too!


And then here we are on the carousel.