Our Little House on the Prairie

The other night, a friend and I were looking at photos of her house and some of her current home projects on her iPad. I don't know about you, but I LOVE a peek around people's homes. Seeing how folks live is highly intriguing and thoroughly entertaining, in my opinion. I'm the one straining my neck and practically wrecking my car to catch a glimpse inside when it's dark outside and I can see in. Are you like that too?

Anyway, this particular friend is from Denver and has never been (all the way) out to our casa. So, she asked to see some pics.

I humbly share these, confident that they will not be a contentment breaker for anyone! Still, I've always taken pictures of the places we have lived - from our 1st one bedroom apartment, to this, our 6th place of residence in our 12 years of wedded bliss. We've been here 7 years (which means yes! We moved around A LOT in the early days of our marriage.) I like to look back at them and remember what I would have long ago forgotten and the sweetness of the passing years. They are priceless to me now, little pieces of our history, reminders of moments of time, fragments of our lives gone by. I tend to change things so much that from week to week year to year many of the rooms take on a slightly or drastically new look. If I had more $$ to work with there are all.kinds.of.things. I would enjoy doing around here. But, honestly, I am also very grateful for the lack of neverending resourses. It keeps me ever learning contentment and gratitude for exactly what I have in this very moment.

There is a chance you may have seen some of these before, as I believe I posted our dossier photos. But, that was at least a couple years ago, so of course, there are likely several changes.

The reason our house was finally (mostly) tidy enough to document is because we were having friends over to visit last weekend. Do you remember when I said that we (randomly!) met someone at the Denver Airport while we were on our way to Vegas who recognized me from the blog? They are now our dear friends Brett and Kristy, along with their 3 little ones. They came by and camped out with us on Saturday night (in tents!). We ate, stayed up late talking, did home church, and danced around our playroom together. Such fun. Perhaps our meeting was not so random after all. ♥

I forgot to get ONE single picture while they were here. Then, as they were pulling away I was bemoaning my thoughtlessness, so they reversed in our driveway for a quick photo. ↓ Here they are. ↓

Um, apparently I didn't upload these the way I wanted to,

so, we're starting with the half bath. ☺

This will one day expand to include a shower and become the boys' bathroom.

The living room

Our bedroom

Where we hang out and watch tv at night while the kids are fast asleep

I didn't get our bathroom, but you can see it a little bit

The antique milk glass lamp in the corner is one of my

FAVORITE gifts ever from Bobby

From the living room couch, looking at the front door

Dining room

Woops, I forgot to show in our bedroom the place

where the little ones like to sleep when it's their turn in

mom and dad's room

Clover doesn't wait for an invitation

She joins us nearly every night at some point

Office, where I sit at this moment

Bucket of library books on the office floor

Kitchen

Kitchen table

School / craft cabinets

My favorite Ikea find

I think it's supposed to be for silverware or something

but I find it perfect for writing utensils

Laundry room

Now, it leads out to the detached garage

Soon, it will lead to the (((MUDROOM))) !!!!!

Because we don't yet have the mudroom, these kinds of hooks are everywhere

Kids' bathroom

Towels for 7

Girls' bedroom + the guinea pig, Cookie

Girls' beds

Boys' room was still messy, but I've shown their beds and room before

The room for blessed addition(s) should one (or more) ever arrive

Too much sunlight, but you get the idea...

Again, a lot of sunlight, but this shows my favorite part of the kitchen -

the double ovens

These barstools are where friends pull up a seat to chat while

I'm working in the kitchen

I love that

Playroom (freshly vacuumed, obviously! ☺)

The maps on the wall are priceless teaching tools, I believe

Playroom again

Our gigantic couch where we watch movies together

The play kitchen that belonged to my grandma when she was young!

View from playroom toward the rest of the house

The park

The prairie

The end ☺