Little by little we are working on our new home! It has been fun to see the changes take place, and we can't wait to see the finished product. We got a lot done this past weekend and it felt wonderful. We have about one-fourth left of the floor to put in in the living room and then we have the kitchen to do. We forgot our camera this weekend, but Kari let us borrow her video camera, so we have a little video for you!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
We're Home Owners!
Well our big news of the month is...we're home owners! Last Friday we closed on our first home and we are thrilled! I had promised some pictures, so here they are. It was built in the 70s and hasn't had a lot of updating since then. We are planning to repaint pretty much everything. :) We already tore out the carpet in the living room and are going to start painting this weekend.
I'll start with pictures of the kitchen...this is what you see when you walk into the kitchen from the garage entry.
...when you look to the left-sink and oven
There's a nice built-in desk just too.
Living room/Hallway...what you see when you look into the living room from the kitchen
Front entry door is over there in the right corner. I really like the built-in book shelves!
If you were to look left when coming out of the kitchen it goes into the hallway.
Hallway. First door on right is the bathroom. First door on left is smallest bedroom (will be our office). Second door on left is our bedroom and door at end of hall is guest bedroom (come visit us!) :)
Bathroom & Bedrooms...
Do you love the peach sink as much as we do? ;) We hope to update that some day, but it's not at the top of our priority list.
It has a matching peach tub, too! Ha.
Smallest bedroom/office
Our bedroom
Guest Bedroom
I should have taken a picture of the closets--they are very nice and spacious and have some nice built-in shelves too! Thanks for sharing the excitement of our new home!
I'll start with pictures of the kitchen...this is what you see when you walk into the kitchen from the garage entry.
...when you look to the left-sink and oven
There's a nice built-in desk just too.
Living room/Hallway...what you see when you look into the living room from the kitchen
Front entry door is over there in the right corner. I really like the built-in book shelves!
If you were to look left when coming out of the kitchen it goes into the hallway.
Hallway. First door on right is the bathroom. First door on left is smallest bedroom (will be our office). Second door on left is our bedroom and door at end of hall is guest bedroom (come visit us!) :)
Bathroom & Bedrooms...
Do you love the peach sink as much as we do? ;) We hope to update that some day, but it's not at the top of our priority list.
It has a matching peach tub, too! Ha.
Smallest bedroom/office
Our bedroom
Guest Bedroom
I should have taken a picture of the closets--they are very nice and spacious and have some nice built-in shelves too! Thanks for sharing the excitement of our new home!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Snow Much Fun :)
Tom and I continue to get to spend quite a bit of time with Kajsa and Greta and love every minute of it! Here are a few pictures we took recently playing on the little hill in their yard. Afterward we headed inside for some hot chocolate. 
Tom and Greta in deep conversation. Greta loves to wear princess/dance dresses and slips one on any chance she can!
Here's a short clip of Greta dancing in the kitchen. She LOVES Sleeping Beauty and sings the theme song daily. I thought this was so cute how she was dancing and then swung over to Tom and had him start dancing with her! Cute. (Sorry the video is sideways!)A Little Christmas
I just realized I didn't even put any pictures from Christmas up!
Tom and I were the only kids home with Mom & Dad over Christmas (we missed the others!). One of the highlights was making lefse! Mom gave Tom and I the recipe and we went through the whole process of making it ourselves. We were pretty proud of ourselves. ;)
We did get to spend a little time with my Mom's side, too! It was fun to have all of my aunts and uncles there, and all my cousins except for four. We had so much fun visiting and playing lots of games! Grandpa was such a good sport too...he stayed up with us until about 1AM and he's 89 years old!
Tom and I were the only kids home with Mom & Dad over Christmas (we missed the others!). One of the highlights was making lefse! Mom gave Tom and I the recipe and we went through the whole process of making it ourselves. We were pretty proud of ourselves. ;)
We did get to spend a little time with my Mom's side, too! It was fun to have all of my aunts and uncles there, and all my cousins except for four. We had so much fun visiting and playing lots of games! Grandpa was such a good sport too...he stayed up with us until about 1AM and he's 89 years old!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Our First Home
I have been wanting to do this for a long time....share pictures of our first Stinar family home!
NOTE: You will probably notice the walls are extremely bare and very white. I know, it really bothers me, too. However, we didn't want to hang too many things or paint, because we have to have it all white, and hole-less again in May.
So, with that in mind, here are the pictures!
Right away you walk into the kitchen. (There's a really nice, huge closet that is to the left of the front door.)
The kitchen flows into the living room. Here's our messy desk/work area.
A straight on view of the living room. We have a nice view out the patio into a courtyard, but it was a little too bright today!
Our "dining room". :)
Our bedroom.
The bathroom...2 views.
A little side note. This blanket that is over the couch was made by my piano teacher and friend, Cathy Coffman. We were so pleased because it kind of tied all the colors of the room together! :) Thanks Cathy!
Although it is a small space, we are truly enjoying our first home...and it takes almost no time at all to clean! :)
NOTE: You will probably notice the walls are extremely bare and very white. I know, it really bothers me, too. However, we didn't want to hang too many things or paint, because we have to have it all white, and hole-less again in May.
So, with that in mind, here are the pictures!
Right away you walk into the kitchen. (There's a really nice, huge closet that is to the left of the front door.)
The kitchen flows into the living room. Here's our messy desk/work area.
A straight on view of the living room. We have a nice view out the patio into a courtyard, but it was a little too bright today!
Our "dining room". :)
Our bedroom.
The bathroom...2 views.
A little side note. This blanket that is over the couch was made by my piano teacher and friend, Cathy Coffman. We were so pleased because it kind of tied all the colors of the room together! :) Thanks Cathy!
Although it is a small space, we are truly enjoying our first home...and it takes almost no time at all to clean! :)
Let's Catch Up!
Whew! We have some catching up to do! Tom and I have been so busy with school and are now so happy to be on Christmas vacation! (I just noticed that I tend to use a lot of exclamation marks....sorry.) So, until January 10, 2011, we're free stylin' it. Actually, we're going to spend 5 days with my family, and then we're going to be with Tom's fam for 5 days on a ski trip to Lutsen, MN. We are pretty pumped.
Now that I have all this time I decided to update my blog. :) First I thought I would share a couple videos from when we babysat Kajsa and Greta. We've had the privilege of spending a couple weekends with them and a few other babysitting times (in fact, we get to play with them tonight!).
As you can see in the above video, Greta loves pizza. By the end of it she actually ate 4 pieces! We were amazed.
Greta loved that Tom would play princess Pollies with her. I think it's just adorable how Greta gets into pretending and making the little dolls talk. I wasn't able to get video of it, but she also sings a TON while she plays. It's so cute.
Kajsa is also a big singer! Both girls just sing away while playing, oblivious to the world around them. :)
Now that I have all this time I decided to update my blog. :) First I thought I would share a couple videos from when we babysat Kajsa and Greta. We've had the privilege of spending a couple weekends with them and a few other babysitting times (in fact, we get to play with them tonight!).
As you can see in the above video, Greta loves pizza. By the end of it she actually ate 4 pieces! We were amazed.
Greta loved that Tom would play princess Pollies with her. I think it's just adorable how Greta gets into pretending and making the little dolls talk. I wasn't able to get video of it, but she also sings a TON while she plays. It's so cute.
Kajsa is also a big singer! Both girls just sing away while playing, oblivious to the world around them. :)
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