Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Evelyn's 3rd buggy birthday party!

Evelyn had a great 3rd birthday party. The theme was bugs and we handed out bug sunglasses and bug antennae for the kids to wear. The weather was nice enough for us to barbeque and for the kids to play outside (thank goodness!). Here are some pics...

Evelyn prepared for the party to start (and eating chips and salsa while she waits)...














































The setup... Evelyn helped me paint the grass and bugs on the table cloth and we hung butterflies, dragonflies and lady bugs from the lights and hooks in the dining room...


















The garden cake. Thanks to Mary for the crumbled Oreo cookie idea as dirt!!









































Evelyn waiting for people to gather for the cake...
























Singing "happy birthday"...


















Getting ready to blow out the candles...























Cutting the cake...








































Time to eat the dirt!


















Evelyn's friends eating the dirt cake: Brothers Chris and Lucas...


















Cole and Katie...


















Their brother Carter who was on "door duty" all afternoon...























Noah and dad Nick...


















Rune and dad Nick (yes, two Nicks)...


















Victor...


















Victor's mom Coralie and sister Sophia...


















Opening a gift after everyone was gone...



General Cuteness

Here are some random pics from the past week or so. Evelyn loves the fairy wings she got from Grandpa for her birthday and wears them often, usually paired with a princess dress. In a couple pics you can see her "flying" like a fairy on her new swing set that Daddy built.









Sunday, May 10, 2009

Evelyn's New House

Here are official pictures of the new house, as many of you were requesting.  We threw a party last night for faculty at UNH and it forced us to get (almost) the whole house in order.  Enjoy the tour!

This is the front of our house on Howard Dr...


















The right side of the house with the converted in-law suite (where the garage used to be) and the fenced in side yard...


















The left side of the house, which sits on the corner of Howard Dr. and Shepard Ave...


















Looking down our street...


















Once you come in the front door, you see the living room on the right, and the kitchen and dining room straight ahead.  We painted all the colors...


















Turning right to see the living room with the mantle we found in the attic when we moved in. It was in poor condition.  Chris and my dad replaced a board and we painted it to perfection.


















Taken from the living room to face the front door.  The door to the right of the front door is the door to the master bedroom...


















The kitchen...


















Dining area with sliding door that leads to a low deck in the backyard...


















Turning to the left once outside the sliding door...


















Turning to the right.  The open gate on the right leads to the side yard, which  Linus has access to...


















The view of the back of the house...


















The side yard from the back of the yard looking toward the street...  The door on the right is to the in-law suite that we call the "music room"...


















Back inside the house, here is the master bedroom...


















Turning to the right...


















There is also a full (albeit small) bath off the master bedroom...


















Between the master and Evelyn's room is a third bedroom, but it is full of boxes and stuff we just don't know what to do with yet.  Here is Evelyn's bedroom...


















Turning to the right...


















Turning to the left...


















Evelyn's bath, which has a tub separate from the shower...























Off the kitchen, on the other side of the house are a few steps that go down to our music room, which at one time was a garage.  We are in the process of painting it.  The only area we have painted is the sink area.  Here is the view coming in the door of Chris' desk...


















Turning to the right is a guest bed for visitors, who will have their own TV and DVD player. Here, Evelyn rests while watching Lady and the Tramp...


















Turning to the left.  This door leads out to the driveway.  Hopefully soon we will have a piano in this spot...


















Standing near that far door and turning back.  The door on the left goes to the hall, the door on the right is to the full bath off the music room.  The sink area is the only newly painted area...


















Full bath off the music room for guests...























To the right of this picture is the shower...























Above the music room (which used to be garage attic) is now what we call the loft.  It is our family room where Evelyn plays and we watch TV.  This picture is taken at the top of the stairs that come up from the kitchen...


















Looking back toward the stairs.  The doors in the wall are to an additional attic space we can use for storage.  And, yes, Linus looks like a demon dog...


















So, that's it.  There is also a full basement (not finished) where the laundry is, as well as tons of storage room and a ping pong table that the previous owners left for us.  Thanks for taking the tour!