bedroom makeover

Since this week was my spring break, Jamie and I used the opportunity to finally paint our bedroom. It wasn't in dire need of painting but we feel like it is "our" room now. Here are the before and after pics for you:

This is one shot of the room from when the previous owners lived there (yes there are llamas on the wall)

This is the room before we painted

The "after" picture

Don't mind Schroder, he thinks this is his bed

These pics are with painting only. We haven't hung any decorations on the walls yet. One thing that will definitely go up is this painting my friend Janine painted:

More pics to follow when the room is fully decorated! Happy Monday!

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Christmastime is here again somehow. Once again, the year has flown by but 2008 has been one of the most eventful years of my existence for sure (more blogging about that later). One of the big events was buying a house and I love being able to decorate it (instead of a tiny apartment) for the holidays. We even have a real tree! Just a few pics of the beautiful tree below. More blogging when I officially finish school, I promise.

The tree with Jamie's tree topper of choice -- a tobogan

The tree all lit up

The nativity scene under the tree

a place to live

Many of you know that Jamie and I have been looking at houses for about 6 months now, first just for me to live in and then (post-engagement) a house for us once we get married. Well, I am happy to say after many frustrations, stumbling blocks and disappointments, God has provided us with a place to live :). Pending inspections and all those house buying loopholes, this will be our house:
Here are a few other pictures of the inside of the house:







I am excited to be able to move in, paint and make this house our own. Even more than that I am excited to have a place where we will actually have enough room to open our home to others. It will be nice to live in a place that doesn't share walls with anyone else and doesn't feel like being trapped in a box. Although this house wasn't our first (or second or third...ha) choice, I know that God has us in this house for a reason and I am so thankful for His provision of not only shelter but everything I have ever needed and abundantly more. So feel free to come visit, come stay, come hang out (after our June 30 closing date of course) -- and for those of you in Morgantown or close by, stay tuned for a house warming party :)