Enjoying our new house

We are starting to get settled. There are boxes still packed and not everything is hung. But I feel more and more like this is really ours. 

Troy and Liam still love to play with the empty boxes. Timber...

I love our family room. It's connected to the kitchen in an open concept. I've enjoyed cooking in our kitchen! The biggest change we've done so far is the kitchen cabinets. A huge project, to say the least. I'm not completely done, but we love them already. They were a light oak and we stained them a dark espresso. 

Before

After

They look darker in pictures, in my opinion. I still have to finish touch ups and then put on the "clear coat" and put the silver nobs back on. They look so good to me! 

My first real dinner was chicken pot pie. Troy got really into it.

We had a huge rain storm on Saturday. We all looked out the window to find a river on the side of our house. No, not a stream. A river. We loved watching. 

At work, Ben is full management now. It's stressful, but he enjoys it. It is definitely stretching him, but in a good way. I could not say enough good things about his company and the people. He has been working more recently, but I can honestly say that I love his company. 

I met our ward for the first time on Sunday. Ben already knew practically everyone. What a wonderful ward. We also have very friendly neighbors. I went on a walk and three different neighbors stopped to talk with me. Each one had already met Ben. I'm excited to get to know them all and feel at home. 

I will say, I HATE bugs. I am such a wimp. We thought it would be a good idea to cut Ben's hair outside, but it was after dark. Immediately, bugs flawked to the light and scared me to death in the process. Ben killed a spider and a cockroach on our way back inside. NOT a fan. But I'm sure I'll get less crazy about it. And smarter. No going outside at night for me!