Pictures

Ok, here are the much asked for photos of the house. They are also posted on Facebook so you can look at them there too! Enjoy and come see us!!!!

P.S. CONGRATS to Heidi for passing her pharmacy test!!!! WOOO HOOO!!! Going out to dinner tonight with Heidi & AJ, Kelly & Daniel to celebrate!

All moved in

We are still far from being "settled in" but we are "moved in".
We started the moving last week by moving over little things. My dad brought up a Uhaul on Friday with a bedroom set for one of the spare bedrooms. Scott was able to take half a day off (and since he goes in at 5 am, his half day ended at 11!). Scott, Dad, and my Uncle Lee (and of course Kadyn!) were able to get all the furniture moved into the house before i even got off work at 1:30! Kyle and Jaime came up Friday evening and got their hands dirty as well, helping to get things put away. I did not realize we had sooo much stuff! How in the world did it all fit in our 1 bedroom apartment?!?!?
Scott, Me, mom, Dad, and Kadyn all stayed at the house for the first time Friday night. At that point, Scott and I still found it hard to believe that we were sleeping in OUR house. So cool! We worked HARD all weekend getting things done....putting away boxes, unpacking boxes, organizing the bedrooms, trying to put things in the "perfect" spot, etc, etc, etc! We got the master bedroom and bathroom painted but haven't even thought about the 3 guest bedrooms yet. Kadyn LOVED painting and did such a great job! We know one of the bedrooms will be Scott's "man cave". I found some really cute decorations at Hobby Lobby for his cave...we're going with the hunting and fishing theme. One of the bedrooms is completely done, with bed and everything (Kadyn calls this room his! lol). The 3rd guest bedroom is still full of boxes and stuff that i don't know where to put yet. It will get put away at some point. My goal is to continue working on the house every chance I get. It's going to be a long slow process, but I am ok with that! It will keep me busy!!!!
We were also able to work in the yard over the weekend. My grandpa was gracious enough to donate some funds to help us buy some household utensils (broom, weed eater, water hose, and much more! Dad picked it all out for us!) Kadyn and Scott got out in the backyard and cleaned up some of the overgrown palm trees. I tell you, Kadyn worked his little rear end off ALLLLL weekend! He had a BLAST!
We were able to meet 3 of our neighbors. One of the neighbors is a police-man. Great to have one of those around! We also met a very nice couple who came over and brought cookies. How sweet was that? They already invited us over to hang out! (They have a grandson Kadyn's age so also invited him to come play when he is in town!) I know we have been very blessed to have such wonderful neighbors. That was one things I really prayed hard for!
My mom has posted some of the pictures on facebook and a video of the "walk-through" of the house. So if you have facebook, check it out. I will try to take some pictures of my own very soon and get them posted on here.
We LOVE visitors and entertaining our friends so come on up! We love our house and are so happy we found something so perfect for us!

Moooooving!

My momma is coming up today!!!!!! We started moving stuff last night. We took 2 loads of boxes to the house but still have sooooo much to move. Where in the world did we put all of this stuff in a one bedroom apartment???? We were able to put away some of our kitchen-ware that we got as wedding gifts. It was nice to FINALLY open all that new stuff. My mom has a lot more she is bringing up today so we get to re-open all of our wedding gifts. It's been so long since we got them that it will be a surprise again to see we rest at we got. We wanted to start painting last night but we didnt even think about getting a ladder! haha so the painting has been postponed for now! We will be working hard this weekend! We did buy new furniture as well but we won't get it for 2 weeks. We can get the rest of the house in order then worry about the PERFECT furniture placement! :) So in 2 weeks, we will have our current living room furniture available for sale! Let us know if you know anyone who may need some furniture! That's all for now. Not sure when i will have pictures uploaded but hopefully it will be soon.
God Bless you all!

HaPpY bIrThDaY!!!!!

I just wanted to say:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my brother and my best friend! I LOVE YOU, Kyle and Lindsay!!!!

We are HOMEOWNERS!

We are officially homeowners!!!!! We closed on our house Monday at 3:00. We now have keys in our hand and are ready to start moving things in! We are the proud owners of a cute little 4 bedroom/2 bathroom, 1900 sq. ft., 4 sided red brick, 2 car garage, house on a cul-de-sac in a quiet little neighborhood with lots of young families! We never thought this day would finally be here...and it is. It feels great! We already made our first purchase at Lowes last night. We bought stuff to paint the master bedroom and bathroom. Hopefully we can start that tonight after work! We will slowly start moving things in throughout the week. My mom will be here on Wednesday with all of our wedding gifts and to help and then Dad is coming up Friday with furniture for the spare bedroom. I can't wait to get all settled, eventhough i know it will take a while.
It is still so crazy to us that we are in this point in our lives, and we discuss it often. We are finally on our own 100%, married with a mortgage! WOW!!!!! We love it though! I will try to get pictures of the house posted as soon as I can. But, for now, i must get ready for work!

Aubrey Lynn ZICKEFOOSE

Today it became official! Aubrey, my niece, has finally acquired the name ZICKEFOOSE! It has been a long battle but we are all so excited that it is finally official! Aubrey has been "my niece" since she was 2 years old when her and her mom came into our family. The last few years she has used the last name Zickefoose but it was never her legal name....NOW IT IS! You have no idea how excite we all are! (especially Aubrey) I talked to her today and told her, "well, now you are stuck with that last name!" and she said "...and I am glad I am!" Gosh i love that beautiful little girl!!!!!!

Saturday Fun

Scott and I decided to make our first "home" shopping trip today. We went to Lowe's to just look around at all the things we know we will have to buy once we move in. I cant believe its only 9 days away!!!! As much as i LOVE shopping and decorating....i have NEVER been so completely lost in Lowe's as i was today. I normally always have wonderful ideas but today...NOTHING! It's pretty stressful. How do I know I am going to pick the right colors, decorations, and will i still like it in 6 months? We are also trying to mix Scott and mine's style. He is definitely a country boy and I am a city girl. How do we go about having a "rustic-chic" decor for our house? We did it for the wedding....we have to be able to figure it out for our home. I love the browns, blue, greens....how do i mix that with rustic? Most rustic decor our there is maroon and navy and that is not really what I want. I am thinking we can mix the rot-iron decorations with the colors we like and it will look ok. What do you think? Anyone have any suggestions? I would love some help with this. We close on the house in 9 days, a monday, so we will use that week to get some painting done and then move in furniture and such the following weekend. i am getting soooo excited i can hardly stand it!
Thats all for now. Heading out to see Eli Young Band at the racepark tonight with Chris, Heidi, and AJ.
Bless you all!

House News

So, we had originally thought that after closing on the house we were going to lease the house back to the sellers for 5-7 days. We got a call today from our realtor and the sellers have decided not to lease it back from us....which means, we get to walk away from closing with KEYS IN OUR HAND!!!! i am so excited! It didnt bother me that we were leasing the house back but I am just so anxious to have those darn keys!!!! Since we are closing on a Monday, we won't move in until the following weekend. Hopefully we can put some personal touches on the house during the week before moving in. I know i want to paint the master bedroom...who knows what else I will come up with between now and then.
I will upload pictures of our new house and give all the information soooon!
KAG

HELLO!

So, apparently this is the new thing. Why not give it a try? I love being able to read our friends blogs so i know what's going on with everyone. With everyone being so busy these days it is really hard to keep up with everyone.

As everyone knows, we were married on April 4, 2009. The last 3 months have been amazing! I never knew how much I could love someone until Scott and I reunited. He is pretty much amazing! Shortly after the wedding Scott and I started house-hunting. We found a house on our first day of looking!!! We didn't think we would find something so quickly but we fell in love with this house. We even kept looking after seeing this one and nothing compared! We close on the house July 20 but the seller's are leasing the house back from us for about a week. We will be completely moved in by the end of August. We are VERY anxious to be in our new home. It's hard knowing you have something but you can't "use" it yet...i guess that goes for all of our wedding gifts too. We got so many great things but since we don't have room for it at our apartment, it is being stored at my parents house. I cannot wait to go through it all again and actually USE it! Once we get moved in and settled we hope to have a "house-warming" party...so stay tuned for information on that.

For the last year Scott has been working the night shift at work. Which means, we hardly EVER see each other! It's been tough, but we've managed to get through it. About 2 weeks ago Scott called me right as I was going to bed (he was at work) and said that his supervisor approached him about moving to a day shift. I was EXTREMELY excited! I was finally going to have a normal marriage! Scott, on the other hand, was a little hesitant because of the pay-cut...BUT, we decided that more time together would totally be worth it! I've had him home at night with me for the last 2 weeks and i LOVE IT! I could not be happier with my life right now!

I got an AWESOME phone call last night....my best friend is going to be a MOMMY!!!! Her and her husband have been married for about a year and half and I have been waiting for that call for a loooong time! :) She is actually already 11.5 weeks along and is due January 20 (maybe she will deliver early-on my bday Jan 12!) I could not be happier for her and her husband. I just LOVE babies! (we are waiting though!)

Well, i guess since this is the first post there was a lot to say! I hope this will be fun for you guys all to read and keep updated on our new life. I will try to post often...but who knows how well it will go. Work is just crazy busy for Scott and I both...which we are very thankful.

Until next time!

We love you all and thank God everyday for the people in our lives!


Kayla Gower :)