It's officially ours! We drove out to Rochester last week and closed on our house. Eric had the whole week off so we spent the week doing painting, yard work and other projects. We also met with a lady in the school district to get Ryan all set up for speech/language therapy over the summer. This trip was all work, but we wanted to get as much done as possible to make our move a little easier.

Here is a picture as we just got out of the car after we closed. We have some plans to paint the door and change the shutters.
 

Here we are eating our first meal in the new house on our lovely makeshift table.

Our first night in the house

Unfortunately, I didn't take many "before" pictures for comparison. Also, I apologize that these aren't the greatest pictures; as we were getting ready to leave for Milwaukee, I realized I hadn't taken any so I quickly went from room to room to snap a quick shot.

The kitchen
It was previously a dark red color. Also note that we painted all of the trim, doorways and doors white throughout most of the house. They were previously a medium-tone wood stain, similar to the color of the kitchen cabinets.

Eric's office
The walls used to be painted half bright green, half light purple. Eric was quite fond of those colors, but last minute he decided to go with a different look.

The master bedroom

Ryan's room
Since both kids will have new beds we decided to buy their mattresses and box springs while we were there. That way we didn't have to sleep on the air mattress the whole time we stayed in Rochester.

Sarah's room
Eric thinks the paint color in here is too boring, but I think once we get her bed set up and pink curtains hung it will look pretty.

Here is the view from our deck. The sunsets were beautiful! I'll post more pictures once we move.