Open House: The White House

We live in a small town. It's right next to a smaller town. Those small towns are surrounded by miles and miles of wheat fields. We're not near the beach, or historical monuments, or a major airport hub.

It's a great place, but we know that not many of you blog readers will be able to visit us up here, so I thought I would to take you on a tour of our house! Not to be braggy, but just so that you can see what our life is like here! I thought it would be fun. So, pretend you just pulled up to our driveway and walked up the steps to our house and you're haulin' your bags behind you, and Yaks is beckoning you to come in, and Boo is offering you a steaming cup of hot chocolate and Diddles is...crying. Can you see/feel/hear/smell it? Okay then. Come on in!
See? Yaks will take your bags and throw them here in the front closet! What a kid. He's so cute. We confiscated all of his shorts (because it's winter) except for this one pair. Guess what he wears EVERY day?


There are actually two entrances to our house. These stairs go down to the garage, which our whole house sits upon. It makes our house look really HUGE and borderline ostentatious. I promise it's not. It's just tall. Since we are renting this house ("borrowing it", as I tell the kids), we want to take special care of it, so no shoes allowed. That's why you see this dumping ground of SHOES here. We need some sort of shelving unit to keep our shoes organized. Suggestions?


This is the front room. It's an "open floor plan", which has some weird spaces. This is half of the room. Kindof our "front room". This is the other half. I'm not sure what it is supposed to be. Perhaps a dining room? We use it to play ball and to dance and to race back and forth. That sliding glass door leads to our backyard.Here is the backyard. It's got a nice, large deck that the kids can ride their bikes. There is a really steep hill that should make for some fun sledding in the winter. Over the hill is the soccer field for the Jr. High School, as well as a park!


Laundry Room, Bathroom

Our front room has this partial wall with a double-sided gas fireplace that you can see in this photo. I'm sure there is a name for that type of fireplace, but it's one of my favorite features of the house. It's cozy and warm, and can be enjoyed from TWO sides. I love it! Plus, Santa has a place to come down. The kids are excited about that one! On the other side is our Kitchen/Living Room.
Here's the Kitchen. I love it as well. Tons of cupboard space and lots of counters. It's bright and cheery and I love cooking in it. We almost tossed our large kitchen table in the move, but I'm so glad we kept it! It fills this space perfectly! We have a little computer station where we can Skype you when you aren't here. Sniffle.


On the other side of the kitchen table is this additional area that we turned into our Family Room. Our TV sits above the fireplace and we hide toys behind the couch.
These doors open to this little "breakfast deck", and this is the view out the front. It's overcast here a lot...and windy.
Up this large staircase (I'm sure to lose all my baby weight with all the stairs I have to climb every day) are the bedrooms. There are four on one floor, which is awesome. I wish more homes had four bedrooms on one floor.
Hallway.
Yaks' room. The owners have a girl and a boy, so they painted one room blue, and the other purple. PERFECT. Kids' bathroom

Boo's Room
This room functions as Diddles' room, an office, and a toy room! It also houses my "crash bed", which I put to good use when I have newborns and they are up all night long. It's just easier. Keepin' it real here, friends!
Here is a view of the toy closet/crawlspace. It works perfectly!

Master Bedroom. I'll sleep in here all night someday...


Master Bathroom with DOUBLE SINKS! Why would a couple need two sinks? I dunno. A shower, a toilet room and a walk-in closet. Boring. The coolest feature of this bathroom is THIS. A jetted tub! Josh filled the tub with a ton of bubbles and then turned on the jets for the kids' bathtime! It was as good as Christmas morning!

So, there you have it! A tour of our house! One should probably not conclude a tour with a bathroom. I'm not a professional, as you can tell by this tour and my photos.

Thanks for coming to visit today. Come again soon!