It's finally done...for now.

Yes, Oh yes. The nightmare of what was our little home renovation is finally over. One full, very exciting and crunched week of painters, and flooring people have come and gone leaving their mark on our not so 1970's home now. YEA!! We do not have any pictures yet because moving our stuff back in may take some time. I would like to put things in place and not just throw them in where they can fit. I have boxes of things that I haven't seen since NC and I don't even know if I should open them or just throw them away because I OBVIOUSLY haven't needed them.

We had out first visitor's this weekend and LOVED IT!! Thanks to Jeff for helping do a LOT of things to finish stuff up. It is true that not only is Jeff the grill master he may also be the saw master:) We loved seeing Keena, Matthew and Luke and hope that they come back soon!

Sadie's New Friends

Yesterday, Sadie went for a hike with her new buddies, Fin and Cody!

Some of my fellow nurses at DHMC wanted to get together and have a "puppy play date." Sadie, of course, was ALL over the place and WAY too excited. They actually played very well together but needed to be separated later in the night just for our own sanity. I am very happy that Sadie has made new friends because I was afraid that she was going to miss her dog park friends in NC.

Sadie says, "I love New Hampshire!"

Luke

Here is our new nephew, Luke. Isn't he just the cutest? His big brother, Matthew, is so happy to have him and loves him very much. We had a great weekend visiting and we look forward to having the Corriveau's over in August. Yea!!!

Now an update on the home renovations... We are slowly getting to an end point. After a few days of torturous trim painting my father relieved our pain by offering to help us out. We are very open to any help that we can get. Our paining, and new floors will be done by August 1st! So nice. Our new project until then is removing wallpaper. I don't know what is worse... trim painting or wallpaper removal. I would be a millionaire if I could figured out an easy way to remove wallpaper. Any ideas?

Happy Birthday Luke Couser Corriveau!

YEA!!!! He is finally here. I don't have any pictures yet, but I will post them as soon as I get some. Keena had her little boy this morning at 8:01am. He is a perfectly handsome little man. We won't mention his weight, but, lets just say he is "healthy." We are so happy for Jeff, Keena, Matthew and Captain. Their new addition will bring them much joy. Not to mention that I am going to go all... new aunt crazy love on him:)

painting

It sounds so fun...but it's NOT!! I have never felt so strongly about painting before. We have a LOT, and I mean, A LOT of dark wood stained trim in our 1977 split-level home. We have to put at least two coats of stain block over it before we can actually paint with the trim paint. At least it is rewarding to see the work pay off. It looks so much better white.

It Has Been A Busy Few Weeks

After the long, long drive from NC we spent a little time in Maine at the "The Couser Sand and Surf." The weather was mostly beautiful and Ryan, Heather and I actually did a little swimming.

We closed on our home on June 12th and started moving things in that night. We have been living around boxes ever since.

Ryan celebrated his 34th birthday on June 20th and I passed my nursing school boards on the 19th. It has been a busy few months but we are finally settled in and very excited to be in NH again.

We made it.

We finally arrived in New Hampshire around 9:30pm on Saturday the 31st. Lets just say, the trip was and experience. I am so glad that we had Jeff on-board as the official truck driver for our trip. It was quite a load to haul and on top of a full 24' truck we had the large trailer carrying the Jetta.

We are happy to be home in NH, but at the moment we miss the sunshine. I hear from friends in NC that it is beautiful there. I hate to tell you that here in Maine, it is in the 50's and rainy. Not a friendly welcome home for us. The following days are supposed to be nice in the 90's so we look forward to that. Got to love that New England weather.

Sorry that we do not have any pictures to post. My camera cord is somewhere in grampa's basement:-( We will keep you posted.