Growing up I said I would never marry a local boy and I would NEVER marry a man in the military - yet I married Brandon. I said I would never move back to Sanpete County and I would NEVER live in an old home - yet that is exactly what we have done. We have moved back to beautiful Manti, Utah and on Tuesday we got keys to our new (very old) home.
The home has been about 90% renovated which makes it totally liveable as it is BUT also allows us to put our own touch on it. We are not currently living in the house due to a delay in our furniture delivery. Since we have a couple of weeks until our furniture shows up I am taking advantage of the time and painting the upstairs and there is a lot of it to paint.
The girls bedrooms along with Brandons media room are going to be upstairs. I am working on the girls rooms first though I did some how get talked into painting Brandon's room for him too! All the rooms upstairs have a gorgeous windows and trim - lots of trim. So much trim that after 3 days that is all I have gotten painted so far! Oh and my arm already hurts!
The first day the girls helped me paint and while it was frustrating at times having them there it was nice to have the help. At the end of the day we were all tired but we brought Daddy and Pixie over to hang out in the house. Here the girls are sitting on the floor in our empty master bedroom.
The second day the girls abandoned me for the pool. They played for 4 hours while I painted trim. Of course they had to come back and visit to see how things were coming along. Evie decided to curl up on the floor in the front room while Brandon and I talked about where to put our furniture whenever it arrives.
We are all enjoying our new home even if we aren't living in it quite yet. It is wonderful to work on something is ours and that we are not moving out of in a few years!
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I'm so excited for you!! I'v recently been struggling with the idea of possibly having to move again, and it was thinking about you and all the times you've moved and born it that helped me realize that I could do it too. And maybe some day in the future I'll finally have a home that's mine. :) I love you!
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