Category: Our Home

It’s been one year since I lost my mom. One of our favorite pastimes together was gardening. With her in mind, I spent the day in the garden with Gerben. Our improvements in the yard are transforming our property slowly. The neighbors even noticed the difference, and helped us to tear…

Spring is definitely here. The weather has been gradually warming up since February, and the flowers sneaking out. Last summer we stripped the garden almost bare. We cut down trees. ripped out tons of undergrowth, and tilled the soil with compost. I was surprised to find some flowers actually survived the…

The amount of progress made in this month alone is mind boggling. Every member of our family (here) left their mark upon our house. One of our friends also dedicated a lot of time to us. We heartily thank everyone involved in the process. After two weeks of a lot of work,…

I think it’s been one of the longest moving days so far. I went early in the day with my father-in-law to IKEA to start buying furniture for the house. It always takes a few hours to shop in the store. It is gigantic, and always tempts with its cheap…

This week has passed very slowly, but a lot of progress has been made. Our biggest projects at the moment are the shed and the interior decorating. I spent most of the day painting the downstairs, and it will continue until I finish. G’s mom N made painting more manageable by taping…

Many of us were completely worn out by today. K and G were out of commission much of the day, but still managed to pick themselves up and continue later (holy cow). In between school and painting, the living room wall had its first wall completed. N was responsible for…

The house is progressing at a great pace. The biggest achievements today were finishing up the walls for paint preparation, tearing off the shed roof, and making progress on the garden. My brother-in-law drove two hours north to help us out, and we were very grateful to have his assistance.

Our first night in the new house was a bit like camping. We started early this morning on the “makeover”. G’s mom and her partner are staying the week with us and helping fix up the house. Today G and K spent the day in the yard hacking down the…

Today we passed one of the biggest milestones in our lifetime, owning our first home. The idea actually started years ago, and came to fruition at last. Yesterday we received the keys to our new home, in the neighboring town (next to where we currently live). It is a charming little…