Our new house

We've been in our new house since January and are loving it! All of the snow from the big storm has melted. We've had some tiny storms come through a few times where about an inch is left and melted the next day. We just had a small storm a couple days ago, and there is still some snow on our front deck because the sun isn't able to hit some areas. We are luckily surrounded by many pine trees, so we will have ample shade in the summer when we have to open our windows and let the cool air in. We don't have an air conditioner (first time in my life!) I'm not too worried though since there are so many trees, and we've been told it is usually around 80-90 degrees on the hottest days, which is nothing like the 108+ we got in Victorville. Not having an AC will help on the electricity bill too! :) Here are some pictures of our house I'm finally getting posted.

Upstairs living room.. where we hang out in the evenings to watch TV and spend time as a family. We are getting a new sectional sofa in a couple weeks, so I will post new pics then.

Notice the pretty wood-beamed ceiling and windows. We get a lot of natural light throughout the day upstairs.

Dining room view from living room. The dining room and kitchen are upstairs also. We do most of our living up here.

Kitchen view from dining table.

Master bedroom. Small, but adequate. This is also upstairs and this is the view from the bedroom window. Can't wait until that tree blooms! There is a huge mountain across the street filled with pine trees. It will never have homes on it because of the river bed below it. Just gorgeous.

Upstairs bathroom. We gave up having a master bathroom in the bedroom when we moved here, but it has worked out fine. Both bathrooms are small, but have the needed space.

I kinda posted the pics backwards, but here is the view when you open the front door. Staircase to right and hallway to the left. When you get to the top of the stairs, two bedrooms, and a bathroom are on the left. The kitchen, dining room, and living room are to the right. The downstairs mirrors the upstairs layout minus the kitchen of course. There is a laundry room downstairs and the living room is bigger.

Downstairs bathroom.

Downstairs living room/play room/office. The green couch from upstairs will come down here after we get the new sectional. This room also has a massive fireplace like upstairs, but it covered in boxes right now (still!) The sliding glass door goes out to the backyard.

Front door and porch with a little snow leftover from yesterday.

House and nice GREEN yard from street. It's so beautiful up here. I never want to move.

Annie at 7 months in her highchair.

Gracie decided to decorate around the flowers and put enough stuffed animals to surround the vase.