apparently i needed to also show the inside of the new house.

well, here you go ;)

This is the living room. Fabulous red wall. I knew I would love it! The living room and dining rooms are connected.

This is the view from the living room looking toward the dining room/stairway. Family room and kitchen are just past the stairs.

Here's the family room, which is open to the kitchen. Just down that hall is a bedroom to the left (that will be my scrap room/office), full bathroom straight ahead, and laundry room to the right.

The kitchen - LOOK at all that cabinet space!! See how it extends all the way under the window?? YEAH!! Just to the left of the fridge is the pantry. Corian countertops with a recessed sink, too.... wooohooooooo!!

If you go up the stairs and turn right, you are in this room. This will be Violet's room. The picture doesn't do it justice - it's HUGE. 19x11 to be exact. SERIOUSLY huge. Plus a ginormous walk in closet. She will be in here for MANY years. :)

If instead when you go up the stairs you take an immediate left, you are facing the master bedroom with double door entry. You can't see it now, but there is a whole sitting area/nook to the right just as you go in the room.

The Master Bath. Separate tub/shower. YES. Glass block window. YES. Double sinks. YES. YES. Just to the left, off the picture, is the walk-in closet with sliding mirrored doors. AWESOME.

If, when you get to the top of the stairs, you make a left U-turn, you walk down a hallway. At the end of the little hall is a balcony that overlooks our entry way. Isn't that cool? Totally reminds me of the entry at Mom & Dad's house.

On the left side of the balcony is a set of double doors that opens up to our REC ROOM. This room is GINORMOUS. Seriously huge.

Riley's room is to the right of the balcony. It's also very roomy - 12x13. Moving in to this room from his little 10x11 room will be a BIG change for him! He wanted to keep the lizard in that tank there, but alas, it goes with the owners. Darn. ;)

Finally, the backyard. It's quite a bit larger than our current yard. Of course, no park attached, but that's okay. And yes, there is no grass. You may think this is bad... however, with my husband's lawn mowing track record, this is a good thing. A very good thing. ;)

So yes. The house is amazing. No, we do not have near the furniture to fill it. But that will all come in time. Right now, I am just going to be excited with the extra SPACE to BREATHE. :)