The Main Event

Those of you who know me well know that I pretty much LOVE the color green. So much in fact, that in college, Janelle threw me a surprise "Green" birthday party (for my 20th birthday!). Everyone dressed up in green, decorated the house in green, and had lots of other fun green things. To date, it is still one of my most favorite birthdays ever!

So when we were discussing paint colors for the house (to cover the baby yellow color) and Derek suggested green, it didn't take me even a second to agree!

Last week we were fortunate enough to have a break in the weather so they could come paint the house. It ended up taking a bit longer since it was still so cold and the paint took much longer to dry. But after about 5 days it was done and the house no longer looked like one out of an abandoned scary movie! Whoohoo!!

So here they are....the complete outside change pictures! We'll attempt the landscaping in the spring. Until then this is the finished product...

One of the first outside changes (and one of my favorites!) we made was to get a new mailbox since the "before" one didn't have all the address numbers on it, didn't close, filled with water when it rained, and was covered in moss!

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After...


I was (and still am) very excited about having a mailbox with our name on it! Tif was cute enough to take a picture of me with it when she was here. Even though it's taped off for the plumbers in this picture I still love it! :)


Next up we have the front door. We decided the mustard yellow beer bottle glass door needed to go! We replaced it with a much nicer one!

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Here we have the garage doors...Before....

After...

And finally the WHOLE front of the house!!!
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And AFTER....

So that is the majority of the "before & after" pictures. There may be a few more to come but those are the main events! :)

It's so amazing to me that we own this (GREEN!) house and have been so blessed to be able to make so many wonderful changes and upgrades to it. We have been blown away by God's goodness through this house and this whole experience. We are also especially grateful to our families who helped make this possible as well. Without their generosity and help emotionally, mentally, financially, and physically we wouldn't have been able to do what we have with this house and FINALLY have a HOME to call our own! We are also so thankful for all the support and prayers from our family and friends as well. We know we could not have done this without all of you and we are so grateful for each and every person in our lives and the special role each of you have played in making this house our home.

"I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy." -Philippians 1:3-4

*A special thank you to our parents Jim & Jane Clark, and Craig & Michele Wollitz. Without all of you our dream would not have become a reality. We love you and will be forever grateful for all of your help involved in this home!