announcing...

Meet to the newest member of our family......

                      {BRYN}

The most cutest.

The most adorable. 

The most loving. 

The most precious

puppy you will ever meet. 

   ok and..

..  some naughty days

.. and maybe a few accidents in the house 

.. and the occasional waking us up in the middle of the night.

but hey.. 

           she is still a puppy! 

She is a German Shorthair Pointer. She was only 3 weeks old when we got to pick her out from the breeder. Here is what she looked like that young:

After many weeks of waiting, we finally got to go and get her on July 4th!(she was about 6 weeks old) Almost two weeks here at the house and she already knows "sit" and which door to use to go outside (to go to the bathroom)! (lots of credit to my hubby for many training hours with her) 

Welcome to our family, Bryn! 

From drab to fab!!!

WHOOO! SOME BIG WEEKS here at the 'tree house' (thats what our neighbors are calling it) -- we knocked out ALL the appliances and donated them to the local thrift store and said adios to the golden rod yellow and avocado green in our kitchen!

The hubs and I had loads of fun picking out appliances from Sears. I truly wish I had photos of my face from that day at Sears as I sat there and listened to him ask literally 1000 questions to that sales clerk about each one. Guess thats why I love him so much-he is so great about the technical things and especially because he knows the right questions to ask with big purchases. We decided to go with Kenmore Elite series appliances for the kitchen.  The first one we bought was the fridge. This was a tough choice because how in the world to you choose one?? Right away we were overwhelmed with the choices: side by side, freezer in the bottom, ice and water in the door, secret hidden shelves, etc, etc-- how do you pick?? 
In the end, we got this gorgeous gal:

So far so good! I love love love my refrigerator-- and OH MY OH MY how I LOVE THE SPACE it provides on the inside.


About three weeks later we picked out the stove and microwave. And again after many long hours in Sears (shout out to our wonderful salesman- if you ever need anyone in their appliance department, let me know!) we ended up with these beauties:

For the stove, we went with Kenmore's Elite induction range / convection oven. I can't stop ranting about it to everyone that comes over to our house- I love it! For those who don't know a lot about induction, feel free to read all about it here. (trust me- I didn't know a lot about them either until we got one. If you are looking into them, I highly recommend Kenmore!) 

For the microwave we also went with the Kenmore Elite series. We picked between two that they had in the store at the time. Ended up choosing one that had an oven feature as well so we can cook things right in there if we want too -- whooo for a double oven! (well, in a way at least!) 

Here is a peak into the last few weeks in the kitchen:

 The cupboard above the range was removed and my DIY hubby made a new cupboard to fit the hole above the microwave (the pictures don't really show that but he is so talented! He just needs to make me some new doors to match so I can hide away things up there. 

I hope to add more posts this week because I have lots to share!

and.. some big news to spill! {not pregnant, sorry :)} 

peace, love and Happy 4th of July week to you all! 

-L