Welcome to 1215! (as Augie likes to say) here are a few photos of our new digs!

I included the little photos of the house before we painted and moved in. They you can see a comparison. The Roberts did all the hard work... we only painted and moved furniture. We were really fortunate to have our friends be such good craftsmen.

In the boys room I wallpapered some maps onto the wall- hoping for whimsy, but not too much themie stuff or little kid so they will (hopefully) like it for a while





The laundry room needs base board work, but Is supposed to look kind-of Italian underground. don't ask what that means. Clearly I was getting too creative. At least it's just the laundry room

The kitchen is now a pretty mellow blue, and the living room an olive green. Color consultation thanks to my brilliant mother in law (and interior designer) Nancy. I was hoping for some historical bungalow colors (the yellow before

was more cheery... we will definitely have to get a few more lights, because it is a lot darker)
and the green really hits it. Thanks to 3 gallons and 6 friends it has a pretty good warmth factor.

There are a few pictures of outside too. I caught the boys from up on the deck. They didn't know. Augie was all about Daddy and Becket getting his tummy














... very little resistance as you can see.






The master bedroom and Jeff's office are my current fave. The red is gone and the supposed to be green but kindof gray color is pretty nice. We spent way too much time rearranging our books. I like to tell people that we aren't pack rats, but it is a lie when it comes to our books.






I hope Jeff really does some good writing in here and makes us a ton of money (that's what it is all about).


Honestly, though, I have been so happy here already. I think the boys are too. It feels like too much of a blessing. More than we deserve.

If you are reading this from far away (Jessica, Leenie, Sarah, Aaron) or not so far away come see us soon. We have guest bedrooms in the making and a great play space in the back yard. We can't wait to have you come over.

The new house: pictures of the breakfast nook. We decided to change (I hope upgrade) the way we do life in the new house. No more high chairs = more family dinner. Here is our little kitchen nook that the boys love. Unfortunately they like to jump around on the benches. Safer, yes, saner, no

evidence of play at 1215

A quick Becket story:

We were sitting at the kitchen table last night when daddy came home. Becket looked up and said "Hi Jeff!" which kindof sounds like "Hi Feff!"... now Becket has been calling daddy "Jeff" for a few days. I think it's because I call him Jeff and Beck is such a little parrot. Jeff does not like this. He got down to Becket's eye level last night and said very calmly, but very directly: "I am daddy, not Jeff." Becket gave a little nod and kindof looked down. Feeling it had been resolved Jeff and our buddy Ryan were headed to Old C's. He said good night to the boys and went towards the front door. Becket looked up from his snack and yelled "BYE FEFF!"

We moved, we really did. It was a saga! The first movers bailed us completely on Friday afternoon. We were luck enough to get another apointment but not until Saturday afternoon. Long story short we are in and we are so happy. Because it is hard to move big heavy washing machines with toddlers my folks came up and took the boys out to Chuck E. Cheese (which Becket and Augie call "cut da cheese" and Jeff does not really discourage). They had a blast. They were so worn out that Becket fell asleep in my arms.

The next day Uncle Josh and Aunt Kristie came up to play, and Josh installed our washer/dryer and fixed a few things we didn't know how to fix (thanks goodness!)

House and other pictures coming soon... but for now here is the collage of they boys riding the rides at cut da cheese courtesy of Grandpa's phone.

Becket got a singing spiderman from his Aunt Kristie... this is perfect as our boys is obsessed with "piemah mahn!"

Drummer boys

Jeff's new book cover... ask him about the fiasco. Okay, I will tell you. Apparently the book cover that was green (scroll down) was already on another book. Our dear and observant friend Mandy saw it on a book shelf and let us know. Zondervan had to scramble, but they came up with this new version. I rather like it. Production should still be on schedule. (Few!)