Pictures Galore!

First off, just to clarify, this post will be entirely pictures and lil captions. All the real details are in the post from yesterday which will actually be below this post on your screen. Okay, that said, here goes...

As many of you have requested, here are pictures of our (hopeful) new house. I will update with more pictures after the inspection on Tuesday, but for now this is what we have!

This is the front of the house.

And the entry way at the front of the house.

You walk right into the family room.

The family room leads into the kitchen, which as you can tell, currently has no appliances. The doorway to the left leads to the bedrooms and the kitchen continues out to the backyard (the picture is below). One of the things we would like to add to the house is an island.

This is the continuation of the kitchen. You can see the higer ceilings here.

One of the two bathrooms. They are both about the same size (not our favorite feature, but we have a few good ideas to make it nice.) Also, notice the lovely doorknob. I want to change those too :) So many plans!

Closet and a little piece of the master bedroom. These mirrored doors will probably be changed at some point too.

Tile hallway.

Laundry room. Really, this picture doesn't show much other than the fact that we will need to purchase a washer and dryer. Luckily, we have a friend who used to work for an appliance company and can help us get them at wholesale cost. And there are lots of government rebates :)

Garage with a ridiculously huge oil stain. We are plannig on epoxi-ing the floor (still don't know how to spell this one) as a DIY project before we move in. Good thing Rob is so handy :)

View out into the backyard from the kitchen.

And a view of the back of the house :)

Now...a few pictures of our hike yesterday. (I am still unbelievably sore!)

View from the top of Flat Iron Peak.

Another view from the top, looking out over the entire Phoenix valley.

Rob and I relaxing on a rock at the top before our hike back down.

Our hiking partners, Heidi (a guidance counselor at school) and her fiancee, John, with us at the top.

Heidi and John, about half way down the mountain.

Rob and me, on our way down as well. Above us you can see the peak we climbed to. It is shaped like an iron. (Hence, Flat Iron Peak!)

The sun setting at the very end of our hike.

And last, but not least, all the pictures I promised last week we took in California from Rob's camera.

This is Logan, Rob and I in California, ready to set off on our adventure.

Catalina Island from the air.

The runway on Catalina.

Rob and I after we landed in Catalina.

Another runway/airport we are approaching...this time it is Santa Barbara.

The Fisherman's Wharf in Santa Barbara.

The coast of California.

LAX!

Waves crashing along the beach in Carlsbad where we ran New Years Day. Not a bad start to 2010 :)