Awesome

Dear Friends & Family,

Things haven't been too exciting around here lately.  I started work on Monday and that has been keeping me busy.  Things are going well though.  I saw an old ERAC friend and that was awesome, then we had dinner with some old friends and that awesome too.  A lot of things have been awesome lately...I should probably find a new word.  :)  We did our "pre" final walk through on the house today and that was pretty fun.  The house is looking fantastic.  I cannot wait until we close on Monday.  It'll be nice for it to finally be our house.  Our household goods are coming on Thursday, along with new bedroom furniture, living room tables, new chair, and a new refrigerator.  The house comes with a fridge, but not the one we want.  We are going to use the current fridge as a "beer" fridge for the basement.  Okay well here is probably the last update before we get our stuff.  I'll keep on updating the blog as long as I have something to talk about, which if you know me well, it'll probably be forever.  Hope you all are enjoying this so far!

Kitchen Appliances!!!  

Kitchen is done minus wood floors

Dining room with blinds

Living room with blinds and carpet

Laundry room

Master bedroom with blinds and carpet

Sorry the pictures are not the best quality.  My camera was dead and I had to resort to the trusty iPhone.  I may try to update this while the floors are going in next week.  Ryan will be visiting and it's going to be a busy time.  Wish us luck!!

Love,

Shannon

Nebraska Residents

Dear Friends & Family,

So it's official...we live in Nebraska now.  We survived our first full week.  Things have been good.  We stayed in a hotel for about 3 days and we are living in temporary base housing until the first week of August.  We are closing on the 1st of August, but won't move in until the 4th, just in time for my 26th birthday!!  :)  I was offered a job at Signature Performance as an Insurance Follow Up Specialist, I start tomorrow.  I'm very excited to start working.  It gets kind of boring when Burdette goes off to work...it's much more fun exploring Nebraska together.  I finally have updated pictures of the house, so here they are!

Back deck with window looking into the living room- I love this big window!

Kitchen with granite and and tile backsplash-can't wait for wood floors and appliances!

Close up of backsplash-I wasn't sure how much I liked this, but now I think I love it!

Spare bathroom counter top

Tray ceiling in Master bedroom

Master closet

Master bathroom counter top

That is the latest news on the house.  The carpet is in and looks great.  Hopefully I'll get to take some more pictures soon.  The house needs touch up work and a good cleaning, but it's looking great.  

Ryan has a short TDY in Omaha the first week of August, so we're excited to see him.  It's perfect timing because I'll need lots of help unpacking that week.  :)  We'll probably hit up the zoo that following weekend...it's my birthday and I like the zoo, so that's what I want to do.  

Thanks for all the well wishes as we make this final transition.  It's a very exciting time for us.  It's a little lonely out here, but I'm feeling love from all over right now, so thanks for that!  Keep checking back for more updates.

Love,

Shannon 

Bye Bye Cheyenne

Dear Friends & Family,


I just wanted to do a quick post to let everyone know we made it to Nebraska safely.  The boys are even enjoying it so far.  :)  Thanks to all of my Cheyenne friends for making the last 4 years so enjoyable.  Even though I have moved a lot and enjoy exploring new places, it never gets easier.  I'm grateful for all the memories that I have of Cheyenne and of the people I have met.  Each one of you will always hold a special place in my heart.  I love you guys!  Please keep in touch and visit us soon!  


Love,


Shannon


You and I will meet again
When we're least expecting it
One day in some far off place
I will recognize your face
I won't say goodbye my friend
For you and I will meet again
~Tom Petty

Granite!!

Dear Friends & Family,

So when you're buying a house there are a few things you look for.  Women are always attracted to three things:  the kitchen, the bathrooms, and the closets.  So when you're building a house you focus on those things too.  I was a little nervous picking out everything..floors, cabinets, counter tops.  I'm feeling much better now because we have granite and I couldn't be happier with the picks.  Everything is coming together now.  We are still waiting for carpet, sod, appliances, blinds, and bathroom counter tops.  All of the vinyl flooring will be changed immediately after we close on the 1st of August!  Hope you enjoy!

Entry way-this flooring will be changed to tile.

Entry way again-I love the windows in the door!

Kitchen

Island with sink and granite!!

Close up shot of granite with dark cabinets-I love it!!

Master Bathroom-Shower has a door now!  :)

Close up of the fireplace

That is the latest update!  We should know A LOT more on Monday because we will officially be living in Omaha on Sunday.  We're so excited about the progress and even more excited that our closing got bumped up 2 days.  Until then we are just enjoying our last couple of days in Cheyenne.  Burdette's last day at work is today and now we can focus on packing up the cars and saying our goodbyes.  I'm trying not to be a huge girl about it, but it's hard.  I'll miss Cheyenne.  :)

Thanks for stopping in!

Love,

Shannon

So close!

Dear Friends & Family,

Things have been crazy lately.  We haven't gotten much info on the house until now and that's okay because we've hardly had time to think about it.  The movers came yesterday and we are officially living with Ryan for the next 10 days or so.  It's really hard to decide what you will or won't need for a whole month, but I think we did pretty good.  I'm just happy it's over, but now it's the hard part.  We start saying our goodbyes.  My last day of work is tomorrow and that is a little scary and sad and I'm sure I'm going to cry.  I'm just happy to have had this experience in Cheyenne.  Anyway, I know everyone has been waiting for an update, so here it is!  Hope you enjoy!  

The front is finally done!  Now we just need grass!  :)

Living Room/Kitchen-So happy the cabinets are in.

View from Kitchen to Living Room

Master Bath w/cabinets

Master Bedroom with tray ceiling

Walkout Basement that we will be finishing later on this year

Deck with backyard view

Back of the house w/deck-I love this picture!

So that is the latest update...we're hoping they can push up the closing date because they are making so much progress.  This was by far my favorite update.  It's really starting to come together.  Hopefully next time we'll have counter tops and flooring.  

Thanks for stopping in!

Love,

Shannon