After Photos of Living Room

Before Pictures

Backyard

Deck

Basement

Master Bedroom

Spare Bedroom and Office (I know they look alike)

Bathroom (We also have a full bathroom in the basement)

Kitchen (view from living room)

Living room fireplace

Our Home

Here is a picture of our new house. More pictures to come...

More Running

This Sunday I took on the Big House Big Heart 5K. We finished on the 50 yard line in the Big House (University of Michigan Football Stadium). It was an amazing atmosphere. I also got a new personal best time: 33 minutes and 24 seconds. I keep improving and am really excited about it. Kathy came in and ran the race with me. She paced me and gave me encouragement throughout the whole race.
Thanks Kath!

In other news we should be closing on our house on Friday. More details and pictures will come after we close.

Here are some pictures of the race

Short sale approved!

Finally the house we have had a bid on for about 100 days received short sale approval. We are now on to inspections and securing a mortgage. Let's pray it all goes well.

Luau and Running

Parties are always fun but my family always knows how to throw a good one. Over the weekend Mike and I drove to NY to attend Craig and Sandi's annual Luau. I made a dress for it and we found a great shirt for Mike at Walmart. His was much cheaper (of course!). We had a good time on Saturday night and it was great to finally be close enough to come to fun family stuff.

Kathy and I ran a 5K that morning. Kathy did a great job and I shaved off about 4 minutes from my best 5K time. Woo hoo! I was very excited and didn't believe Kathy when she told me my time. It is official I ran the Heritage 5K in 33:41.

Now it is time to shoot for 30 minutes on the next one.

5th Anniversary and July 4th

On July 3rd Mike and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. We remembered what a great day it was by hitting almost all the spots we did on that day. We ate dinner at Alpen Rose (where had our reception), drinks at New Holland Brewery, and drinks at the Curragh. We also spent the night at the new hotel in Holland, MI: City Flats. A truly good anniversary.

We stayed in Holland at the Bona family cottage for the July 4th holiday. We had fun hanging out on the beach, going to Michigan Adventure, and spending time with the Bona family.

Here are some pictures from our week there.