SEMINARY -- MOVING -- FIRST VISITORS
Foremost in my mind most days is this amazing group of teenagers, aka my early morning seminary class. They impress me! This morning Chef Lane prepared and served a delicious pre-general conference breakfast.
I switched out our bedroom decor for a change of pace.
Our apartment contract of 7 months doesn't expire until the last day of December. But we have wasted no time beginning our search for a larger space -- something that will better accommodate this class and expected overnight guests. We browsed online websites of dozens of rental properties, and hired a realtor to show us our potentials. Nothing made sense to us.
We had to like it enough to pay double rent as we fulfilled our contract with the one-bedroom apartment complex. It needed to be close to our current address so that seminary families would not be too inconvenienced. We wanted something with an extra bedroom and bathroom, with enough additional space to close out our storage unit. A pool and garage would be perks. After weeks of searching, our realtor called us Monday with a new listing, not even available for a showing until Wednesday. Still, we drove over and walked the property, peering in the windows.
Impressed with everything we saw, we filled out the standard rental contract and presented our offer on Wednesday after we did a walk-through. Lane and I moved in Friday after seminary class. It was a frantic weekend. The only items we needed help with were the temple-door table, the 70" TV and the chaise lounge. Our 4 full-time elders pitched in for donuts, chocolate milk and jars of Lane's homemade jam.
I love this house.
The large windows, tropical backyard view, even the step-down.
I love the upstairs lookout over the railing.
And the stairway tucked out of the way, which
accommodates the tiniest powder room ever.
Genius!
I've had amazing kitchens several times. This one is among my top 2 favorites.
We have a guest room. Come stay!
...and an extra H'owl' bath.
Lane even got his pool!
I like to get the car in the garage as quickly as possible.
Our first Miami tapioca night. Not one of our kids came...
Date night was dinner at our favorite restaurant,
"The Outback" topped off with this sunset.
Our first guests, Lane's sister and BIL, came and
fished the Keys with us, and explored South Beach.
On Halloween I prepared finger food for my seminary students and then...
...we hopped in the car for a long overdue road
trip to visit Lane's niece near Charlotte, NC.
(I went as Weird Carolyn)
