more progress!

we spent another weekend, with the help of jim and lorna (kevin's parents) working on the new house...the kitchen is coming right along! i'm so excited to have a kitchen to call my own :)
we met our new nextdoor neighbor, a young, single high school teacher...with the small number of people our age in iron river it's very providential to have one next door!

oooh, our pet eagle just flew by! this is totally random, but for as long as we've been here we've seen this eagle flying down by the lake. this last weekend someone dumped some deer parts in the woods off of west park dr...the tasty snack drew our eagle, another bald eagle and a golden eagle to our little corner of the forest! they were right on the edge of the road so as we drove by jim took some great pictures. we'll try to get them up soon.

well, i digress...
here are some new house pictures...and now that all the really dirty work is done laurel and i have been joining the renovation fun!
and just so you know, we are covered in snow and this morning it was 10 degrees outside...we are so glad to be back in the UP! :p

i really hated the way the front of our house looked, so i thought i would spruce it up a little with a festive star :)

this is a view into the kitchen. you can see there is still alot of work to do in the living area :) one thing at a time!

here's the kitchen up close...and a picture of our hard working crew :)

hi auntie kay! good thing mom tried this dress on, it would have never fit me if i waited until 9 months! :)

here's laurel watching the progress in the kitchen. let me tell you though, she is already showing signs of being spoiled! if i stepped away to work for more than a few minutes she wailed!

always needing attention...sound like anyone else we know? :)