Sunday, July 15th, 2012

This was a weekend to remember for sure.  WE NOW HAVE A NEW ADDRESS!!!

5312 Norris Street, Ames, IA 50014

Really there was so much NEW about this weekend.  It's a new life for Elizabeth and myself.  We have our new house complete with 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (1 full, 1 3/4, and 2 half bathrooms), a two-car garage, a (mostly) finished basement, and a nice back yard.  Of course with moving into a new home there are lots of things we need to buy to furnish our home.  So besides unpacking & organizing our things this weekend we had to go out and buy a few items. 

Here is the view of the front of our home from Norris Street.

View of the back yard.

The back side of the house from our yard.

This weekend we bought a new grill, a Weber Q 320.  We actually had this set up before we even had a washer & dryer.

Today our brand new Whirlpool washer & dryer was delivered!

We also picked out some new dishes today!  We had been saving our dishes from our wedding last year for when we got a house, but once we got here the plates were just too wide for our cabinets :(  Since they were never used we were able to return them to Bed, Bath & Beyond and pick out new dishes (which fit just fine in our cabinets). 

I was due for a new pair of dress shoes for work, so here are my brand new Ecco shoes.  Yet another new thing this weekend :)

Elizabeth & I enjoyed a bottle of champagne today which was a wedding present to us (in the unbreakable champagne glasses that was a wedding present from Amy & Brandon).

It's also fun to think that exactly one year ago today (July 15th, 2011) we were in Cancun on our honeymoon.  It was on that day that we went to see the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza.