The Apartment...the beginning!

Andrew carrying me across the threshold

We are living in a beautiful apartment complex called “Townhomes with a View”. They are not all townhomes and I am not sure if there is really a view, but it is a great place and perfect for us.
We unloaded all the boxes so that mom and I could start organizing the kitchen while boys handled the heavy stuff.

Organizing the kitchen

The living room from the entry way

After we unloaded our cars and the trailer it was off to dinner and then to Target to get a few
essentials for the night like pillows and ice cream!!

Look at all the pillows!!

As we were unloading we noticed that the trailer was leaking a bit and got our mattresses wet. So the first night we made a bed on the floor. Not quite how one would like to spend you first night in your new apartment but what are you going to do? We were just glad we had a roof over our heads.
The next day it was off to IKEA to get some bookshelves and look for a new couch. This was Andrew's first experience to IKEA and he was very excited. I still can't believe we are only minutes from an IKEA...I know you are all jealous!
For our first visit we purchased a bookshelf and some rugs. We have made many more visits since then to buy a couch and a dresser. So we now have a couch, which we thought made into a bed but it does not, but you could still sleep on it. It works for us for now and is not too big so it fits into an apartment very nicely. Andrew has been busy putting things together or building them as he likes to say! Thank goodness for his "Tool-time Party" he has been able to use all his fun tools. I did not know I was marrying such a handy man. He has built three bookshelves, a couch, a computer desk, and a dresser. Of course he got a little help from his wife and his good friend Shawn. We are pretty much done with putting things together.

His first project

Finished product...Good Job Drew!

We are still trying to organize everything and find the perfect place for it all. I have starting putting a few pictures on the walls and will continue to do so next week. It makes the apartment look more like ours when you start adding pictures to the walls. We love where we live. It is very central to the places we need to go. We are still learning where everything is but that's half the fun. We are so blessed to have such a nice place and beautiful things to put in it. God is so good and faithful! All glory to Him!!