December 2011

That brings us to December....we celebrated my birthday and Jessica's. Christmas celebrations went on all month.

This year has been a roller coaster for us. We have been blessed with each other, the greatest friends, family we could ever ask for. As difficult as this year has been some good has come from it. I have realized more than ever who my true support system is. Thank you to everyone who called, sent flowers, cards, and words of encouragement. It has meant more than you will know.
We close out this year with a grateful heart and excitement about the year ahead. Josh and I are expecting great things out of 2012.

November 2011

The kitchen is my favorite room in the house. It is the most transformed room. Josh built this table.

The living room furniture I ordered arrived. The house is finally starting to feel like a home. I am still waiting on my curtains to be finished and searching for art work.

October

We went away to the mountains for a few days. It was a nice getaway. We didn't work on the house at all during September or October.

September 2011

We celebrated 80 wonderful years of life to both my grandma and grandpa King. We threw them a surprise birthday party.

Josh and I also celebrated 7 years of marriage. I can't believe it has been that long. Time flies when you are in love.

We also sold Dad's house after being on the market for 1 week. It was bitter sweet to sell it but a blessing to sell it so fast.

August 2011

We meet everyone at the Myrtle Beach for a few days. Heath, Paige, the girls, Tony, Lisa, Brandon, Grandma, Grandpa, Kristi, Josh, and me.

July 2011

Looks like a completely different house.

Here's the final exterior changes.

Added a porch to the front.

We had the outside painted.

June 2011

We went to Topsoil Beach for the night to see Mike and Connie.

After Dad died the work on the house stopped for a while. We were constantly going back to Rocky Mount to handle business and get his house prepared to sell.

Will life ever be the same?

Here's a few pictures from the funeral and the memorial site.

After the funeral we all went back to Dad's one last time.

Heath built a memorial where Dad died.

May 2011

Flooring is complete downstairs.

We added these french doors going into the downstairs bedroom.

Josh built this one night when I went home to see my mom and dad. Little did I know this bed swing was going to become my dwelling place.

Yard of the Month...after a lot of trimming, cutting down, and sewing sod.

More from April 2011

This was one of my last visits with my dad before he died. He came in for Easter and stayed all weekend. I hadn't planned on working on the house while he was here but he wanted to help. Before he left we planted this garden. It lived all summer and produced beyond what I expected. The day I had to pull it up was very emotional.

He helped Josh put in our microwave. As he was helping he managed to dent my brand new stove. I didn't get upset because I knew over the years I had messed up a lot of his stuff....it was just pay back. He was going to order me a new plate but I told him not too. I'm so thankful because everytime I cook and see the dent I think of this weekend we spent together.

Trying to get the dent out.

April 2011

We put the tile backsplash in.

The kitchen is almost complete.

Finally finished after a day of back breaking labor.

The process of putting the flooring in for the kitchen.

Flooring for the kitchen

March 2011

March was very productive for us. Looking back on these days makes me so thankful for flooring. This is how we watched tv for awhile.

We put the railing in

The ceiling in the kitchen is getting close to being finished.

We closed in the pantry and put shelving in.

Richard Allen King

March 26, 1955 - May 21st, 2011

Moving right along

The porch on the house was weird so to maximize space we pushed the front porch out to make it even with the front of the house. It added about 12 feet to the inside of the house. We needed this extra footage for a foyer. Before you walked straight into the steps that go upstairs. This spring we are going to add a real front porch and paint the outside.

The inside after the porch was moved out.

We also busted out the wall that went into one of the bedroom downstairs. We are going to put french doors in and use it as a office. The old entrance to the bedroom was off the kitchen.

ceilings

Here is a picture of the cofferd ceilings Josh has built in the kitchen. I will get an updated one of them finished.