From House to Home

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Rewind: Jan 2010, Happy Birthday Mr. Ehlers

So after two successful runs hosting dinner for friends/siblings/aka people I knew would be way understanding of any mishaps in the service, we went for a birthday dinner with Brendan's parents (and younger brother).

The whole dining table in the other half of living room worked very well:

Dessert was eaten on the couch, and again I think everyone left happy:

***Note the table "runner" is actually a collection of placemats lined up. We got so used to the lovely Christmas runner Nanie gave us that we didn't want to leave it bare again. HOWEVER, we have since gotten a red normal runner... pics to come.***

Great Success!

Monday, February 21, 2011

Rewind: Dec 2010, Christmas Hosting (Not Hosting on Christmas)

So this was our first time cooking a vegetarian meal. It was our second time hosting a couple over for dinner (first was Pat and Susan) and since that time they brought appetizers and we did the entree... and we forgot to make sides... I wanted to get this one right.

1) Clean Organized(ish) Kitchen:

2) Appetizers:

3) Inform the Dog to behave:

4) Delicious Entree (WITH SIDES):

5) Satisfied Customers:

Rewind: Dec 2010, Christmastime & the Presents it Brought Our House

1) Snow:

2) Christmas Tree Candle Holder:

3) Cookie Jar:

Rewind: Dec 2010, It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

A zoomed in version of this was used for our first "family" Christmas card:

First Christmas-time Guests: Nanie, Aunt Debbie, and Danny.

By the tree...

On the Couch...

They brought with them some additional decorational goodies and so we fine tuned the Christmasing:

Rewind: Dec 2010, Installed the Sink & Toilet

So we went to get the sink and toilet installed, but the toilet had gotten cracked at some point... so we got a different toilet. Then we got the toilet installed and went to put the door on the bathroom, but turns out the sink was installed too close and the door wouldn't close. So we had the plumber come back and move the sink, but now I need to get the moulding fixed (It was put on based on the original position of the sink.) Either way it's coming along!