Having mom and dad around

It was a huge, HUGE blessing to have my mom and dad here to help Scott and I. My dad made it all possible to get out here a week later by driving out with me. I could not have done it without him. Since we left 2 days later than we had planned, my mom flew in (since she had already had her flight booked) the afternoon we got there! It was so fun to overlap and have both my mom and my dad there with us. We got a tons accomplished together. It was great to have 2 strong men to move around furniture for us till we found just the right fit.

The first night here the four of us went to a place called Old Market. It is a place just down town (really close to us) that has a ton of fun restaurants and shops. All the streets are cobblestone and it is really a neat place. We ate at our new favorite restaurant (so far) called M's Pub. It was delicious, and here is a picture of us eating our desserts! Delicious carrot cake, a fruit crisp, and tiramisu! Mmmmm!It was great to sit and talk about our new adventures and everything else that is going on in our lives right now. I truly have the best parents in the world. The next morning my mom and I got home from our walk and my cute dad had his music blasting and was painting the living room (it was a stark, ugly white on the wall you look at right when you enter the house). He got the whole wall done before he had to fly out that morning, it was a HUGE help! It was hard to say goodbye to him at the airport, it didn't hit me until I had to drop him off that I wouldn't be seeing him for awhile. I sure love ya dad. THANK YOU so much for all you have done for us. Can't wait to see you at Christmas time.

After my dad took off it was just me and my mom and we got to work! We unloaded tons of boxes and did lots and lots of gardening and decorating! Here are some preview pictures of our darling garden:

We've already had our first fire in our place. Yep, we didn't know the drawer under the oven was the broiler. We thought it was a storage drawer. So our first night cooking in our kitchen we were exposed to big flames! We had the hot pads in that drawer. We thought it kind of smelled funny, but thought maybe it was just the oven after being cleaned or something. Sure enough Scott opens the bottom drawer and flames are a flamin'! Say goodbye to our only two hot pads!

After that we enjoyed a yummy first dinner in our new kitchen!