Pictures de la nuit - Ghent Day 2

Here are some more pictures for your entertainment. Keep in mind none of these images have been edited yet, so do be too critical. These are just some that we really enjoyed from tonight. Ann, Cherith, and Stephen were quite cold, so it was quite nice of them to allow me to continue taking some long exposures. Enjoy...let me know what you think. I guess we are off to Scotland tomorrow. I don't know when the next time we'll be able to post some more pictures. It may not be til we get home, but who knows so keep checking:) Merry Christmas

Stephen and I particularly enjoyed this photo of an angel slaying a dragon.

Gent Day 1 Cont'd

Here are some more pictures. Here are some people that I just ran into HALF a world away:)

We wanted to post you some pictures from our day. Hope you all enjoy them. We've really enjoyed it so far and we will continue to post pictures as we have time. Au revoir.

Lights on the Square

Tonight Andrew and I went up to the square with our friends, Robbie and Erin. Their precious baby girl, Sarah, went with us as well :) Andrew and I didn't make it down there last year and I had heard that they used colored lights as well as the white this year. It was quite cool, although I heard a few complaints that colored lights are retro?! After eating a some excellent pizza at a very crowded Tiny Tim's, we all walked around the Square. Andrew and I both with cameras :) Baby Sarah seemed to really enjoy the lights (at least for awhile).
Andrew really liked this blue star :)

And of course, we all loved the Razorback! There were actually several scattered throughout the area.

Camel ride anyone?

We highly recommend going down to the Square if any of you have not been yet! And right now, the weather is gorgeous. We weren't even the slightest bit cold!

18' Christmas Tree!!

Last night, Andrew, Marcus, Tamara and I went out to my Uncle Trail and Aunt Becky's house. They were giving us their old freezer (it's been passed through my family a few times I think) Anyway, they have the biggest indoor Christmas Tree I have ever seen! I believe that it is close to 18 feet tall!!

I stuck these two pictures in here so you could see and truly appreciate the tree's true height and volume next to the furniture and one-story ceilings in the house :)

Merry Christmas!!

Side by Side Comparisons

Okay, well I can't figure out how to get them exactly side by side, but close enough...Too bad they're not at exactly the same angles.

Hopefully this is not picture overload for you all :)

Can you tell much of a difference?


Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

Home Theatre Room!

Surely, you knew there had to be one :) Yes, after 3 coats of dark red paint (much to Andrew's dismay) among several other remodeling activities our second bedroom is now a fully functioning home theatre. And the color, well, it will never change! This window is going to be covered by the time spring comes, too much light for watching tv or movies. By the way, do you remember the green curtains that used to cover this window?! Also, the window is actually clean, but the seal is broken, hence the dirty looking foggish stuff :)
The closet as you can see has no doors at the present time, but since this room is not, nor will be for some time, used as a bedroom, we don't find that to be a problem. It makes the perfect little nook for guitar playing and dvd storage :) It's a very deep closet, so you can sit in there very comfortably on the stool. You may be skeptically, but I promise, it doesn't even feel like it's out of place at all :)
Nope, no door into this room either :) Can you see the master bedroom? Oh look, there's Andrew in the mb closet working away!

Unfortunately for my parents, we took back the futon. It makes for great napping :) Eventually, Andrew will get some real home theatre seating. Eventually :) Thanks for visiting! By the way, if you're curious about what all went into the remodeling of these two rooms, just ask. It might suprise you :) I just realized, I didn't put in any pics of the new ceiling fans... But, that's because they seem to just dissapear :)
Anyway, if you want to, come by and watch a movie, or just drop in for a chat! We would love to show you everything in person :)

Master Bedroom Remodel 95% Complete!!

You see, since we took so long to starting posting pictures, we sort of have several to get through... Anyway, here's the master bedroom remodel. As you can see by the new pictures and the fact the Andrew was in some of the pre-remodel pics, he has worked so so very hard! Can you believe he got that much done in just two weeks?! Amazing :)

The closet is the 5% not quite finished, but he's working on it... Here's the master bedroom, keep in mind that the bathroom door will be changed to a white 2 panel arch door and there will be doors to the closet and the hallway in the future :)

Sorry, the room is such a wreck.... I tried to keep most of it out of the pictures for you :)
Yes, I know what you're thinking (if you know Andrew very well) Those are indeed brown sheet on our bed! We needed new sheets and these were a good price and a good color for the room, even Andrew likes them.

Pics of the Second Bedroom

As promised, here are a couple pics of the second bedroom. Now, it's very important to remember what these look like when you read the remodel post. And yes, the ceiling fans really are important!!
And here's one more of the master bedroom, can you see that gold sponged wall?!

Our New Home :)

Finally, our first post! Well, as many of you know, we recently bought our first house :) It's right across from Tyson Park and we're told the lights from the baseball fields are blinding! Thankfully however, we have only two windows that actually face the park. Unfortunately there are no pics of the exterior since it's dark by the time we get home :) Anyway, enough rambling, here's the master bathroom.... And here's the master bedroom...

Okay, a few more of the bathroom...

Anyway, we hope you all (esp. Cherith and Stephen) enjoyed the pics. More will soon be posted of the second bedroom and the master bedroom remodels :)