Happy 4th of July!

3 years ago on July 4th Will said "I love you" for the first time and now here we are about to get married and about to move into our first house! So we bought the house back in April but the owners before us wanted to rent back until they found their house...this worked our great for us because now here we are getting the house ready to move and I don't have to work for the summer!! So while we waited and planned and waited for this month to finally arrive so we could officially feel like home owners Will and I came up with a three week renovation plan.  The plan went a little like this...

• Week 1: remove carpeting, pick out paint, install new light fixtures and recessed lighting throughout house
• Week 2: have painters prep and paint all walls, ceilings, and closets.  Also, remove current back splash in kitchen and replace with new tile back splash and put up crown molding in living/dinning room.
• Week 3: have new carpet put into basement and bedrooms, refinish hardwood floors on the second level and stain cherry, and install hardwood flooring on both stair cases and 3rd floor landing.
• Week 4: move in!

So far our week 1 plan is going to plan...the lights are currently being installed.  However, there is one major project that we failed to think of...landscaping!!! We didn't realize how much work needed to be done to the yard because there were many over grown shrubs.  Thankfully while I was on the way back from my bachelorette party Will got started on trimming down trees.  Then on Monday we when we had planned to remove all of the carpet we did a little and then spent the remainder of the day in the year.  We moved all of the plants that we didn't like to our back yard and then bought new plants for the front.  We also mulched Tuesday and now I have some great before and after pictures!! Enjoy!!

                                

Before and After...Good bye butterfly bush 

Before and After...ahhh so much more organized :)

Before and After...Love my new purple flowers!

I don't have a good before and after of the backyard but we moved some of the big shrubs that were in the front to the back to build a nice little wall to create a little privacy.  We are also working on leveling out the current patio.  More home updates to come soon and next week Will and I are also going to work on more wedding details.  We are going to talk with our officant to go over the ceremony in more detail. Also we are going to pick out the boys tuxedos. My Mom and I will also be going back up to Musket Ridge on Wednesday for an appetizer tasting and to pick out table cloths for the reception.  BUSY, BUSY, BUSY but loving every moment of this right now because I am going to miss all this planning once we are moved in and the wedding is over.  

PS. we have finally hit the 2 digits in our count down!! I think today is 95 days until the wedding.  So glad to not be in the 3 digit numbers any more :)