making our house a home

Wow, I'm so sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Truth is, that past three weeks have actually been kinda busy for me! I just returned from my week-long training trip in Mainz, Germany and let me tell you...it was a BLAST!! But I'll leave that for the next post.  For now, I just wanted to share a few pics of updates to our house.  We've started decorating a little bit and bought a few new pieces of furniture.  Take a look:

Chase hanging up our coat rack & setting up our shoe rack.
(I don't have a final pic so you can use your imagination haha)

Wall votives from mother-in-law & "live.laugh.love" vases from mother. :)

Hung up the mirror and added wine rack/cool-candle-thing.

Remember how I was so excited about the lightbulb thing? Well, voila! Let there be light. :)
And we got a small area rug for the living room for now.

Chase putting together our bookshelf. I just let him do all the work and take pictures of him working.

The final product.

Putting the last touches on the magazine table..

Tah-dahhhh!!

So that's it for now...I'll post more pictures when we add more!! :)

a good laugh

Well Chase left early this morning for another month-long field rotation. Good news is that it's the last one before the unit deploys! Woo hoo! Anyway...as I sit here alone in a quiet house I just busted out laughing thinking of a short encounter that happened yesterday. I thought it might make you guys laugh as well... So Chase and I went to the legal office yesterday to get a power of attorney for me for when he's gone. He filled out the form, gave it back to the desk lady, and we waited while she went in the back to her desk to type it up. A few minutes later she came back to the front with a question for Chase...

 Lady: Um, excuse me sir what date did you want it to expire? (questioning what he wrote on the form)
Chase: In 2100...
Lady: ...okay..um...
Chase: Basically forever is what I meant.
Lady: Well typically general power of attorneys are only effective for one year. (trying not to laugh)
Chase: Ohhh so they wont work for a century? Then for one year please.

 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA he put the year 2100!!! Everyone was just staring at, and most likely judging, us. That had to be the hardest I've laughed in awhile LOL! I love my husband more every day hahaha.