Closing Day

See us in the above photo?  That was us in 2009, pre Taj & Jax, taking a photo of the rosy sunset Chautauqua Lake is known for, and standing on the lakefront of you would never believe..... the lakefront of the house we just bought!  Looking at our faces, we were A) completely unaware that one day we would be living in Bemus Point, and B) way way unaware that we were taking this picture directly in front of the home we would live in.  How crazy ironic is that?!   I always find it pretty amazing how funny life can play out sometimes... so many coincidences and so many tell-tale signs.

Reflecting upon that evening we took the picture, Brad and I remember pulling off to the side of the road, finding the prefect spot to watch the sunset.  This was, and still is, the best spot to watch the sunset (so we've been told by many residents)......... and now..... this view is ALL OURS..... from practically every window of our house and the 6 outside entertaining areas.  

On July 11th, we closed on our house.... that meant starting on this date the deed of the house was transferred to Brad and I, and the house (and cottage) became officially ours!

Family self-portrait the day we got our keys....... Brad and I were super excited (the boys look funny in this photo, they didn't understand what this all meant, but they sure were happy playing at the house and outside!)

  view from Lakeside Drive:

 the cottage, or as Brad refers to it "the boat house"

Closing day also meant that we could start working on the house..... painting the interior, installing recessed lighting on some of the ceilings that didn't have it, and installing the new carpet.  These are pics of the "before":

Taji excitedly skipping into the kitchen area......

the kitchen that we plan to completely gut and redesign next Spring:

 Taj watched as daddy pulled up to the driveway.  I can't believe we have an actual driveway, and a long wide one, with a big garage!!

 Our own road (long driveway) that leads up to our house, this is the view from the dining room.  If you look closely to the right of the driveway where those 2 trees are, is our "guest" parking spot! :)

The boys playing in the living room

 Here you can see the living room, walls have been repainted since, and in the next year we also plan to completely redo the fireplace area and wall:

 The boys wrestling in the basement:

Here's an update on how we are progressing on the house:  Painting is done, recessed lighting will be installed Monday, painters are coming back to paint the ceilings, carpet is scheduled to be installed the following Monday (July 30th).  Move date, the week of July 31st-August 3rd..... crossing my fingers we are in there as soon as we can be!  Can't wait to move in and make our new home "home sweet home."  I miss our furniture and belongings!