Over the years, I have come to know a most spectacular, fantastic family. The Monfredis. It was friends at first sight and now I see them more as family.
This family happened to be in need of a few pictures.
First of dad. He needed a nice, professional portrait for work purposes.
Favorite? :)
Second, their darling daughter is getting baptized. She needed some pictures in her adorable dress.
But as we went along, I couldn't help but snap a few of her bouncy brothers and their neat family relationships.
Oh how I love, love, love the Monfredis.
7 and 1/2 years ago we moved from Las Vegas to Lehi.
Our kids were babies. Morgan was 2, Jake 2 months old.
Jake was blessed in our new ward the first Sunday we were here. I remember being so motivated to unpack because in just a week's time all of our family and close friends would be seeing our house.
We were just a young family. Starting a new chapter, in a new place. You've got to love the sheets up as curtains behind us.
When we decided to build our home in Utah we were still living in Las Vegas, and didn't have a job up here. The home values were going up and we decided to go ahead and build while trying to get a transfer. If we got the transfer then we would have a place to live; if not, we could sell it and hopefully make some money.
After a lot of research and prayer, we went forward. Just two weeks prior to the house closing we got our transfer! We had already told Trev's dad (who was our realtor) to put it up on the market because it wasn't looking like we would be able to move. When we got the news the first phone call we made was to him! :)
During the building process - and being completely unsure if we would ever live here - we didn't do very many upgrades. The important stuff we did, but nothing cosmetic. I'm talking one-tone paint, no molding, etc. It was pretty basic, but still so nice for us. Since moving in, we have done project after project to make it our own.
It has become not just a house, but OUR home. Our home that has been created and re-created many times over.
Thanks to pinterest and multiple Parade of Homes date nights, I have become the creative director and Trev the brawn behind it all. We have hired out VERY little. We have spent hours and hours creating and learning along the way.
The other day, after our usual Saturday cleaning was done I decided it was time to snap a few pictures of our beautiful home. As I looked at the photos I realized how much work, thought, and time had been put into making this home ours.
That is something to be recorded and celebrated.
So without further adue, welcome to our home. :) (some photos taken at other times, but included to show our home)
I am going to try to post more in the future with before and after's of our house projects.
But this is what it looks like today.
Just like our lives, our home is constantly changing, growing, and revamping. The most recent changes have been painting the whole house "greige" and finishing our little bathroom.
This picture of the Savior was given to us from Trev's old college roommates and their wives to show love after Trev's father passed. It means so much to us. How deeply we love it and all that it means to us.
Next projects on the horizon:
-Redo baseboards and door casings in the main area.
-Get new light for to go over the table.
-Get new chairs for the table.
-Get piano bench.
-Extend hardwood to in the walkway from the kitchen to our bedroom.
-Upgrading the front yard landscaping.
-Finally getting around to finishing the other half of our basement.
How grateful we are for this lovely house that we get to call "Home."
