Welcome to our house!
We want all who come here to sense God's presence, to feel His love, and to experience what it means to have a personal relationship with Him through His Son Jesus.
When you enter the house, this is what you will see:
Here's the half-bath right inside the front door -- perfect place for my daycare kiddos!
If you don't have to go to the bathroom and turn the other way, you will walk into my daycare area.
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| Reading Corner, Coralyn's favorite spot |
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| Circle Time Area |
I've added some banners and changed the curtains since these pictures were taken, but you get the idea! We have been blessed by generous grandparents and friends, seeing as how I think the only things we have actually purchased ourselves are the containers to hold and organize all the toys, books, and learning supplies. The little table is from when I was little!
If you aren't interested in playing, then make your way to the "adult zone" on the main level:
If you turn the other way from the dining room, you will be in the kitchen:
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| We don't always have a spread laid out on the counter, though |
If you are in the kitchen, you will can head on downstairs to the "Hang Out Zone." This is why we bought the house and where we hope to have countless opportunities to introduce kiddos to Jesus!
We are looking forward to hearing squeals of laughter, the foos ball rolling back and forth, the bounce of the ping pong ball, and more as the neighborhood kids hang out in the basement. This is also where we hope to host Bible study, movie nights, Parents' Night Out events, and more!
The basement has a door to the backyard, which is quite a slope. I guess we can have fun sledding if we get snow like this next winter.
We love the creek behind the fence! It's like we have a slice of Ponca in our own backyard!!! If you head back inside, you can take a quick peak in one more room of the basement.
The other "secret" room downstairs is "my" craft room and our office. It's not organized yet, so pardon the mess. Don't worry, I'll just shut the door!
As you head out the mess of this room, you can stop by the bathroom before heading back upstairs.
Once you reach the main level, you can make your way to the entry way again and head upstairs to where we sleep. Exciting, I know.
When you get to the top of the stairs, if you go straight, you will walk right into the "blue room," or as Coralyn likes to call it, the "boys' room" because it's where Caleb and Jameson take their afternoon naps. I was sooooooo excited to find these flags when I was looking through box after box after box of stuff from when I taught 5th grade.
If you take a right down the hallway, you will come to Coralyn's room. I had grand plans of painting it to look like you were in a garden, but she absolutely LOVED the pink, so I figured why not just save time and money and keep it pink. AND, since I kept all of the decorations from Kellah's birthday party, I was ready to make the walls "just beautiful," as Coralyn described them.
Back into the hallway, you will see some family pictures on the walls as you make you way to Kellah's room.
Right next to Kellah's room is the main bathroom. Again, I was going to make it an Ocean Theme, but it's painted green, so I think I will save some time and money and just leave it that way. Frogs sound fun.
Right on the other side of the bathroom is our bedroom. Lawrence says we will DEFINITELY be painting in here! I'm a girl, and I agree.
Well, there you have it! That's the grand tour! If you live far away, and are ever in the area, let us know. We would love to show you the place in person!
We are so blessed. Blessed beyond words. God worked out every detail -- big and small -- so that we could live here. All praise, honor, and glory goes to Him. Without Him none of this would be possible. We want to use what He has given us to make Jesus known. Please pray for God to open doors and provide us with opportunities to build relationships with our neighbors, as He has already been doing in our first two weeks here! Please pray for boldness to share and LIVE OUT the gospel each and every day. Please pray for tender hearts, open eyes and ears, so that the kiddos and their families are sensitive to what God is wanting to do in their lives. Please pray that God all who come to this home will leave having experienced God in a new and real way.
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| Right by the front door |
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