Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Wedding in New Hampshire!

We got home from Mexico on Sunday and the next Friday Justin and I were back at the airport to fly up to New Hampshire for my cousins wedding! Our flight left at 4pm Friday and we didn't get into Manchester, NH until 11:30pm so we were pretty exhausted once we got there. We took the shuttle to the hotel and met my parents (who we hadn't seen in a week and a half!) and went to bed. Saturday morning we had breakfast in the hotel with my parents and their friends Mark & Diana (who were in Maine with my parents all week). I was lucky enough to have an Italian sandwich my parents brought me (un-assembled so it wouldn't be gross) so I was a super happy camper!


The 4 of us got on the road around 10 and drove up to Weirs Beach at Lake Winnipesaukee and took some pictures before continuing onto Meredith to see where the wedding was going to be and have lunch. We ate at Hart's Turkey Farm and it was SO GOOD! Justin said it was a good thing we don't live close because he would want to eat there ALL the time.



You can take a train ride along the coast












After lunch we took a brief stop at the Annalee outlet store...I got the cutest little thanksgiving dog!


How CUTE is he??


After going to the hotel and changing we drove back to Meredith for the wedding. It was such a pretty location! I didn't take too many pictures but the wedding was beautiful and we had so much fun. It was really good to see family - I wish we all lived closer!!


The ceremony overlooked Lake Winnipesaukee
The beautiful bride & groom! Lindsay & Wes
Pretty centerpieces!
Look at the adorable favors! Her dad cut them from trees in their yard (aka forest)
Althea & Bruno on the dance floor!
They were definitely the best dancers there!
The only picture we took at the wedding - oops!
Our flight was at 5pm from Boston so we had the morning/afternoon to do something. We decided on going to Salem and went to the Salem Witch Museum! It was super interesting! (You couldn't take any pictures inside)



After the museum we went over to the House of Seven Gables (we didn't go into the museum - just took some pictures outside).




Check out this old house!
So old!
Pretty view on the water

Even though our trip was super short it was really fun and I'm so glad we went. The weather was AMAZING! The highs were cooler than our lows right now. I can't WAIT until we get some cooler temps and fall weather. Justin's ready to move to New Hampshire - uh oh! I just can't wait for our next New England trip - it's so pretty there!

Monday, September 9, 2013

New Floors = NO MORE CARPET!

When Justin and I bought this house one of the things we loved was all of the tile in the kitchen/living room/bathrooms/hallways, etc. We did not love the carpet in the bedrooms/office/flex room and we knew it was the first big project we wanted to tackle. At the end of July we were finally ready to get rid of all that carpet - about 1100 square feet! The before pictures are from right after we moved in so things look a lot different now in some of these rooms (thank goodness!) The color we chose is Hickory Mocha and we LOVE it! We chose a 12mm laminate rather than the 8mm we used in the old house and it is SO much better! So quiet and feels more like real wood (without the scratches and upkeep)!

Before

I so miss those awesome window treatments...NOT
Our closet
Guest Room
Guest room 2
Office
Flex Room

After

We finally finished painting our bedroom a few weeks ago (we started the project in Feb...oops!) We also added crown molding in here!






Our next "big" project is the flex room which is going to be my new office. My desk is on back order (ugh) but I'm putting the room together in my head right now!