The Grand Tour

Ok, here is what you have all been asking for - lots of pics of our new house. As you look through these, praise God with us for the way He has abundantly blessed us with this gorgeous home. After we had done a little house hunting down here, we had resigned ourselves to living in a little hovel; o how weak was our faith! God had the perfect place picked out for us, and it exceeds our every expectation. Praise Him with us!

I am going to start with the room we seem to spend the most time in - the office/schoolroom. Kayla's and Zach's little desks are right next to mine just inside the door. Ben's is a actually just a piece of plywood with a hinge on it so that it can be pulled down from the side of the closet to rest on the side of the filing cabinet. He loves his little nook, and it works great for confinement purposes besides! The room is divided by a large whiteboard and bookshelf with a narrow walkway in front of the filing cabinet that leads back to Steve's little office. Below you can see the kids room (a great friend in Manila made their quilts - aren't they great?). I love the big kitchen with the windows. This pic makes it look pretty dark but it is not bad - the 2 walls you can't see are actually a light blue so that helps. The master bedroom is a very relaxing and breezy room. The door at the back leads to the bathroom.

Here are some of the living room. The first one is actually taken from the front door, and you can see past the living room into the dining room as well. The bottom left one shows the dining room with the big doorway leading to the living area and play room and the smaller one leading to the kitchen. If you look through the large doorway you can see our chest freezer (what a help that is since groceries are not readily accessible!). Just to the right of that is the door to the guest room. I didn't get any pics of the guest room since we don't have any guests right now so it is not set up and doesn't look very inviting. :) The lower right pic is also from the front door, and you can almost see the few stairs leading up to the bedrooms to the right.
Here is where the kids spend a lot of their time - the play room, complete with the infamous rock wall. Behind the play room, you can see the bedrooms - ours to the left and the kids' to the right. A little further down the hall up there is the office. Down below, you can see our breakfast nook (and often supper as well). While it gets hot in the middle of the day, this area right in front of our house is beautiful early in the morning and in the evening. We love to have coffee and breakfast out there together nearly every morning.
Our amazing front yard is the highlight of our new home. The kids absolutely love it, and we have been enjoying it as well. Steve rigged this swing between 2 coconut trees, and it has been a favorite pasttime ever since.
Ok, can't forget 2 very important rooms. :) The master bath is the one on the left in blue; the green one is the kids' and guest bath. Notice the lack of a bathtub - that is very normal here. We actually spend a lot of time in these rooms as well - taking several cold showers every day to try to cool down! :)
Well, that does it for now. Hope you enjoyed the little tour and praised Him with us for the way He has blessed us. We would love to have you come see it in person!!! :)