First Comes Love...

An  official step closer to being married... we got our wedding invitations out on Monday! Mom, Dad, Kevin and I spent Sunday morning in operation-invitation-mode to get everything ready to be mailed....it was like our own little factory, and I was the "supervisor" :) I found a stationer in North Carolina (Oslo Press) who we hired to create the invitations and another lady who did an amazing job with the calligraphy. The invitations are made out of wood (cherry in fact, and I've had to fight Kevin not to polyurethane them!) We LOVE how they turned out and were so proud to get them in the mail to all our friends and family. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Two months and counting!

A few weeks ago we had an itch to get out of the house, but with our current budget, ideas were limited. While at dinner with my parents, we decided we'd dedicate our Sunday afternoon to an adventure around the Peninsula . Neither of us had done this before, so it was new to both of us! Our alarm went off at the un -holy hour of 6am (very un -holy on a weekend!) but we were out of bed, eager for our day to begin by 7am. We headed up to Edmonds to catch the 7:50 ferry to Kingston but were stopped short when we discovered the first Sunday ferry didn't leave till 8:40am ...apparently we weren't reading with our magnifying glass to see the tiny print at the bottom of the page. Regardless, this gave us time for breakfast in Edmonds before beginning our journey. The first set of pictures below are from the first half of the day. We traveled along the north end of the peninsula through Port Angeles and stopped for a hike in the Olympic National Park. ...

It's official.  A s of May 1st, the house is on the market! We're thrilled this part of the house-flipping journey has come to an end and are praying for a quick sell. With that said, let's take a fun trip down memory lane; shall we?.... This story begins 3 years ago this August...boy, how time flies. Kevin and Murph were living in an apartment in Queen Anne and were looking to rent a house (with the addition of JT as a roommate ). They found a few places, but most were pretty expensive. One day Murph came home and had this idea that hey, if they were going to spend x-amount each month on rent, might as well think about buying a place and flipping it. At the time the market was booming and the guys were sure that this would be a good investment (not to say it may not be, but let's just say we're not looking to retire off this place). Anyways, a few weeks went by and the guys started looking. Kevin being the Craig's List fanatic that he is, found t...