We got a house!

So first of all, yay! We finally got the keys to our house yesterday! We had to wait for longer than we had hoped, but we were really excited because they got us the keys on a Friday, which seems to never happen with houses. 

After we got the keys, the real fun began! We wasted no time at all going to Walmart and getting a few supplies and then heading to the house with the new fridge in tow! The fridge is doing great, so that makes me really happy! 

When we are gone on our trip, we want to have new carpet put in. We could have just had the carpets cleaned, but we really felt that new carpets would add a lot to the house. The house is only five years old, so it doesn't need much- just a little Kasey & Brie TLC. To save some money, we decided to rip out our carpets ourselves. Neither of us had done it before, but I will tell you it is quite easy! If you are thinking of getting new carpets I highly suggest ripping your old carpet out yourself! 

                               Before

                            After 

Now here is where I tattle on myself and cause a good laugh. I have sticky fingers when it comes to electronics- it all just fascinates me! No, not the "stealing" type of sticky fingers. The, "ooh I wonder what that does" type of sticky fingers. That being said, imagine my excitement when I realized the house has an alarm system!!! I went into the room and said, "ooh, ahh" and started pressing buttons I shouldn't press! A few minutes later I left the room and started doing carpet again. Last night was absolutely gorgeous!!! So, I opened up a door to let in the breeze and cool us down. Just imagine what happened next!

You probably guessed it! The loudest, scariest, most ear piercing beeping/screeching siren was coming from the mud room where I had accidentally armed the alarm system! You can imagine Kasey's reaction, "oh great, now all the guys (remember he's a a cop) are going to show up and laugh at me!" Luckily no cops showed up, but anytime we opened a door the alarm would go off for about 10 minutes straight before stopping. 

I called the realtor and got the code from the previous home owners so hopefully when we head there today we won't have to listen to that! 

Today we are painting and I can't wait to share before and after pictures! I am praying that I picked out an okay color!!!