Merry Christmas from all of us

Decorating the House!

Today Laura and I put up the our tree. Here is my beautiful bride next to our very natural tree, we got a Lodgepole Pine.
No tree farm for us! We got a permit to go out into the woods and cut down a tree in a recently clear cut section of the forest. We help mother nature by thinning out the forest, and she helps us with a beautiful and natural tree.
Here is the house from outside for all of you who were wondering what it looks like. Our address is 3749 Lafayette St. Denver, CO 80205.

WE ARE IN OUR HOUSE!!!!!

I do not know if you can tell but I am excited that WE ARE IN OUR HOUSE!! It took a long time but everything looks great. I forgot to take a picture of the new colors on the outside so I will have to add that later.

Here are some before and afters

As you walk in the front door, you might notice that you can see the kitchen and there is not big mushroom.

Here is your view if turned around and looked from the back of the house to the front. I know what you are all thinking, we should have kept the kitchen the same.

These are the bedrooms upstairs. The before does not exist because this was the attic. The guest room is green and our room is the red-orange.

Laura's Contribution

My contribution will be some pictures of the wedding, hiking, and our wedding. SO MUCH FUN!!!

The House Tour

House Tour Part Two

What a summer!

Laura and I are back in Colorado and suddenly our world is turning upside down!  The times they are a changin'.  First, we got back to Coly and instantly school began--big change #1.  At school Laura (my wife) is now Laura Manker--big change #2.  Big change #3 is that we have a new roomie!  I never thought I'd get married, go on the honeymoon with my brother and my wife's parents, and then have a new roommate 2 months after our big day!  But Scott is easy to get along with and an interesting guy who we met through Zachis actually.  The last big change or rather non-change is that the house still is not finished.  We think it will be done by the middle of September (we're hoping).  That will be the most exciting time of our nascent life together.