Saturday, January 3, 2009

Lake House

Scott and I are now proud owners of a Lake house!  We closed about a month ago and spent our first night there on New Year's Eve with some friends.  The house is on Lake Kiowa, a small private lake about one hour north of our home in Keller.  We are so excited to be able to spend time there, not only is there a lake which is stocked with fish, but there is a golf course too.  We are excited to be able to enjoy this home with our families for years to come.  Hopefully Callie likes it too, since it will probably be the site for most of her birthday parties!  

Here are a couple of pictures:

Our present from Santa on the mantel

Front of the house.  The house was built in 1970 and is in great condition, just needs some exterior and interior paint.  Oh, and all the carpet upstairs is different shades of blue.  That will need to be replaced eventually . . .

Back of the house.  It has a screened in porch that runs the length of the house.  It stays shady in the afternoon and is a great place to sit and look at the lake.

View of the 13th green from the boat dock.

Living area.  Not a great shot of the house, just showing off the Ikea furniture we got.  The coffee table came with the house.

Dining room looking out onto the lake.  The table and chairs also came with the house.  The previous owners wanted to leave everything that was in the house, but we decided to just keep a couple pieces of furniture and all the kitchen stuff.  Which means the kitchen came stocked with plates, cups, silverware, pots and pans . . .  The freezer even had ice cream in it, which we decided not to eat :)

Friday, January 2, 2009

Congrats Grandpa Kohn!!

We would just like to give a big huge shout out to Grandpa Kohn who is retiring today after 25+ years of loyal service to United Parcel Service (UPS).  He worked as a delivery driver and a supervisor and was a model employee.  

The Portland weather during the last week made it very easy for him to leave.  It was one of the hardest holiday delivery seasons, since the Portland area had over 12" of snow, the most since the 1960's.  We are very proud of Grandpa Kohn and hope he can keep himself busy with all his newfound free time :)  Now I guess I don't have to be a loyal UPS shipper anymore . . .  Congrats Dad!!!