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Sunday, March 07, 2010

Moving In and Dave's Broken Nose

We are officially moved in to (read: "all our crap is now within the walls of") the Barefoot House. Here are some pics of our first hours:

Piles, piles, everywhere...

But, at least we have the letter magnets on the fridge. Evie's doing her part.

The kids' room "undone".

Voila! I can deal with piles of c.r.a.p. as long as beds are made, right? See the ladder going up to the boys' sleeping loft? I don't have a good pic of it yet, but if you make this bigger you can see the edge with the rail.

Check out the concrete bed frame. It's all about the concrete here in Mexico. I, myself, was a nonbeliever. But, now, I've seen the light.

Ahhh. Just in time for bed. Still need to find a king duvet cover. Not so easy to find down here. You must click on this pic to make it bigger and check out the painting above our bed. It's just the coolest. We scored it for $1100 pesos or about $88 U.S. I just love it.

Before...

After.

We named our casa "Barefoot House" because the pool looks just like a foot (and because Casa Huella - is just too hard to say). Then we chanced upon Barefoot wine, which excited us very much, yes it did. We bought a bottle at the Mega, and last night we opened it to celebrate our first night in our little casita. Check out the acid stained concrete countertop with pebble aggregate in the kitchen. We're pretty excited about that, too.

And, lastly, Dave broke his nose surfing. He took a spill and his board popped up and kadoogied him right in the nose. The good news? It was "the best wave of my life". Dude.
P.S. I think that shade of purple does wonders for his turquoise eyes. Don't you?

11 comments:

Angie said...

Love the house!

Mrs. Chapman's 2nd Grade Class said...

I love the house! It is absolutely beautiful. So sorry to hear about Dave's nose, but it sounds like it might have been almost worth it.

Unknown said...

We were just talking today about when you guys would be moving in. Wow..you already did it, congratulations!! It looks beautiful. So sorry to hear about Dave's nose...ouch! Love and miss you guys. xoxo, Rob, Kelly, Savannah and Sienna

Jackie Scott said...

Woo hoo!!!! Congratulations! The Barefoot House looks amazing. So happy for you guys. : )

Anonymous said...

You guys have worked magic in the past month. The house is beautiful and so fun. The mariposa painting is perfect. Sorry about the nose Dave, could this mean less night noise? We think of you every day and wish great happiness for your new home.C&Dad

Tina said...

love the house! do you still have the cabin in montana? poor dave.

Dina Wildfong said...

The house looks amazing. What a great experience and many more memories to come. That's funny that you found Barefoot wine in Mexico. That is the wine we served at our wedding.

Ellen said...

How fun! The house is just darling. Miss you. Hope Dave is recovering. When are you coming back to the States?

Twinkly Lights said...

Wow, what a great place...you all have mad skills. I LOVE that painting!

Courtney said...

Okay, Carver noticed the box of Maria's on the counter and he is jones'n for some!! Can you send some up? Just kidding.
The house looks great, can't wait to see more photos. And The shades of purple do look good with his eyes!! Sorry to hear about that.
We are missing you guys and all the fun around you.
Enjoy these last couple of weeks. Can't wait to hear about exit and re-entry.
Miss you guys...the Culbecks

Ron said...

you have to be kidding. you couldn't hurt something other than your nose after all that work I did on it. Hope all is well, let me know when to schedule your second surgery.

Ships Doctor,
Ron