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Hey there blogger world, it's the Tharpey's again! Did we forget about you for um...a year??


SORRY ABOUT THAT! Our "home computer" was tied up for a while with work related tasks, and we just couldn't find the time to put some thoughtful posts together. It's our bad though, and we can admit that. We're back in action now!


Well a few things have happened since last we talked....


- We bought a house (oh yah, you kinda already knew that...and thats kinda where we left you hangin', isnt it?) Well let me tell you, owning a home is some hard work! (especially when moving in right before the holidays last year...pretty sure thats even harder!) BUT, we did it and hosted our first Thanksgiving too. And though we didnt let anyone open our closets, our home was clean, and thanks to my husband, we are completely unpacked! (As of two weeks ago). We literally had four boxes left in the spare room full of mostly junk that took us FORRREVER to go through, and now we're organized and ready for a garage sale. :P 
Ahhh feels so good to be home!


- Had some major job switcheroos: ME (rachel) - the good Lord opened a door for me to work in an exciting, creative environment with some pretty crazy talented people over at 31Films, where I especially enjoy working side by side with my favorite dude (hubby). I was previously employed at the family business, Cornelius Contracting. I'm so very grateful for my time spent there and the things I learned! Basically being together as couple 24/7 has its challenges, but for the most part it's super FUN.


- We've done a bit of traveling from California to Cincinatti; our job has taken us to some fun and interesting places, and we are so grateful for things we get to do and the places we get visit :)


- - FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA: So we never realized the prison that good ol' Johnny Cash sings about was in....California?!? Does that make any sense? I pretty much dig all things Cash though, so we of course considered taking the tour of the prison, however watching the news one night during our 4 day stay in Cali, we discoverd a 250 person prison riot happened the very evening we arrived. We even saw the ambulances swoop by on our way to our hotel. The report was 13 injured and the riot occured during rec hour so um yah... no prison tours for us.. sorry Johnny. Aside from prison drama, I absolutely love the town of Folosm. Lots of charm, super cute, historic district, full of awesome shops. (and showcasing a breath taking view of folsom lake.) I'm adding it to the list of places I want to move to one day :)


pics of the beautiful folsom to follow...


- - CINCINATI, OHIO: Ok, so not exactly on our dream list of places to visit, but off we went to make wedding film magic ;) and stayed at a pretty ritzy hotel smack in the middle of down town Cinci. We did a bit a browsing on the streets, not to bad a place and we had the privledge of meeting up with some pretty awesome friends (Steve and Reagan Zegulter) who also happend to be in the wedding filmaker biz.

- Nina is still adorable. We did the yearly "Furry Friends" shoot with Clark Lara Photography, and he captured the little cutie pie....leash and all (since we can't trust her on her own)

Aside from all of that...we're having an incredibly exciting year. We're coming up on our 2 year wedding anniversary and our 1 year home owning anniversary. Tons of fun stuff happening for our family and friends, tons of adventures for us, and tons of learning and goal-setting in motion for us as well. We'll save it all for their own posts though. 

For now, it's good to be back. Hope the feelings are mutual :)

Much love,

the Tharpeys

the keys

to our First Home

(they gave us plenty eh?)

we've been homeowners for 2 solid weeks now and its been a blast!!

ive been dealing with a cold/cough thing for a week now so the settling has been rough

but we couldnt be happier :D

i hope to post pics soon

soon. soon. soon.

:)

p.s.

we started packing last night too......... ;)

Decor Idea #3

Window Treatments:

really diggin this curtain rod idea, from Apartment Therapy

and if im lucky enough to find a branch this perfect im all over tackling this project :)

(fingers crossed) im a real fan of bringing elements from the outdoors IN and using them as decor

its cool and unique and lots of fun!!

*house update*

so we took our weekly trip to house last night turns out.........................SHES DONE!!!

well mostly :) still waiting on appliances and little fixes but its all clean and the carpet is in, our fence is up, the grass is layed and some real pretty trees have been planted. It was all very exciting and i did a dance all over the living room! :D

the whole way home we couldnt get over it, it all hapenend so fast and we can not believe how BLESSED we are.......... and we are so VERY VERY THANKFUL!

i want my husband back!!

my dear ole husband has been sick for 6.5 days now.... he was slammed with several types of sickness stuff this past week leaving his body needing much much rest and i miss him...

its been boring around here without him being... him....

theres no one to make me laugh

or talk to

or cook with

or play games with

ive been so bored im watching E News, i hate E News

and im talking to myself

please get better soon aar i miss/need you

and i already have 100 plans for us to do when you get better :D

love you

-Rae

...house update...

in other news our house is coming along just swimmingly cabinets are in, walls are painted and brick and window sills are up

Decor Idea #2

How Beautiful are these wallpapers by Ferm Living?!? i cant get over them!
if i could i'd put them in EVERY room of the house :)

(the green is my fave!)

-Rachel

Decor Idea #1

For Guest/Craft room:

Sooooo many decorating ideas floating around in the old noggin we've even started a journal to store them all, i thought id post a few here for some quick refrence....

i LOVE crafts and anything DIY really and since we'll have two extra unoccupied rooms for the time being i get to use one as a craft room! yee! :0

Found this "How to" over at Craftzine a crafty blog i often visit they have all kinds of great ideas
Vintage Spool Peg Racks



super cute eh?? :)
here are the step by step instructions should you get to feeling a little crafty yourself :)

Just a little update...

Everything is coming along nicely :)

CHECK HER OUT!

we'll keep you posted!

We've Been Framed!

It's true, we sware!

So we went by our future place the other day to find that they now have the entire place framed! It was so incredible to walk through each room of the floorplan. We did some video tour action and took several photos for the scrapbook. Some of which we're sharing with you here :)

...and this is our first bit of vandalism!

The theory is that it may be a rare Banksy piece...

Our construction manager let us know that the siding/bricks/windows/roof should all be up by the end of this week.

This process is going SO fast :) but we're pumped.

We'll keep you posted!

-Mr. T.

slab-o-rama

yea baby! this house is already cookin'!


So here's the general idea of things....


& this is our newly poured slab...fresh out of the truck.



& we've decided to stick to our thumbs-up ways. if it ain't broke....
(btw. i'm whistling in this one. so just imagine the tune from "threes company" in your head...)

we'll keep you posted on the progress. they said bricks should be arriving tomorrow and the frame will be up within the next week :) man oh man....

cheers

-Mr. T

we love Mickey D's

its true we do! :)

(even though it just may kill us....)






**House Update**
we had our pre-construction meeting today with Joel our construction supervisor, He seems a decent fellow and it was great to meet him he went over the whole process with us and we told him how EXCITED WE ARE!!
AND they may get to pour the foundation today Lord willin! :)

dang skippy!

So we signed all of our contacts & forms. made all of our selections, and it's now FINALLY official. We're gonna be first time home-owners this year....We're pumped!

We would have never guessed that within the 1st year of marriage, at the ages of 21 and 23 - we'd be able to own our 1st home. We've definitely been blessed.

We'll keep you updated!

House!

We've found one and we love it!...Tis a humble abode 3bdrms, 2bath, spacious living :) filled out the application and signed all the necessary papers to get the ball rolling on Thursday, we selected our very own LOT too a handsome corner lot it is with plenty of room for the pup to play! We find out this week if we've been approved if so we get to go to a fancy design studio and maybe even make some fancy selections Fun!- Lots of nervous feelings mostly excited ones tho! :)

any extra prayers you have would be greatly appreciated!! Wisdom and God's Will thats what we're praying for! :) :) :)





funny thing i think im mostly excited to have a backyard :) ive been reading this:



lately, and i want a garden sooooo badly oh to plant my very own carrots and herbs and strawberries!! other stuff too probly, but those are my faves :) id like to have some chickens one day too and a cow.... in due time tho, in due time