for my bro...

My brother lives in Ireland, and hasn't been back to the States for more than two years. He commented recently on my niece's blog, that he's lived overseas for so long that it's hard for him to picture the places and people we talk about. So I thought I'd post some pictures of our house (which he's never seen)... hopefully this will give him some mental images to put with the places we talk about.

So.... come on in Steve, the door is open and we're waiting for you!



 As you can see, Emma is a little confused (so what else is new?!) by my picture taking.

Going in the front door takes you into the "big" living room. (You can see the bird feeder just outside the window on the far side of the room.. we love to sit and watch the birds from that window.)

 

 Here you are inside the same room. If it was winter there would probably be a nice fire in the fireplace (and if I let the kids talk me into it, we would pull out some smaller pieces of kindling to roast marshmallows on...).

As it is, it's plenty warm outside...

 

 Here's the same room from another angle...

You're standing by Mom's green chair looking up the stairs into the "little" living room (the family room). The door next to the stairs leads down to the basement.

 

 Here we are in the little living room, which is where the kids hang out most of the time. My computer is also in this room, so I spend a lot of time here as well!

 Ok... up a couple more steps and you are in the kitchen/dining room.

(Yeah, the house has lots of steps... I don't mind them, but dh gets pretty tired of them sometimes.)

 

 Here is the view out the backdoor. There is just a little back porch which overlooks the neighbor's barn. If you look closely you can see a deer grazing on the bush just on the other side of the fence...

 

 Well, that's it for now Steve. I'll show you around the rest of the house later...