As of July 1st we have made it one full year in our house. It has been a HUGE year for us with the new house and baby so we have paced ourselves on our fixer upper but I think we managed to do a lot in a very small amount of time! Going forward we will be sharing our home progress here!

Before

The outside has not changed too much but in a lucky turn of events we did manage to get a new roof because of a terrible hail storm. We also outfitted the garage door with carriage fixtures. On one day during Millie's nap-time we backbreakingly lined the right flower bed with stones that we had a pile of in the back yard! It was a hard but free project that I think adds to the curb appeal. 

We do not have a before picture of the front porch. Here is the after. Not much has been done except for adding some Boston ferns, Adirondacks, tables and lanterns. The biggest transformation we made was paining the ceiling haint blue! If you're not familiar with this tradition you should look it up! We had the house pressure washed so as soon as the ceiling was dry we slapped on a coat of Benjamin Moore Polar Sky. We both couldn't be more pleased. It is a fantastic place to have a cup of coffee in the morning or a cocktail in the evening! 

2014 was an amazing year! Thank you all for coming along for the ride! We are so excited for what 2015 brings! 

And we're back! After a couple of crazy weeks including moving across four states(with the truck breaking down and everything), moving into a new(very old) house that needed a ton of work, and starting a new job(Jen), we are finally feeling somewhat settled here. With that said we decided that this past weekend we needed to get out of the house for some fun. Our original plans were to go kayaking but that was squashed as the weather was storming on Saturday and the temperature did not reach 65 degrees on Sunday. We decided instead to do a little exploring just a few miles up the road...

Campbell's Covered Bridge is the last remaining covered bridge in South Carolina. It is owned by Greenville County, which closed it to motorized traffic in the early 1980s. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 2009.   Constructed in 1909, the 38 foot long, 12 foot wide pine structure that spans Beaverdam Creek was built by Charles Irwin Willis. Locals believe that the bridge was named for Lafayette Campbell, who at the time of the bridge’s construction owned 194 acres in the immediate area. It is only 15 miles from our current home which makes for a nice little Sunday ride. We decided to stop here on our way to Tryon, NC, to eat dinner, as it is very accessible from the highway and free to enter (a major plus). Greenville Rec has transformed it into what they call a passive park. There are nice picnic tables and even a short hiking trail. The park is very well maintained and worth a visit! We plan to make another trip out there when the leaves turn!

Phifer Hall at Converse College(Jen's new workplace)

We have made it to South Carolina! It has been about a week since we've arrived and the entire time has been spent unpacking, cleaning, and working! We haven't had much time for fun but we plan on doing that soon! Here are some pictures that we've snapped this past week of our new home state!

This move has been a long time coming. We thought we would be leaving Mississippi in the spring of 2012 but things did not happen that way. With that said we have had an amazing four(Jen) to five(Mike) years in Mississippi and if we had not stayed here then we probably wouldn't be able to take this amazing opportunity. Good things come to those who wait!

We couldn't be more thrilled to be moving to a new state(Jen's home state) and to be starting a new chapter of our lives! South Carolina is one of the most geographically diverse states in the nation with beautiful mountains, beaches and plenty in between! Starting in September we'll be sharing a generous amount of adventures pertaining to the state of SC and the surrounding areas!