Our House - Before and Now

It's been a long journey here at Wayside. We moved in and in the first week began painting and tore out the bathroom to floor beams and studs (hoping to finish in a couple of weeks, HA!). We ran in to sewer problems, gas line problems, time problem and life problems. We put in central heat and air, replaced most of the sewer lines, replaced the gas lines, remodeled the bathroom and kitchen, put up a white picket fence in the back, and painted the interior of the house (slooooooowly, nearly 3 years, and it's about 99% done).

In this house we've:
- seen two kids learn to walk and talk
- gone through 1.5 pregnancies
- had many many sleepless nights (from kids and from construction on the house)
- changed many many poopy diapers
- gone through two kids potty training
- survived two rat deaths (and their smell)
- taken showers outside because there was no functioning bathtub (in the cold, while very pregnant, and more than once)
- gone to Albertson's to go to the bathroom because there was no functioning toilet (more than once)
- watched our two oldest become the best of friends
- experienced growth in the Lord
- learned our marriage roles better
- seen our kids "sing like God"
- seen two kids take their first bites of food
- thrown two first birthday parties
- and so much more...

See the changes...

The Kitchen

The Dining Room








The Living Room




Bedrooms










The Bathroom