Home is Where the Heart Is

Early in July, I wished a friend of mine a Happy Birthday on facebook.  While I was on her wall, I saw that she shared her niece's house for sale in Georgia.  I immediately fell in love with the home and showed it to Leonard.  He has been working from home for almost a year and a half, so we set off to see if he could continue working from home at a new address.  This home is 2/3s bigger than ours, on a half-acre, with several HOA amenities (2 community pools, tennis courts, playground, lake, 5 miles of walking trails), all at about half the price of our home in Ottawa.

I was going to be out of town, so we decided to hire a photographer to take pictures of our home, just in case we wanted to list it, while I was gone.  Long story short, we decided not to move to Georgia this year, but it has put the travel bug back in us.  We also got some beautiful pictures of our home in the meantime!

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood!

Every morning in the summer we begin our day with an hour long family walk around our neighborhood, then we come home and have scripture study following our Come, Follow Me curriculum.  It is such a wonderful way to start our days!

Our neighborhood is so lovely in the summer, that I brought my camera with me a few times to catch some of my favorite corners.

I love the wildflowers at our closest park.

The pond just down the street from us.

Peter Cottontail was out enjoying some clover while we were enjoying our walk.

Um, I'm in love!

I'm not sure which view I prefer.

I think either one would make some great wall art.

Our little free library that we've already used a few times.  There's also a water dish under it for thirsty dogs out on their walks.

This little brickhouse has my favorite yard all spring and summer long.  From the time the snow melts until it falls again, this garden is constantly in bloom with new colorful blossoms.

This is truly a rainbow garden and it is so sweet!

I'm grateful for our peaceful, beautiful neighborhood!

It's July!

In July, we bring out our red, white, and blue to celebrate our American and Canadian heritages!  Sometimes, we celebrate Bastille Day commemorating Leonard serving his mission in France too.  This year I learned through Ancestry.com that I have French ancestors!

Four born in Canada, three born in the USA, and two born in Taiwan.  We love our mother lands, but also the whole world!

The view from our front door.

And the view from the back door.

I switched up our spring porch decor...

...to our summer stuff.

Yes, please, come in.  We are awesome  ;).