Our New House

So as you can see I am terrible at this blogging thing. The last few months have been a little crazy. We have finally bought a house and are starting to settle in although there are a million and 2 things we want to do to the house. The house itself was built in 1880. No that is not a typo. It is exactly 130 years old. Most people thought we were crazy but we have always loved old houses and this one was no exception. It sits on 1 acre - actually 2 half acres that have been landscaped into one. The house sits on one half and we have LOTS of grass on the other. We bought a push lawn mower and it is exactly 3.5 miles round trip to mow the lawn. Man are we going to be in shape. Eventually we might build on that half and turn this into a bed and breakfast.

The house does have a little history. Back in 1924 a man by the name of H. Roland Tietjen. He served as the stake president in the Monroe stake. During that time the following people came and stayed in the house, sleeping what is now the master bedroom: S. Dillworth Young, Marion G. Romney, Mark E. Peterson, Spencer W. Kimball, John A. Woodstow, Legrande Richards, Harold B. Lee, Marvin J. Ashton, John H. Taylor, Joseph Fielding Smith, Ezra Taft Benson, Joseph B. Worthlin. Do I feel a little inadequate sleeping in the same room? just a tad.

Every Christmas for the past 10 years I have begged Dave to put up Christmas lights and he would always reply " when we have our own house". So here is our house all decorated for Christmas.