3.10.11

ON THE MARKET!!

BIG NEWS! our house is for sale. crazy right?! we are in the middle of GUTTING AND RENOVATING a house built in 1947, but that's a whoooole other story. i can't wait to share all that we've been up to. 


-We are located in West Farmington in the most amazing, kid/family friendly neighborhood EVER. I honestly can't believe we are even thinking of leaving our neighbors behind!

- Not only the best neighborhood, but the best street, right at the end of the CUL DE SAC. Heaven. 

Here's the basic info:

$299,000
3058 SQUARE FEET Rambler with fully finished basement
.24 acres          built in 2006
5 Bedrooms (or 4 + office)
2  3/4 bath
community park and pool (park only 4 houses down!)






MASTER BED/BATH

Lots of light, and space. To put it in perspective, our bed is a California king and there is still lots of space for the reading area (aka my cute book/camera collection + a chair i put laundry on. let's be honest).

 


 





 the bathroom has a separate room thingy for the throne, separate shower and garden tub, double sinks and walk in closet. 


KIDS ROOM/BATH

don't get me started on how much i will miss the Wayne's coating in lucy's room. my favorite!! and i love the giant windows, both rooms get amazing light. plus i just love the kids rooms, just because. 





















KITCHEN/ DINING
i love the layout of the kitchen and i especially love that the cabinets go all the way to the ceiling. SO much added cabinet space!! And don't you hate trying to come up with junk to put in the annoying space between cabinets and ceilings?! Eww. Dusty. I also love the bay window in the dining area. 










LIVING ROOM
the living room is open to the kitchen and dining area, which is a must with kids!







FORMAL LIVING ROOM:

aka, my client meeting space! this room has been rearranged since this pic, but you get the idea. ;)



FULLY FINISHED BASEMENT
the basement in general is maybe my favorite part of the house! we designed and chose everything ourselves and the guy who did our finish work was amazing. i must say, there was a lot of attention to detail and i loved the outcome. ALSO. I'm veeeery particular about basements. I HATE dark dreary basements and ours is so light and happy! the windows are quite large and really the light is great all day. in fact i often do photo shoots of my kids against the grey walls, it's perfect light and looks very studio-ish. There is also a LARGE storage room and cold storage room!



PLAYROOM!!!!! this room is absolutely the best. it's a separate playroom but open to the theatre room (divided by the white columns. it also has french doors into the office so i can watch the kids play while i work. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.


OFFICE
k, the decorating is a little sad at the moment, but it's very bright and a great work space. plus it has a giant closet.



THEATRE/FAMILY ROOM
I love this room. I love the pillars, i love the paint color, i LOOOOVE the fire place... don't get me started. plus it's giant and has big windows. 



As you can say there is basically a whole other room behind the sofa. I intended to have a reading are with a fun bookshelf and a homework/craft setup for the kids.








GUEST ROOM
large with great closet, and the window seat is awesome and lifts up for storage underneath! it looks narrow in this pic for some reason but it is actually quite deep.


BATHROOM:
square pedestal sink (love).
subway tile and seat in the shower (love).
black and white checked on the floor (double love). 








YARD
a great yard with TONS of landscaping, curbing along the entire house and back fence, lots of trees and perennials. 









NEIGHBORHOOD

We LIVE at our neighborhood pool in the summer. Literally. It might be the best thing that ever happened to us!




Great running and biking trails

I use these all the time too. Ok, I don't. But I would if I could ever get myself to go jogging! haha!


NEARBY

Just 2 MILES from  brand spanking new STATION PARK Harmons, HOME GOODS (eeeee!), great shopping and MOVIE THEATRE! Also just miles from Oakridge country club and Smiths Marketplace. 




Wellll, that's it! Want to move in? Call me if you have any questions or want to set up a showing 435.770.8966.
or call my husband (the actual realtor) Danny Kettle to go straight to the source. 801-699-3332.

1.8.11

the lake house

i just finished shooting 6 weddings in june and 6 in july - and after my 6th july wedding, i ran out of the reception and right into the car where my family was waiting for me. we drove all night strait to the lake house in sand point! i literally could not wait 5 more seconds to get there and have some down time with my family. here are some photos from today, we are having the BEST time. i. needed. this. more to come. ;)

29.7.11

a year ago today...

we met our sweet lucy for the very first time! i can't BELIEVE she's a year old already- on one hand it seems like she was just barely a new baby, on the other hand, it seems like she's been a part of our family for so long! looking through some of my old posts about my baby lady brought back so many memories of our first moments together as mother and daughter, introducing her to max, bringing her home from the hospital... it was such a whirlwind and so special. 












and look at her now, such a big sweet girl! she is such a good baby and so funny! she loves her big brother and brings us so much joy. i've just loved having a girl, lucy was my dream come true.


lucy girl, happy birthday! really, i can't even believe you are ONE.
i love you more than i can say. xoxo

18.7.11

i wear my sunglasses at night.

last week max got these killer sunglasses at noah's birthday party and man-oh-man, he's obsessd. 
not going to lie, i kinda am too! he's been wearing them every time we get in the car and then puts them on top of his head "wike daddy." i took these after we got home from the party at like 9 pm. he just cracks me up!




and my very favorite for last. i'm so smitten with my big boy.

21.6.11

third.



we are surprised and delighted to announce baby kettle number three!

14.5 weeks- current gestation
24 weeks- is how far along my belly LOOKS
2nd Trimester
16th of december - due date
16.5 months - age difference between lucy and baby three
53- number of seconds i was skinny before i got chubby again
7 weeks- how far along i was when we found out
2- seconds it took for that little test to turn positive. seriously.
48 - number of times mommy said "holy ****" after peeing on the stick. yes, it was a BIG surprise! ;)
1-2 - average number of daily puke sessions (note this number was MUCH higher in the first trimester!)
1st person to hear the news - Brittany (this is a good story)
2nd person to hear the news - Danny
100 - times we have heard the response "woooow, was this... planned...?" haha!

A MILLION times over the moon about this little addition!