Opening the Next Chapter

Whew!!

John and I moved into our brand-y new home about a week and half ago! We can't even believe that this big beautiful home is ours...how did this even happen?  A few months ago; John reluctantly agreed to see how much we could get pre-approved for and to his surprise (I knew all along we'd be okay) we were pre-approved for enough to buy a home we could raise a family in. If you follow our lives at all, you know that we spent ALOT of money, time and energy working on projects in our old home--although we made alot of great memories doing so, we wanted to move into a home that we didn't feel the need to do anything to. We wanted to be able to actually enjoy our home instead of always being worried about the next thing on the to do list. So--here we are in a brand new built home :) No to-do's bigger than a few hours time--ahhhh.

We did move out of Denver and into a small little neighborhood that we're feeling quite at home in. Reunion is a new neighborhood with not a whole lot of stuff--after living in Denver for nearly 4 years we are excited to not always feel like we have somewhere to go. With us both being from small towns in Vermont, we feel much more at peace living out here. I'm learning that life is really more about the small things and spending time enjoying the things we work very hard for; is most certainly one of the small things in life. We've already seen so many cool things out here--an owl, a few bald eagles (there's a nest not too far from our house), crane and lots and lots of rabbits! 

Thank You Colleen for the photos!!

This last week I started a 3 week challenge--ideally to get my body fat percentage down. I've lost weight, I've lost inches but my dang body fat percentage is still hanging out on a number I don't exactly like. So with that. Every day I am running 45 minutes in the morning and 45 minutes at night (or cardio in general) and doing 1 hour training sessions with my trainer 2 times a week and then 30 minute work outs 3 other days of the week. So--long story short...ALOT. BUT it's only for 3 weeks. We're shocking my body if you will. 

Everything is going really good in the Lashua household. We are LOVING our new home; as we finish putting up curtains and photos on the walls i'll start giving you guys a house tour. It's beautiful, I promise :)