Our Home in Wyoming

Because I am always curious about what people's houses look like, and since no one I know is going to physically see the inside of our little (tiny) rental in Wyoming, I thought I would share a few million pictures. (Run-on sentence, much?)
We have been here for just under 2 months now, and have adjusted pretty well to our small living conditions. I actually quite like our little abode - but I will certainly not complain when I have more space sometime in the near future.
So, we are dealing with 912 sqft. No garage. 2 bedrooms. 1 bathroom. 3 kids. 2 adults.
Here is the layout (as sketched by my memory when we were planning for our move up here)

My drawing was surprisingly accurate, by some miracle. Not a bad layout, right? Okay, lets start with the outside and move from there. (P.S. the outside pictures were taken about a week ago...all of those green leaves are currently very yellow and fall-y).

This is the walk way up to our house. Not much to say here. Boooring.

This is our front yard. The girls don't play our here much, mostly because we live across the street from the high school, so its a busy road right there. I kind of want to chop those bushes down to half their current size, but they do give us a lot of privacy, and do a pretty good job of blocking the wind, so I guess they can stay....for now

Next, lets move onto the living room, since that is the room you walk into. This room serves a myriad of purposes. For instance. In this corner, we have our office, our library, and our kids' corner.

 In this area we have our Art Appreciation Gallery. I often sit here and muse upon the mysteries of life - art really opens one's mind (ha!). Coincidentally, in this same section, we have our entertainment area, which numbs my mind. Best of both worlds, I say.

And most importantly, over in this corner is my sewing craft area. That table gets an incredible amount of use. Best birthday present ever, seriously.

 Here we have our relaxation area, and it also functions as a sun tanning bed-couch. The sun blares through that huge window all day long...I should probably protect my couch from fade somehow, I'm seriously concerned.

And here we have our music room. Right next to the front door, where cold air will hit it all winter long. Not ideal, at all, but what are you gonna do. It fits where it fits.

Okay, lets move on, and go to the kitchen, shall we?

I definitely don't hate this kitchen. It has lots of natural light, decent layout. The cabinets... Well ya, they are what nightmares are made of. Why two tone them people, why?? Its insanity! They could have just painted them all white. I actually submitted a request to paint them white, but my request was ignored, and I am not going to push it. I have to keep reminding myself that we don't own this house, and we won't live here forever, so just deal with it woman. 

You may have also noticed there is no dishwasher. Nope. We are hand-washing fiends over here! But I can't complain about my view while I am scrubbing dried, sugary, milk residue off of cereal bowls. 

Right off the the kitchen we have our laundry room.

This room also serves as our pantry AAAAND Dutch's bedroom. We had to get creative folks. We hung a curtain up and called it good. We have to be pretty darn quiet in the kitchen at night though, which is lame, but we are used to it now. Life is about being flexible, right?

Next up, we have our "master bedroom". Its teeny weeny. We gave the bigger room to the kids, because they have more stuff and they outnumber us....we took a vote and Steve and I lost. 

 That corner, next the dresser, harboring all those awful cable cords, ya that one, is where we move Dutch's pack n' play for naps during the day. Moving that pack n' play back and forth just may be my least favorite thing about living here. Seriously, I hate it. So much.

Right next to our room, is the kids room. Its a fun and functional little room.  I haven't decorated it very much, mostly because I don't want to make this room look any busier than it already does.

 Bunk beds are the greatest invention ever. Thank you Ikea for making a loft bed that works perfectly for toddlers. Heidi and Dutch are best the best of buddies and can be found playing on Heidi's bed a lot. I love it.

This is the longest post ever, sorry. One more room. The one, the only, bathroooooom!!

Nothing to write home about. Yes, that is a wooden toilet seat. Yes, its porous and gross. BUT the screws to remove it are rusted and stripped, so the toilet seat wins the battle, and it stays to torment us with its gross, germ harboring ways. I must mention the shower curtain. It makes me sad, people, sad. I am really tempted to buy the most awesome shower curtain known to man, no matter the cost, just to make this room happier. 

On a positive note, the shower is brand new, has nice water pressure, and I am forced to clean this bathroom regularly because it gets dirty in about 3 seconds flat. Glass half full situation here.

Hey there stranger!

Last, but certainly not least, is our backyard. We love our backyard. And what's not to love? We have a baby swing, and a big kid swing, hung from and old clothes line pole, a hammock, soft green grass, a beautiful meadow to look at, with a river running through it, and horses that come close to our fence every other day or so. So fun. Of course, now it is covered in leaves and the temperatures are plummeting, but we hope to still find a way to enjoy our yard, even in the cold weather.

Congratulations if you made it to the end! Now, to reward myself for putting such a long post together, I think I will sneak into my kitchen and quietly get some ice cream, and pray that I don't wake Dutch up in the process....