Home Sweet Brother's Home

My brother, Glenn, just bought his first home and I am so happy and excited for him!! Mom and I went to Rockwall this weekend to help him put the finishing touches on it...yes, he let us help him decorate it and I was all about that :)

Glenn's first House

Proud Home Owner

Like most guys my brother hates taking pictures but I convinced him that one day he will want a picture of his first home so he let me take one with him in it :)

Come on in and I will show you around.......


The living room


Glenn had to basically furnish the whole house and he did a great job finding good deals being the finance major he is. He found these couches on sale at a furniture store somewhere in Dallas and got a great deal on them. I like how the room turned out. You can't see in this picture but there is a chocolate brown rag rug on the floor in front of the couch that looks really good with couches.


Another view of the living room..I love the fireplace!!


Kitchen Nook with breakfast table

He found the table on Craigslist and I think it looks perfect in the kitchen


The Kitchen

I LOVE his kitchen..the cabinets, the island, the gas stove (which I really want some day). Mom and I lined all his cabinets and helped him put his dishes up and get organized. Mom and Dad gave him the stainless steel garbage can as a house warming present that you see in the bottom right hand corner.

Dining Room

The dining room table was another Craigslist find and it looks great in the room. My sister, Stephanie, gave Glenn the metal wall hanging that we put up in the dining room. I think it really looks good there.

Laundry Room

I really love his washer and dryer. They are top loaders and yet function just like a front loader.

Guest Bath

I helped him pick out the shower curtain and bath mats and I like how it turned out

Guest Room..still a work in progress

Office/Work Out Room

You can't tell int he picture but this room is painted pink. So, he is going to paint it and make it his office and workout room. My dad is going to be able to help him paint it next weekend. He is trying to decide if he wants to paint it Astros red and paint the Astros star on the wall or just khaki and make it a golf theme room since he has allot of golf memorabilia and trophies. I told him I can bring my overhead projector from school and help him paint the Astros star on the wall but we will see. I have never done that before so it might be safer to go with the Khaki!

Master Bath

My favorite part of the house :) Notice the t.v. in the bathroom. I guess that is a guy thing because I like to relax in the bath not watch t.v. but to each their own :)

Master bedroom

He also found this furniture on Craigslist and while we were there we went to IKEA in Frisco and saw the exact same furniture for much more. We also found the black mirror at IKEA which I love!

Master Bedroom

Look who came to visit...did I mention he moved 20 minutes away from Heather (one of my best girlfriends!!) She is holding baby girl, Karah, and I enjoyed getting to love on her..she is so adorable and I am so glad Heather came to see me. Heather's husband's dad is having health problems and has been in the ICU in West Texas. They have been traveling there every weekend to see him with their three girls. They were driving home on Sunday and were coming straight through Rockwall so it worked out that they could stop and visit. It was so sweet of Wallace, Heather's husband, to stop because he had stayed on a cot the night before next to his dad and got 3 hours of sleep. He was so tired that when they got there he feel asleep in the chair while we went to eat.

Britni and Carrie also came over and we all got to visit and go eat. Britni lives about an hour and half away and Carrie lives 45 minutes away. It was so good to see them and I will say it again that I have the best friends a girl could ever ask for! Carrie and Britni helped so much at Glenn's house. I insisted they didn't have to work but they just ignored me :)

Mom and Grammy were there of course

Do you see the little golfer statue on his fireplace mantle...we found that at Kirklands and that was one of my favorite finds. It is not easy shopping and trying to decorate a guys home. I ended up telling Glenn that you can't decorate a home without somethings that might be considered "girly." We tried our best to keep It very masculine and I think it turned out great. I was worried at first his idea of decorating might be gluing golf balls to the wall or something :)

Glenn and Grammy goofing off for the camera

Me and my Bubba

Glenn and His girlfriend Jen

Jen was there all weekend and also helped out so much

I realized this weekend after visiting Glenn's place in Rockwall that I really do miss the Dallas area. I have been thinking about it for a while now and I finally made a decision that I am going to apply at all the school districts up there this summer and see what happens. I will graduate from Grad school in the Summer so I am no longer tied to Beaumont in that way. Of course, I want to be exactly where God wants me to be and if He says Beaumont then Beaumont it is, but sometimes you have to step out to find out what His will is. I am already praying that if He doesn't want me to move to Dallas that I won't even get offered a position. I am excited about the possibility and looking forward to what God has in store. Yet at the same time I love Beaumont and my friends here and would miss my church so much, so Please pray for me for direction and to hear God clearly on this matter. I know that the Word says that "the footsteps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord" in Psalm 37:23 and I am confident God will lead and guide me to where He wants me to be.