Movin' On Up

Well, as we began to think about expanding our family, we didn't think the little home would have enough space. So we put the house on the market and began looking for a new home. Our house sold in 9 days from when we put it on the market, so we had to up the ante. We wanted a home in Apple Valley, a gorgeous country/lake community east of Mount Vernon. We found this home and enjoyed 3 years here.

Our First Home

After returning from our honeymoon in Ft. Lauderdale, I moved into the house Scott had bought while we were dating: 117 Cassill Street. (Long story on the acquisition of this humble little home!) Anyhow, after about two years, we worked to upgrade the home to truly make it our own, which included a paint job, bathroom remodel, new flooring, staircase built, and the attic made into useable space. Here are a few pictures...

**Can you tell I LOVED this little house? Now I would love the less the $400 house payment!**

Kitchen before updated paint, stove, & floors....then the after shot!

Above is the old commode. The bathroom had a tub/shower that we ripped out and put in a corner shower. Below is the update with new flooring, paint, wainscoating, sink, etc. Total Makeover!!

Here is the staircase. We hired a team of brothers that Scott worked with to help us with this renovation. They were awesome! We also had a husband/wife team who Scott knew from work help us with the painting! Needless to say, we completely transformed this little house

PS: I scanned all of these photos from a scrapbook that I had made specifically about our first house....

Our Story

In August of 1995 both Scott and I moved onto the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene College (now Mount Vernon Nazarene University). We met move-in weekend in the lobby of the girls freshman dorm. Scott and his friend, Darrell, were 'supposedly' looking for used textbooks on the bulletin boards when Scott 'casually' introduced himself to my roommate Amy and I. When they left, Amy told me that Scott and I would start dating within the next two weeks. I guess she could sense the chemistry from that first moment.

About a week later during the annual Luau, Scott came up to Amy and myself and I asked him if he was going to the soccer game. I always joke that I made the first move! While at the soccer game, Scott was constantly approached by various girls so I was not impressed; however, he told me that all of the girls were from his church. I didn't believe him at first, but it was true! Besides that, one of the girls was his sister, one was his cousin and believe it or not, one was his former girlfriend. Scott and I began to hangout, getting to know one another and needless to say, we fell hard for one another. We dated for four years before marrying on June 26, 1999.