Ta-da!

I told you there was some exciting news, and here it is:

We bought a new (to us) house!!! It's in North Delta (Annieville, to be precise) and it's on a nice quiet street. This is the house in which Chloe will grow up. Her future elementary school is just a couple blocks away, and there's a great little park (with a water park!) a few minutes away. Plus we have a bunch of family in the area.

So, you want a mini tour? Here's the entry:
As you walk in the front door, the living room is on your right:
The dining room is adjacent to the living room:
Then there's a door from the dining room to the kitchen. As you walk through that door, you see this. Rather than having a small eating area, we're going to knock a hole in that wall (where the hanging plant is on the wall) and have an opening to the living room. We'll put our large freestanding island against that wall, for extra storage/counter space.
To your left is the kitchen area:More of the kitchen area. And the door to the backyard. We'll get there in a minute. To the right of the back door is the stairs to the basement. More to come on that too.
Down the hall from the kitchen is a bathroom, and this bedroom, which will be the upstairs playroom (for now). Needs a new paint job, obviously!At the end of the hall is a slightly bigger bedroom. This will be Chloe's room.And the slightly bigger "master" bedroom:Downstairs there's a second bathroom (with a shower) and this bedroom, which will be our spare bedroom (again, needs some new paint!):
Then there's the rec room, complete with a built in entertainment centre:Finally, my favourite room. It will be my crafts room!!!It's done in pink and brown stripes, with dark laminate flooring. I'm so excited!!!And last, but definitely not least, the backyard. This is what sold us on the house:This is the left side of the backyard. Next door are two kids, ages 3 and 5, and what seems like an entire playground and half of Toys R Us!This is the right side of the backyard. There's a lower patio, which you can see just past the arbour.This photo is taken from the back of the yard, looking towards the lower patio. That huge tree in the way is a CHERRY tree!!! I think, but I'm not sure, that the tree on the left is the PLUM tree (I have no idea what they look like :p)On the far side, there's an APPLE tree! That's the lower patio to the right.And that lower patio. The door leads to the garage, and from there you can go through a door to the basement.
So, what do you think? We're so darn excited! Our possession date isn't until August 23, which is sad because we'd love to spend the summer in that backyard. At least we should still have a good month of warm weather in September!

Anyhoo, that's our big news. Stay tuned for details about the house warming party!