The house is set up on a one -acre piece of land about six miles north outside of Washington. Our cream colored vinyl sided house has forest green shutters and a built in front porch. When you walk up the front steps, you enter the porch that stretches all the way to the right front end of the house. The porch has creamy white posts, and I have beautiful green potted ferns hanging from hooks in the ceiling. Lovely White Flowering Dogwoods with beautiful white blossoms outline the front yard. At the beginning of our gravel driveway, there is a white wooden stork wearing a red cap holding a WELCOME sign to greet guests. As you go down the length of the driveway, there is a long flowerbed that spreads down alongside the driveway. Vibrant red, pure white and delicate pi

A metal fence tapers off our backyard to keep our kids and dog from out of the surrounding cornfields. We have a wooden sundeck built in the back of the house so that we can sunbathe and watch the children playing outside. The kids have a giant black trampoline set up at the right side of the house that they absolutely love to play on. Right beside the sundeck is a metal blue and white swing-set with brown rust spots that get severely neglected. A basketball hoop is set up in the far corner, where my pink rose bush is, so that the kids can learn to play basketball with their father. In the far left hand corner of the yard is our metal shed that holds all of the tools, wheelbarrows, and lawnmower. Right behind the shed and at the very back of our property is my lush vegetable garden. Red potatoes, crispy green cucumbers, and juicy red tomatoes are planted in my garden every year.

Across the hall and facing the backyard is Alyssa’s room. Her favorite color is pink so her room was done with this in mind. On the furthest wall, her white wicker bed with a canopy is positioned in between two windows. Fabric of the palest pink lows from the canopy towards the floor. Her lily- white cotton sheets hide beneath her bedspread of pale pink with flowers on it. Plush frilly pillows lay on it. Her white dresser and bedside table are trimmed in gold. Her 19” TV and VCR combo is set up on her dresser so she cannot reach it. She has a white vanity that sits in the corner with all of her play makeup and hair supplies on it. She will sit there for hours and play dress up. There is a white book shelf that holds all of her toys, movies, and books. Everywhere you look in her room you will see stuffed animals. Whether it is on the bed, on her tables, or on the walls. She has Precious Moments pictures hanging on her walls. Lovely white lace curtains adorn her windows.

Our dining room is an octagonal shape that is raised up a few steps about the floor. It has a wooden ‘fence’ outlining it with openings set up for entry. This is where I sit down and help my children with their homework since there aren’t any distractions. In here we have a beautiful but simple oak dining room set with six chairs. A painted round sisal rug covers the floor. Its pale blue, sunny yellow, light green, and pale red coloring matches the tablecloth, seat covers, and the A-shaped curtains. A simple glass chandelier hangs above the table.

To the left and facing the front yard is Andrew’s room. All the rooms in our house are good sized which helps out a lot. His bedroom ‘theme’ right now is The Mighty Power Rangers. There is a wooden oak bunk bed set in the right side of his room with blue bedspreads on them that feature his favorite black power ranger and yellow lightening bolts. His curtains, which hang to the floor, feature the same character. He has a wood bookshelf that fills the whole side of the room. This houses all of his toys, books, movies, and games. His black 19” TV and VCR are situated at the top so that he cannot mess them up. He has Hot Wheels racetracks set up all over his room, which he plays with all of the time. You have to be careful not to step on the miniature Hot Wheel cars that he has scattered everywhere. He has model airplanes hanging from hooks in the ceilings and framed posters of Disney movies and characters on the walls. We decorated his

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