Home Sweet Home

Finally sharing some pictures of our cabin! Most of the "captions" are above the pictures instead of below. 

 

This one was taken as we were coming into Conakry a few weeks ago! (this is a view of the back of the ship)(back = aft)(our cabin is on the starboard side...never did I ever think I would be using words like "aft" and "starboard"). 

Next is my attempt to take a picture of the map on the back of our door and enhance it with "Paint" to give you a better idea of the layout of our cabin...it didn't work as well as I wanted it to.  It helps if you get really close to the screen and squint.  "A" for effort?  (I guess I really deserve a "B"...to earn the "A" would require more time than I'm willing to give.  "B's" aren't so bad.) 

 

As you walk in the cabin, Eli's room is the first thing on the left...the bathroom is to the right...the next 3 pictures are the "view" in front of you.

 

The 4 cabinets hold (from left to right) our 1) sporting goods/swimming stuff 2)books/games 3)random things: wrapping paper, envelopes, our "give away" pile, and gift box 4)the pantry!  The baskets on top are completely empty...but they fit perfectly, so they are staying.  

Microwave and Wall of Love! (if you want your picture on it please feel free to send us one!)(though you may already be on there!!)(multiple pictures of the same people are ok with us!)

 Kitchen Counter, Shelves, Cabinets & Sink


 The Bathroom.

Eli's Room.  There are four more cabinets at the end of his bed...and there's a little corner cabinet and 4 shelves on the wall.  Plenty o' room for all of his legos and star wars paraphernalia. 



 The Girls' Room (the door to their room is just past the "wall of love").

 

The Dining Room/Breakfast Nook/Family Room (I'm still trying to figure out what we should put on this wall...if you have any ideas, feel free to share them!  It's become somewhat of an art gallery for the kids' work since this picture was taken...)

The Marriage Bed. Not sure what else to call it.  The bed that Nick and I sleep in.  The futon that converts from a couch to a bed each night (except for the days when it stays a bed all day).  The surprisingly comfortable place we sleep.  Call it whatever you want.

And last, but not least, The Couch (the artist formerly known as the bed)(a different view of the same space as the above picture!)

So that's our home (in 13,000+ words)(...if each picture is worth 1,000 words...).  These pictures show how I would like for our cabin to look - not how it actually looks most of the time.  Life is lived and enjoyed here...and the mess reflects that sometimes (sometimes I have a hard time remembering that....)...

It is home sweet home...plenty of room...plenty of storage space.  A place where we love and laugh and rest and play and work and eat...a place where we write stories and make videos and watch movies and have family church and do school work and check email and take 2 minute showers....a place where we've already made memories and where we know that plenty more memories will be made....a place we would love for you to come visit (so if you're here on the ship, come on by....if you're not here, we would love for God to bring you here someday!)...a place where we want God to be honored and on display.

Surely there will be more to come.