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Our House on Caballo: Part 2

We had a fantastic team of people who are honorary members of TEAM SMITH. First, our realtors and lending peeps. We went with Mason McDuffie Mortgage- Kathy McAlpine is phenomenal! She made sure our budget and paperwork was in order and on point. Our realtors from Coldwell Banker- Vickie Keever and Shelly Walters!  They drove us all around Reno and Washoe all times of day and night, all week long. Always happy and we had such a fun time! We laughed so much. And they wrote offer after offer, never complaining, never stressing out. Amazing.  And check out these pics of the living room and finished kitchen... Kirby Construction baby! "After saving and searching for years, we found our first house. Our budget was in line with our wants and needs so we started off right. The house we bought is a little under 1100 sq feet and it needed some work to bring it up to date and put our safety concerns at ease. It was truly meant to be that we...

Our House on Caballo

I know. Y'all want pics first.  Here is the first batch.

A Wedding and New Years Day

A colleague of mine got married! It was so wonderful :-) She has four kids ranging from college aged to middle school and  they were all spiffy and dressed up. She was so radiant and happy! The next day we had a snack break at Starbucks while waiting for Lulu (our car) to get an oil change and her tire pressure checked. We had fruit, greek yogurt with honey, and a chocolate croissant. So delicious! That nigh we had two parties. The first started at home with the girls. They got all dressed up and danced around and we had dinner and played games. Then Sierra, babysitter extrordinair, arrived so we could begin the second half of our evening! We went to a bona fide grown up party! Food + Friends = Fun! Next year I think we will explore a venue that has dancing and a live band. This was a fun way to try a night out on new years and we even stayed up till midnight! I was so sleepy.  At some point we started pretending ...