The top picture is the way our house looked when we first bought it 13 yrs ago. It was a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom split foyer. The cars we had at the time were 2 small sedans.The bottom picture shows what the house looks like today. We've added a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom addition over the garage plus created a master bedroom in the bottom level so our house now has 7 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Over the past 13 yrs, we've turned 3/4 of the garage into a classroom, converted our screened in porch into a tv/family room, changed a sunroom off the kitchen into a room that holds our 16 person table and knocked down the wall between our kitchen and dining room to make a large country kitchen. We've also grown from 2 small sedans to a station wagon, mini van and a 15 passenger van.
We moved into this house as a family of 3 so there has been alot of growth over years to become a family of 9. =)
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Wow, you certainly have had growth. The house looks really nice. You certainly have had an abundance of blessings.
Wow, what a change in one house. And that "new addition" in the posts below this one is a real blessing too. Adorable.
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Oh my ! that's quite a growth !
wholey moley!! you sure have had some growth with your family & your house :) thanks for visiting & commenting on our SPSH pics.
Holy smokes! I'd sure say that was an awesome photo to show growth :-)
WOw! That's a LOT of growth!! :D I'm sure it's a big, happy family you get there!
I wonder how it feels having a big family as I am an only child. Mom's sis and bro-in-law stayed with us for 2 years and we couldn't stay it. Hehe. Thanks for stopping by and have a happy week end :)
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Wow - talking about growth - wonderful that you were able to 'expand' your home to make room.
That is a lot of growth for one house! it looks very nice and you have done a beautiful job according to your description. Happy saturday!
That is wonderful! You certainly needed the extra space for your growing family! :)
Wow, what a change. 7 bedrooms! oh my. Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish over the years :=)
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Now that is some major growth! You must have so many special memories that go with your house :)
Wow! Many avenues of growth there between family and home!
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Isn't that cool! I remember many emails going back and forth during that house growth! It's fun to see a photo of it :)
Plenty of growth! Lovely house for a big family. :)
Have a good weekend. :)
WOW - that is a lot of growth!!!! :-)
Happy Saturday!
Now thats growth and a very unique take on the hunt.
Mine is up too, have a great weekend.
That is definetly what i'd call growth. The house looks very nice Have a great weekend
talk about growth! from a family of 3 to a family of 9! :) :) beautiful family home, and a gorgeous little one in the post before this one :) :)
Jenny
That's incredible! We have never had more than 3 bedrooms. (I can just imagine our little house in town bursting at the seams.) At one point my DH and I slept on a futon in our den but it was never really converted into a bedroom. We needed the space during the daytime. Instead of more bedrooms we invested in bunk beds. :)
That's is a lot of growth in different ways. Excellent take on this week's theme.
Goodness! What a big change!!!
Wow! Your home is awesome! I really love how you took a small house and converted into a bigger house for your ever growing family! Great Job!
Great choice for this weeks theme!
Definitely represents growth. What a lovely home you have!
I wouyld say that is some growth but you needed it!
Wow! What change! It looks great!
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That's a lot of growth. Did you know when you moved in that it would be that way?
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Great way to show growth! From a family of 3 to a family of 9 - WOW! That's growth.
That's cool!
I must say I love your house. It's so neat to be able to look back and see all the changes, for the better!
What a blessing! :)
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Now that's what I call GROWTH!!! You are richly blessed! Thanks for visiting.
That's growth at its finest.
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oh wow! Talk about growth... So cool to see how much things change over the years.
Now that is a whole lot of growth in a fairly short time. Perfect for this weeks theme.
what a great house! thanks for showing your house...
Vicki
Your addition sounds so much like the addition my parents made to our home. Your home even looks like my childhood home! When my parents bought the home we were a family of 7, but 5 years and 4 more children later, we were a family of 11. The house now has 7 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, dining, living and family rooms in addition to the kitchen. Also a 2 story deck in the back yard. Oh! the similiarities!!!
it's good that you made the house your own :)
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