Backyard Camping and Fence Building!

Hey! Not much to post about or update but I wanted to share how Cody and I have been spending our sweet time at home (besides me working at work).

These are crazy times and it's not fun to be scared, but the extra time we are getting at home, I wouldn't trade it for the world. I am LOVING this extra time with Cody so so so so so much!

To give us something to do because even the walking trails are roped off 😓, we broke out our tent and went tent camping in the backyard! We had an absolute blast! It took us like 15 minutes to pitch the tent and we were set!

We filled the tent with our duvet comforter, pillows, snacks, and books and told ghost stories and cuddled. We probably got 3 hours of sleep total because it was so darn cold. But who would have expected anything else tent camping!? It was so much fun! I can't wait to do it again!

 

It was a pretty spacious tent! It was 4 person tent and held us really nicely!

While we are hanging around the house Cody has become Mr. Handy man! He built us some shelves in the garage, bought us a lawnmower and weed eater and has been mowing the grass weekly! He also, along with his dad and Tyler helping, put together the second side of the fence! Only one more side to go before the dog gets here in 5.5 weeks!! All we have left to do too is build lockers in our garage!

I also crawled in Lucy's spot under the stairs to hide the exposed wires and fix the nails sticking out. We have to fix the door for her on that and make a dog door on the side of the garage door.

Plus make a last minute run to petco to get Lucy items for the house. 

Stay safe guys!!

Love,

Kayla

5/8/20

Snow Skiing in Sugar Mountain!

#Adventure year 2020 and 2021!

We finally went snow skiing after 13 1/2 years and back at Sugar Mountain!! For the first weekend of Spring Break and to celebrate mom's birthday, we all drove up to see Morgan and Edgar in Johnson City to snow ski together! Morgan and Edgar live only an hour away from the slopes so we spent the night with them and headed that way early in the morning. 

The slopes were beautiful early in the morning.

Being March 14th, the slopes were DESERTED and AMAZING! The rates were super cheap and it was still pretty cold!

 

We started on the bunny slope and made our way to the green and blue slopes as the day progressed. We all surprisingly did quite well! Muscle memory was so kind to us.

Edgar had never skied or snow boarded so he took the leap and tried snow boarding! After only 2 hours, he was a pro!

We stopped for a quick bite to eat then right back on the slopes! Don't want to waste a second!

My green slope buddies!

So cute!

And my blue slope buddy! Boy, the blue slope was steep. The picture below shows the drop off😬

We skied for about 6 hours that day and hated to go home. But we will be back and we loved Sugar Mountain so much! A few things had changed over the years and we were so impressed with everything! 

This was also right before corona hit in full force. We were very lucky. 

Anyways, happy birthday mom! We loved celebrating you today and you deserve nothing but the best this year! You have a heart of gold and love Morgan and I more than anything in this world. Thank you for all you have done for us in this past year alone through weddings, moving, cleaning, and TONS of moral support. I seriously don't know what I would do without you mom!

Love, 

Kayla 

3/14/20

Housewarming Party!

On the same day we finished the house we celebrated with a big family housewarming party!

Cody and I had never felt so loved. This was one of the best days of my life to be honest. I love family! Everyone came together for Cody and I to celebrate the end of this 2 year 3 month journey. 

My housewarming dress!

Mom worked so hard to make this the party of my dreams I had always hoped for! She went above and beyond to make this day special. She has such a giving heart. 

This island decorations! Gigi supplied the GORGEOUS flowers and fruit!

My aunt Jody's famous buffalo dip!

Bread and cake from the Bread Basket!

  

My sweet sweet cousins made it to visit me. I am so blessed!

 

Sisters and brothers!

Cousin Nick, wife Laura, and my second cousin Eli, their son. 

 

Raborn/Wamack gang!

Our sweet friends Carol, Joyce, and Ed.

I wish I got more pictures of everyone!

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2019 vs 2020. Same me, different tree. The only thing nice about the spring are the gorgeous trees!

I went on a nice Sunday evening walk after the party. I love Fall colors and mourn the hay and dead leaves that will leave soon.

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I also ordered some TaiChi and bubble tea for a healthy dinner from Door Dash!

This was the best weekend ever and now we can finally relax and breathe. This is our home!

Love,

Kayla Raborn

3/9/20

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Newest Raborn's on the Block!

Raborn House
Est. 2020!

Welcome! We closed on the house, closed out our apartment lease, finished building the house, and had our housewarming party! I repeat, WE FINISHED BUILDING THE HOUSE!!!! Enjoy these photos we have been so patient to share once our house was complete:

 

  

HOME

We are in love with our kitchen!

The gorgeous fireplace!!

 

 

Our fence!!

Back of the house minus the tall crawl space you can't see on the right of the deck. 

After you walk through the front door there is a coat closet!

Shoe/jacket closet and cleaning supplies closet when you are coming inside from the garage.

Our plant shelf and decorations!

Overlooking the plant shelf standing in front of our bedroom door and overlooking the living room to the right.

Storage closet in the foyer area. To the right is where we will keep the Christmas tree fully decorated!

Cody's office to the left when you walk in the front door!

The back wall is 100% whiteboard so you he can project football plays (from the projector above) onto the wall and 'draw' on them! So neat!

The catwalk above!

Sorry it's a picture of a picture but this is the master bedroom!

The views when we wake up are astonishing.

My office/future nursery with a closet to the right behind that wall.

 

His and hers closet.

Master bathroom tub and toilet to the right and shower to the left.

 

Laundry room off of the top of the stairs!

Guest room #1 the beach room!

Guest room #2 the horse room! With the UT bathroom between them!

Playroom/movie room over the garage! (Storage to the left and right of the walls and this room also has a large walk-in closet for games and linens!

 

Weight room and only 'bedroom' downstairs, right under the beach room next to the teal bathroom (shown below).

 

Kitchen appliances!! We LOVE them!

Garage!

Our second refrigerator!!

The garage door leading to outside (inside where the fence is).

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We are so so so incredibly bless and absolutely can't believe after all of the hard work, our house is complete. We can finally breathe! We love everything so much, it is our dream home and forever home. God has blessed our lives so much and we are forever grateful for Miles in building us a perfect house!

With so much love,

The Newest Raborn's on the Block ;)

3/7/20

I constantly updated the building process on one of the main pages of my blog so if you want to look back, click here!

Be on the lookout for the housewarming party post soon!