One of the best things about our new home is our neighbors. We get to interact with our neighbors much more than at our old place, primarily because only half of our first floor is indoors. The rest of the space feels like a big open porch, great for biking and all kinds of fun activities!
Above: Juliana and her neighbor friend Liza play with our neighbor's puppies. So fun!
One of the two downstairs rooms in our new place is the kitchen/dining room. We eat many good Khmer and American meals here. While most of our lunch and supper meals are rice and stirfries, we often enjoy yogurt, oatmeal, bread, or Bethany's homemade granola for breakfast.
Juliana poses in our family room on the first floor. Though there's quite a few toys in this room, the toys get played with mostly outside. VeggieTales and other fun DVD's get played in this room.
The second floor of our house is made from a dark wood and not a lot of overhead light. We like the cabin-like feel of this floor. This is Ryan and Bethany's bed. We have no closets in the house, so as you can see, we make good use of under-bed storage opportunities. (No picure of Juliana and Kai's room, which is pretty small and only holds their beds, a changing table, and a couple of fans.)
With Simon contentedly on her lap, Bethany sits in the 2nd floor office. Email-checking, accounting work, and most other computer-related tasks get done in this room.
We continue to enjoy the new house and look forward to sharing it with others. Who knows, someday maybe we will use it to host you!
-Ryan
5 comments:
Thank you for sharing the pictures of your home. I enjoy reading your blog.
RuthAnn
For he orders his angels to protect you wherever you go.
Psalm 91:11
Thanks for the update of your great home. May it continue to be a blessing to you as you continue to bless others.
Love and miss you,
Randy
Loved seeing pics of your new home! Where will Uncle Barry sleep when he comes to visit? In a tent in the yard? : )
yeah...put barry in the tent in the yard...he would love it. :) so glad to read a new post again. loved seeing your house...you look great Bethany! mis.
Bethany, it's so nice to see where you "connect" with the rest of the world....your little desk there is charming with the light from the window. And there really is something romantic about sleeping under a mosquito net with your Love isn't there?
It's snowing like crazy here in Strasburg....a cozy night.
Thank you for taking the time to show us your space, it gives a great visual to your life in Cambodia.
inward.
outward.
upward.
Post a Comment