Probably what you all have been waiting for....our new home!

Well, here it is, at long last... The Newest Residence of The Jeppson Crew!

I had expected to find a charming, cottage with a balcony made from black forest wood...draped in flowers like hanging Geraniums or petunias. However, when we got here there were NO private rentals available for a family our size. Nor, did it seem, that any would become available soon. So, we filed an exception to policy and we were able to recieve this lovely 4 bedroom duplex. It is new, clean, and fairly spacious. The best part is, it is wired 110w and 220w, so we can use european and american electronics. It also sits in a subburb at the top of a hill...down one side is the Main town of Eschenbach of which we are a part, and down the other side of the hill is the base Grafenwoer, and village of Grafenwohr. We are across the street from the elementary and middle schools, so the girls can all walk to school together. And our home sits at the end of a culd-a-sac, next to a walking/biking trail. It is perfect!

So...Here it Is:

Right after moving in. Yeah, no more hotel!



Our new home

View of the walking path and Bavarian countryside from our front stoop.

Another view of the front with our garage

Our back yard, it is fully fenced and landscaped!

Our Front Entry way, with the refinished bench I picked up at an antiques store located in the ruins of a castle in Fischbach.

Halfbath off the entry way

Living room area (the dining and living are combined, which will make for cozy living quarters...but I think with the rest of the space in the house we will be fine)

Dining area

Kitchen (small, I know...but the funny thing is, it is the same size as the one I had in Fort Irwin. But this one is laid out much better...so I like it a lot more)

Boys room

Hannah and Cora's room

Anya's room, She gets her own room again! Boy is she excited. She got kind of tired of sharing with the boys in our last house. Also, what you can't see in the pictures is, all the bedrooms have built in wardrobes. Which is awesome!

The "kids" huge bathroom. It is enormous, and this camera angle just doesn't do it justice!

Our stairwell. you can view from the top of the third floor, all the way down to the basement. The boys love to go up here and drop balls, clothes, toys and anything else they can find and watch it drop alllllll the way down. We have vowed to not leave any expensive electronics (cell phones) or anything fragile down!

The master bath...off to the side that you can barely see is the shower...and to the other side is a big window in the eaves of the roof. It is pretty big, about the size of the master bath we had in Fort Irwin.

The Master bedroom is huge! It is the whole third floor of the house, up in the "eaves"

Another shot of the master, this is a good view of the built in wardrobes.

Yet, another view. It is like a long L shape, kind of a wierd shape, but this is by far my favorite master bedroom we have ever had.

Last of all is the basement. Here is the bottom of the stairwell. Cora has kind of taken this place over, as her little hidey hole. Not sure what we are going to do with it. I was toying around with the idea of putting the computer here, but Matt doesn't like that idea. So we will see it...Cora may get to keep it.

Storage room, which may become a craft/sewing room

Laundry room, which is where we will probably put a lot of storage and food storage because it is so HUGE!!

Here is a big room. I begged and pleaded with Housing, and they agreed to come carpet this room on Tuesday. When that is done, this will become a family/toy/game room. The kids rooms are a little small, so most of their toys will go down here. I think it will work out nicely.

Last of all, here is our Attic space, reachable by a pull down staircase. I love it because it reminds me of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and how he gets stuck in the attic and rediscovers old family movies. Anyway, we have a staircase just like that now! This will most likely be used for storage space.

We also have a garge with a shed attatched to the back...more storage space! I was not expecting so much storage space, and I don't think we will fill up even a third of it with the stuff we brought. But, it is nice to have just in case!

So that is our home while we are in Europe. Obviously, these are the "before" pictures with all the Army loan furniture. We will post "after" pictures as soon as we are finished moving in with all our furniture and pictures are hung :)