second to the last.

okay, almost done with the home tour.

this is the dining room. before we made it the dining room, we called it the intersection, or the four way stop because it was jsut this weird spot in the house. once we put in the french doors, it seemed more like a room. it is surrounded by the livingroom, the playroom, and den, and the kitchen. i guess you could call it the heart of the home. lots of things happen here. homework. artwork. sewing. games. parties. and eating, of course.

we bought this table at World Market a few years ago and have been very pleased with it. it can expand out a few more feet to accomodate several more people.

things of note on the walls in the dining room -

the couple in the top photo are my great-great grandparents Thomas Abraham Evans I and Fannie McCutchan Evans.

the couple below are their son, my great grandfather, Thomas Abraham Evans II and his wife Emma Zimmerman Evans. incidentally, my brother is Thomas Abraham Evans III, and his son is Thomas Abraham Evans IV. this is where we got Samuel's middle name - Thomas, and John's middle name - Abraham.

the above is a watercolor that Margaret did in art class earlier this year. i haven't framed it yet. i may be partial, but i think it's beautiful.

a family picture from 2006 i think. and my collection of W's. and a tiny snapshot of Brian and my first kiss. the only pic we have of that moment from our wedding day. and it isn't a very good one either, but i cherish is all the same.

 so there is the dining room. now you've seen every room in the house but Margaret's. i'll have to wait until it is clean to give you the tour. who knows when that will be.=)