Our new investment

We have officially gone into business with our good friends Tal and Jess and as predicted this adventure has been plenty of work! The home we bought in Anaheim is literally a 15 minute walk from the Disneyland parking lot. It's an old home (built in the 50s) and has needed so much work. My parents have been amazing. They came down to help us with the renovations and with the kids and they have been working non-stop. There is NO way we could have done this without them. We also enlisted the help of Jessie's parents, her sister who painting a beautiful castle mural and my cousin Kristin and her boyfriend Kevin. We have made a ridiculous amount of trips to Home Depot, Walmart and Target. We have spent hours upon hours working with little sleep. We have eaten more fast food then I care to admit. We have Craigslisted, coordinated, moved furniture back and forth, painted, repainted, changed lights, redone counters, wall papered, refinished furniture, retiled (thanks to Jess's dad), and checked off one by one an endless "To Do" list. There have definitely been ups and downs... and an extra week of unplanned work, but we have created a pretty awesome vacation rental!

Here are some pictures of the process...