The Open House is a Success!!!

This past Sunday I had an open house for the bed and breakfast for our neighbours, friends and family! It was AWESOME! We had 22 people come and check out what we were up to. I had set up some breakfast food on our dining room table, and we gave tours of the B and B to everyone that showed up. The tours went great, every single person loved the rooms and gave us so many compliments and encouragement. It was really exciting for me to be able to show people and to get some great feedback. For the food I baked some scones, some egg strata, some muffins, some french toast with brie and pear, and a fruit salad. And of course coffee, tea or juice was served with it. Again all of the comments on the food were great. From the comments that I got I would have to say that the egg strata and the scones were the favorites.

It was a really great event and a good way to get the word out about the B and B to the neighbourhood. It was neat for my neighbours as well because there were a couple of people who were able to meet some of their fellow neighbours for the first time! This open house was a bit of an experiment for us to see if people would like the place, but also to see if I would enjoy taking people into our home. And I loved it! It was great to be able to host people and to chat and learn just a little bit more about everyone that came through. Saturday and Sunday morning were crazy insane days trying to get everything set up. At that point we still had a lot of painting to do, we had trim to do, we had decorating to do, we had kids to look after, Ben had to work.... I had pretty high expectations of what I wanted the place to look like, and I just wasn't sure if it was going to be done. I was nervous and very tired, but thankfully God gave us the energy and the resources that we needed to be able to get everything done. We got it all done, and everyone loved it!

I need to thank a lot of really great people in my life for the help that they gave. Without it I wouldn't have been able to get everything ready. I am not very good at asking for help even when I desperately need it and all of these people just came and did what they could. I am very very grateful. Nathan worked hard to make sure that all of the finishing trim, cleaning, and set up got done. Nathan's wife Margaret came over on Sunday morning to look after all of the kids so that Ben and I could just put our heads down and work. Kate, a great friend, came over on Saturday and helped me cook the egg strata, scones and cleaned my kitchen! I may have to have her come over to make egg strata on a regular basis! It was awesome. I need to thank my wonderful, caring sister Angela for coming over after the open house and cleaning up the kitchen for me. It was spotless and I was able to put my feet up. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I seriously couldn't have done it without you


Here's what the place looks like! Enjoy!!