New House

Thanks to my sweet sister you are getting pictures of my house. Her computer is much.. much... MUCH faster than mine. She came and spent last Friday and Saturday with me to help me move some of the things out of the old storage room into the new one. NO we are not moved in yet, but the storage room had nothing left to work on, so we were able to start moving some things.

This first picture is the front of the house. I'm glad it's at a distance, because that is me in my clean-up clothes holding a broom. We are getting the last little bit of siding put on today, and then we have the deck to finish,and the railing around the deck and the porch to do, and garage doors. I think after that, the outside will be finished. This next picture is of our living room upstairs. Out the doors is where the deck is, to the right is the kitchen, and in the corner is our fireplace with it's beautiful mantle that you really can't see very well, so just trust me I guess. This room now has carpet as well. It was sooooo nice to finally have all the carpet put in. Natalie helped me sweep the whole house to get ready for the carpet layers. THANK YOU A TON!

This picture is of my kitchen. I really love the cabinets. Our little woodworker guy did a GREAT job. I know it's hard for you all to see, but there is a black dishwasher behind the bar. I am SO EXCITED to finally own one of these things. Natalie also promised me lessons on how to actually use one. We cleaned the kitchen up so it isn't this messy, but Natalie said the picure she took of it after being cleaned was mostly of me. I'm glad she chose this one to post.

Last but not least is a little bit of the master bathroom. To the right is toilet, shower, tub. To the left is our closet. We are just super happy with the way everything is turning out. Our plan is to be moving over there next week, with some things going in this weekend as well hopefully. I feel like I need the stress of moving to be gone so I can deal better with the stress of decorating, Christmas, putting everything in a new place, and Jody starting the process of going back to get his masters. (That is for sure more of a stress to him, but we both know it will be a blessing in the end).

I guess it is so long for now. I'm not sure I will be blogging again until we're hooked up in the new house. But who knows, I may just surprise you.

We're on a Roll!

This is my crew on Halloween night. We were in Montana with my brother, and my mom and dad. You can see my dad in the background, and even though I accidently cut off my mom's head, she is posing with the kids. She was dressed up as well.

Kaden was Zorro, Ali was a hippie, Tyce was a dinosaur, Paige was a witch, and Danica was an unhappy little cow. They had lots of fun trick or treating the "old fashioned" way going door to door instead of going to a trunk or treat. Last Wednesday, Paige FINALLY got her cast off. We were SO EXCITED! We clapped and cheered right there in the doctors office. I could not believe how much better the X-rays looked this time. Thanks to all who put her name in the temple and kept her in your prayers. I believe completely that those were the reasons we saw such a tremendous difference.

Now Paige has to work on getting movement back in her elbow and wrist. She's doing really well, but we do have to remind her still sometimes to use her right hand for things instead of her left. After a month of no playground equipment and tumbling, the doctor thinks she will be able to go back to everything as normal. Good news!

Now this is a picture of my cabinets. There is a molding around the top that was not on yet, but this is a great idea of what one corner of the kitchen looks like. I really love how the cabinets and countertops turned out. We also have the pendant lights over the bar that I love. My brother in law is our electrician, and he gave me the idea. I'm so glad he did.

We are going to have to work really hard, but we are planning to be done so we can move in at Thanksgiving time in 2 weeks. Our carpet is going in on the 17th, and that will finish the inside except for a few small things like door knobs and stuff. We should be getting all the rest of the plumbing in starting tomorrow. I'm very excited that we're getting this close, but it also seems a lot harder to be patient now.

I'm still here!

I so badly want to keep up with everything, but I'm not doing well at all! I feel like I've been running non-stop, and so many things are falling behind because of it. Laundry, dishes, my blog, and so so so many more things! I'm not so sure it's going to slow down until we have moved and gotten settled, but I'm so excited about it all, that I guess it's okay to be crazy for a while. We are just 2-3 weeks away from having out house finished, and we are all very excited. It's fun to see all the cool stuff going in now like cabinets, tile, paint, and light fixtures. It makes it seem like there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I would have put a picture of the house on here, but I needed to put 2 pictures on here already, and my computer takes forever to upload them, so maybe next time.

So, the 25th of October was Tyce's 5th birthday. I haven't actually gotten birthday pictures off my camera yet, so this is just a recent one of him. He is such a happy little dude. He has loved preschool, and really enjoys learning how to write all of his letters. He recently learned how to tie his shoe as well. I only had to show him twice, and he took it from there. On a trip we took to Montana this weekend to see Travis and Bekah bless their new little baby, Casey, Tyce took a turn riding with my dad so my mom could ride with me. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more, but I think maybe Tyce. He has told me several times that he had grandpa play I Spy with him and he wrote a card at preschool today about grandparents, and added to his note that he loved it when grandpas show him old tractors. (If I understood him right, my dad showed him one they passed in the car). Dad also told me that Tyce had asked him where his GPS was, and dad told him it was in his head. I guess dad had to really do some convincing before Tyce would believe something like that. Anyway, we sure love this little boy and are so happy to have him in our family. Now, a month ago I blogged about getting cast #3 off and being done with it all, but unfortunately for Paige, her bone is just not healing very quickly. She had to have another cast put on for 4 more weeks. We go back on Wednesday to see if it's finally ready to have the cast taken off. They put her on some calcium as well to see if it would help it go any faster. I'm really nervous about what the next option would be if it's still not growing new bone. We are sure praying that everything will be okay this time. Paige and I celebrated a little too early last time, and I think that really made it harder for her when they said she had to have another cast, so this time I'm not going to do any cheering until we know what's going on.

Last week we had Parent Teacher Conferences. I was really happy with all my kids. They worked hard and none of their teachers had any complaints. I can't believe that the first quarter is already come and gone! Before we know Christmas will have come and gone as well, so just in case, I've started to sing Christmas songs behind Jody's back. He tries to tell me that I can't start singing them until after Thanksgiving so I can concentrate on what I'm thankful for. I just always tell him that I'm thankful for Christmas music.

Well, I guess that's it for now, and I will try to get some new pictures of the house on here next time. I can't wait until I'm putting on the pictures of us moving in! Should be soon!