Welcome to our home...

Well I FINALLY took pictures of the townhouse! I had put it off because there are still things I wanted to do before I posted them. I still have to paint accent walls in our rooms, put up window treatments, and put up my vinyl lettering. Oh well..here they are and I will post more when I finish!!

ALEXA'S ROOM

I love the closets! I had fun organizing them!

CHAYSE'S ROOM

KID'S BATHROOM
I love all the faucets and knobs, the detail work is awesome!

LAUNDRY ROOM

BRANDON AND I'S BEDROOM
(MASTER CLOSET...LOVE IT!)MASTER BATHROOM

VIEW FROM FRONT DOOR

(HALF BATH DOWNSTAIRS)
(DINING ROOM)
(KITCHEN)

(FAMILY ROOM)

Happy Birthday Ma Sista!!

Today is my sister's birthday! She is turning 27 (Hope she doesn't mind I just announced that to the world. It's not like that's old or anything!! Haha!)

Anyway, I wanted to share 27 things I love and adore about her, even a few memories!

1- The obvious must be stated - AWESOME SISTER!
2- She is a fabulous mother!
3- Best secret keeper out there!
4- Great drawer and I wish she would do more!
5- Makes way yummy food
6- Gives great advice
7- Has awesome style
8- Can make herself laugh harder than anyone else can.
9- She has always wanted to be a runner and isn't afraid to admit it! ;)
10- Timmoooone Timmy!
11- Big Fat Voman..lady...
12- Salt Lake traffic, Jonas diaper..Im not saying anything more.
13- She loves lists and lists love her..or whatever
14- She can sit in the card aisle for 30 min or longer..no joke..She loves cards!
15- A summer night downtown w/her boys, is one that would be categorized as perfection in her book.
16- After many years I think she maybe..MAYBE..has come to grips w/her curly hair. I love it.
17- She has gorgeous green eyes!
18- She is in great shape and has a good perspective on how to keep herself healthy and fit!
19- She is always thinking of other's and how she can better their days.
20- She isnt afraid to speak her mind.
21- She was more protective of me in highschool than I think an older brother would be. People were scared of her..I know its hard to believe now huh? :)
22- Is the best freakin server at The Melting Pot! Love that place!
23- She has more fire and ambition than she gives herself credit for.
24- She writes the most heartfelt cards that make me cry everytime!
25- I am so proud of how she has turned her life around and the person she is!
26- You can't help but have a blast when you are with her!
27- I cherish her in my life so so so much and I love how much closer we have become over the last few years!

I love you Kimber!

Happy Birthday!

We would like to introduce you to....

ANKLEY

Who is Ankley you may ask?

Well let Chayse tell you...

"She is my 'maginary' girlfriend!"

What does she look like?

"She has brownish hair, bluish eyes, and purple legs"

How old is she?

"She is 5-ish."

Where does she live?

Up north..on 6th North.

What do you and Ankley like to do?

"We are going to go on a mission and get married in the temple."

~*~

Chayse has been talking about Ankley since January. He has very elaborate stories about their adventures together. We also found out that her Mom (Dern) is going to have a baby soon. Chayse is excited about that.

Up until last Thursay, we hadn't gotten the pleasure of meeting Ankley. She came over when my cousin and her husband were over for dinner. Chayse was so kind and made her some food and set her out a plate up in his room.

She came over again tonight. Chayse set out chips for her but wouldn't share his bologna sandwich because "she doesn't like that kind."

They are off to a party now...Chayse is wearing a girl's dress up robe.

(Should I be worried?)

:)


P.S. Pictures of the townhouse are coming soon! I am pretty much unpacked..I just want to put up my vinyl sayings and some window coverings! I am getting the internet tomorrow, so I can rejoin the blogging world with full force. I have been a bit of a slacker! Hopefully I haven't lost my faithful readers. (If I had any to begin with that is! ;) )

In Between...

So right now we are in between homes as we wait for our new one to close, so we have been staying at Brandon's parent's house. Let's just say the kids LOVE seeing Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Jordan all the time! Chayse can't wait for Grandpa to get home so they can go do "work" downstairs in his office or have Grandpa swing him! Alexa just loves all the attention she is getting! It's cute because she says "Boppa" for Grandpa now, just like Chayse did when he was littler. Oh and another new word she said this morning was "cack-ca" for cracker. Brandon and I are holding up..trying not to go crazy..waiting to close. I am so thankful that my inlaws let us stay here, but I'm so ready to be in my bed and be settled in our new place!!

What fun is a post without pictures?

Well here you go!

(This was right after Missy got done licking Alexa on the nose! It was so cute!)

Alexa follows Missy around all the time! She is one of the select few that Missy will let pull on her ears and yank her tail, bop her on the nose with her bone and try and drag her around by her leash. Sometimes Missy shies away when Alexa comes around..but most of the time she just takes it in stride!

Alexa love(d) hanging on the bar and would laugh and kick her feet up. I say love(d) because I think we had her do it too much and now she is sick of it! Haha!

Chayse's new found fun thing to do is Helicopter on the swing. He will ask you to do it time after time..and doesn't care how dizzy he gets!

Also, Chayse got his very first bike last night! He LOVES it and kept thanking us the whole way home! He got the hang of it and couldn't wait to show Grandpa when he got home! (Brandon's dad is big into biking and loves taking the kids in the bike trailor.) Chayse is excited he gets to ride alongside Grandpa now, and not be in the trailor anymore!

Well, that is all for now! Hopefully my next post will be of our new place all unpacked and put together!!

Moving Day!

Well after a rollercoaster of ups and downs as to when we would close..we are finally moving! We were supposed to close on April 30, but things weren't done in time and closing kept getting pushed back further and further. We had scheduled to move today, and arranged for a truck and family to be here to help and I was starting to lose it that we would miss our moving day! The developer/builders were totally flexible with us and said we could move our stuff in, but we cant actually LIVE there til we close. We are set to close on Wed, so in between today and then we are going to stay at Brandon's parent's house. Everything on the loan has been approved, they are just waiting to hear about the grant..so the developer was confident enough in our situation, that moving this weekend wouldn't be a problem!

SOOOO long story short..we are moving today and I couldn't be more excited!! I will post pictures as soon as we get everything unpacked and set up!

We won't have internet or TV til the end of May..so I should be able to get unpacked pretty dang quick! Haha!

Just had to share...

This little princess if my friend Shannon's baby girl. I just had to share this darling picture!! If you would like to see more, click here.