Christmas, Travels, Birthdays, etc.

So sorry it has taken me so long to update. December was a whirlwind of travels to Arizona for a funeral, back to Nevada to pack and then 2 days (one way) of travel to Texas to see my family for Christmas. We were exhausted but really enjoyed seeing family! The kids LOVE Papa and Juju and all the cousins, aunts and uncles. While we were in Corpus Christi we went to the beach, fishing, saw the USS Lexington, toured Corpus, and lots of relaxing. On the way we stopped in Lubbock to see my aunts, uncles and cousins and get some sleep! When we arrived in Corpus, we got to see my aunts and uncle and grandma (my dad's family) and my Nana (my mom's mom) and loved getting to visit with everyone!

Once we were back to Nevada we tried to get settled back in while celebrating all the January birthdays in our house (mine, Jeremy's and Reagan's). I also took (almost) a month to put away Christmas decor- it HAS NEVER taken me that long!!! Sheesh! The main reason it took so long is because I have been feeling lousy for about 2 months and that is because we are expecting baby #3. We don't know gender yet but I have been so sick so no matter what it is (boy or girl), I know its healthy! I usually start my day throwing up and then taking my medicine and eating breakfast so I know it all won't come back up and I then wasted a pill!

Blogger isn't liking the pictures I am trying to upload so hopefully I can get those uploaded in the next post but for now know that we are alive and kicking :)

Random thoughts and pictures

I am up before my kids this morning because my aunt just called to tell me my grandpa passed away. I am sad, of course, but more relieved because now his mind and body are one again. He is no longer in pain or suffering. He is back with my grandma and my mom. What a great reunion. Still, it is sad for those of us he left. We will miss him but have wonderful memories. I am grateful he was able to meet my children (even though he wouldnt remember them) and that I have a few pictures of them with him. Love you grandpa!!

Moving on to a lil more positive...I have found some random pictures of the kids that I never got around to posting and today seems like a good day as any :)

These are some adventures the kids had been up to in the past few months that I never got around to posting...sorry! Have a great day everyone.

Halloween

So sorry for the lack of posts. Life has been busy and thats not really an excuse- just an explanation. We are in Idaho this week for Thanksgiving and I FINALLY got Halloween pictures (and a few other random shots) put into the computer so wanted to post real quick before Thanksgiving arrived (tomorrow) and then I was 2 holidays behind! :)  In other news, we have tiles our backsplash in the kitchen and are building a wall in our garage for our food storage :) It is looking great and I am so excited to have it done! I am also very excited to eventually park our cars in the garage! Sigh

Hunter was Buzz Lightyear again and Reagan was Jessie from Toy Story. We went trick or treating for about 30 minutes. Reagan loved it and got the hang of it very quickly! Hunter loved the fact that he could pick out candy from the bowls and didn't have to get what was given...he was quite the charmer with a couple houses.

Whirlwind!!

Sorry no pictures but a quick update. We are all moved in, still unpacking. Cameras are nowhere to be found...we are trying to sell our car (2005 Ford Escape, if you are interested :)), unpack a few boxes each day and do some minor (sometimes major) repairs on the house. Sigh. The condo is almost done with all the construction in the bathroom(s). We are slowly unpacking things and our garage is filling up with wood working projects we want to do/finish (dressers, beds refinishing, laundry pedestal construction, etc). The kids seem to be adjusting just fine to the fact that they are now in separate rooms for sleeping and we have had 0 falls down the stairs so far :). Hope you all are doing well and hopefully we can find our camera and start posting pictures!

Before and After

Well, our new house is done! :) We have been moving boxes over all week and Aubrie has been here helping a ton so it has gone smoothly and we are a little more than half way done :) Yay! i will post before and after pictures of each of the main rooms that needed the most work- kitchen, downstairs bath and both upstairs bathrooms, and the linen closet at the top of the stairs :) Enjoy:

 Downstairs Bathroom:

Laundry Room:

 (sorry the after picture is so bad- my flash wasnt cooperating

 

Upstairs Bathroom: (sorry the shot is different- dont know where the other went)

Master Bathroom: mirrors will be hung this week

Kitchen: can you believe it?!

New House

Well we signed papers yesterday and should be getting keys by Friday! Here are the pictures of the house- I also posted them on facebook if you frequent that site as well :) Enjoy! We are beyond excited to grow into a house instead of growing out of one (our current condo) and not have pressure to move up in the world...we can stay in this house for the next 20+ years if we want to :) Yay!! To recap for you: the house has 4 bedrooms, a loft, den, 3 car garge, 3 bathroom. :) It has a side atrium/patio (that doesnt attach to the backyard-stupid builders), a family room and a living room at the front of the house. :) I was trying to label all the pictures but blogger is being lame and wont let me!

Houses and more

We are currently waiting to close on a house by June 28th and once thats done, I will post pictures of it. I just dont want to jinx it right now :) The house is in a great area- with great schools, access to a splash park, a regular park, mountains half a block away, and a jogging trail around the community. We will know 2 different families when we move- one was in my branch back in NM (Hi Tammy!) when I was in HS and the other is a grown daughter of a family in our current ward. The house has plenty of room to grow into, instead of out of (like our current abode) and we are very excited for our kids to have a backyard they can play in! I am hopeful Reagan's fascination with rocks will diminish when she gets used to grass-seeing as she has doesnt have access to grass on a daily basis.

The previous owners of "our" house took the kitchen cabinets, countertops, sink and all appliances with them. They also took some light fixtures and ALL the cabinets and sinks from the 3 (count em- 3) bathrooms. So we are having a contractor come in after we close and design our dream kitchen for us (well, within reason- I dont want to pay interest on small things we can do later since Jeremy is pretty handy). We are excited to go pick out countertops and cabinets and sinks and fixtures for all the rooms that currently lack sinks and the cabinets that hold up those sinks.

Among other news- we are starting to slowly pack and go through things while I have time (2 month until we move) and I know it will take double the time now since I have 2 kids who want to "help" and I didnt have that the last time we moved. We will be having guests come this summer from Jeremys side (brother and fam and his mom) and maybe even Aubs (my sis) after we move :). I am still waiting for my bathroom to finish being fixed..its so close but I guess I did say that I will be happy as long as its done before July...3 weeks and counting...keep you posted.

As for kids news: Hunter is no longer on the weight charts-skinny boy! He will need to gain some weight by October-wish us luck since he is so finicky and likes things one day then decides he doesnt the next...sigh. He is talking up a storm and LOVES to read! He requests the "Olivia" books at bedtime- I love her too so its not a problem. He loves to swim (even though we dont do it very often) and loves the park and visiting his friends. He loves nursery at church and usually after sacrament is done he thinks it's time to go.
 Reagan is quite the funny lady! She is starting to bob her head to music and wiggle her body- too cute! Her hair is out of control and she will not sit still long enough for me to do anything with it, usually...but it is getting long enough to do pigtails and they are ADORABLE- will try to get a picture of it soon. She has a few words including: mama, dada, down, hello (lello), ow, mmmmoo (for cow) and knows the signs for please, more and thank you (but she rarely uses thank you-little turkey!).  She is almost running and loves to climb everything! She has fallen off our kitchen chair once, as well as the stool in the bathroom (not a huge deal if we had carpet anywhere but the bedrooms).  She LOVES playing in the dogs food and water bowls and is starting to get put in timeout- and knows what happens when we get to 3...She is great at sharing with her brother, he is still a little too dramatic for my liking when she looks at his toys...

We sure do love them and they are really fun and keep me busy! Enjoy some random pictures from the past month-ish and a picture of the front of our soon to be new house...