This was the kitchen in mint green when we first moved in:
This is the kitchen after we painted over the nasty mint. I feel so much bettter when I go in the kitchen. It’s weird how some colors just have an effect on you.
Another after shot:
We also got new countertops in our master bathroom, along with a paint job and new fixtures.
Here’s some more random shots of the stockings I made last year, my kids, and my 2 kids inside my belly, which grow and grow every day.
Twins at 22 weeks
These 2 are the twins at 27 weeks, and still growing. Measuring close to 4o weeks.
They each have their own sack and placenta, and everything looks good for 17 weeks. We’ll find out more on my next ultrasound next month…and at every ultrasound every month until they are born.
Here’s some pictures of our new house! I just took a picture of a few of the rooms. I skipped the 2 bathrooms, hallways, laundry, and other boring stuff. This should give you an idea though. Please ignore the clutter! The tv/toy room and office area are two rooms connected, and it is getting carpet on Monday. Until then it’s a little chaotic. There’s 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, living room, family room and office, dining, kitchen, outdoor deck, and one of our favorites…a garage! We’ve been so busy with home projects, and we have a bit to go, but we’ve come a long way. Mike has done some roof work, ripped out the swamp cooler and duct, replaced the kitchen faucet, repaired a couple holes in the wall, and moved a utility drain which required some jackhammering and sledgehammering in the office floor. We plan on having central air/new furnace etc. done next spring. We’ve done a little bit of painting (guest room, toy room), and plan on changing the color in the kitchen from that mint frosting green to something more easy on the eyes. The kids room is also in this same green. The eventual baby’s room (it has a twin bed set up there right now) currently has bunny wallpaper, which I hope to take down and paint another color (another project, another day). The yard has lots of potential, but we’ve gotta get the inside a little more completed first. Anyways, we are so excited to be in our new house, and have lots of room, a big back yard, and plenty of home projects to keep us busy! We sure were sad to move out of our old ward and old neighborhood, but are also happy that things worked out with this house. We feel very blessed. We love the location here on Grandview Hill, and it’s close proximity to other areas in Provo and Orem.
This year Kimi was a witch, and of course said she needed the green face paint. She said that she didn’t want to be a scary witch, but a nice witch. Noah had a costume I borrowed from one of my friends. We sure got a kick out of it and watching him walk. He first didn’t want to wear it, but after him trying it on for other people, and everyone laughed so hard I think it gave him some encouragement. Now HE laughs and thinks he’s so funny when he puts it on.
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We’re probably the worst bloggers you know. I’ll admit, I’ve kinda not been in the blogging mood lately. I’ve been kinda lazy with “extra” things on my to do list, and this has been one of those. Most of the time I just check on facebook to what people are up to. We had a LONG vacation to WA this summer, which was a blast, and then once we got back, we’ve been pretty busy with house stuff. We also found out that we are expecting another baby! I’m due sometime in April, but after my miscalculations with Noah, I’m beginning to doubt my ability to count the days in my cycles. It’s kinda poor timing with feeling crumby while we are trying to find a home, but oh well. I’m just so excited I’m not having a baby during RSV season. We sold our townhome to some of our friends, which was crazy in and of itself that we could sell our townhome so quickly without even putting it on the market. We sold our townhome initially so that we could buy a home that we really liked in our close neighborhood. When that home didn’t appraise well, we had to switch gears and find somewhere else to live fast. We’re under contract with a home that we feel really good about up on Grandview Hill in Provo. We won’t know for sure if it is going to happen until we get the appraisal done. We have our fingers crossed, especially since we have to be out this townhome by Oct. 9th. That’s next week. Luckily we have some good friends that offered their house to us if we can’t close on a home in time (Thank you Don and Irene!). At least we won’t be on the streets! In the meantime, I’m driving my husband crazy complaining about his moving tactics, and he’s been working his tail off by moving our stuff into a large storage unit little by little every day. I’ve got a couple pictures from our summer trip to WA and OR, but that doesn’t even cover visiting Mike’s family, along with other outings and Kimi’s birthday two weeks ago. Hopefully we’ll be in a house soon and I can post pictures of that!
This was after we watched his band play
He saved Sam's boat after it had swept away into the ocean
Here’s some updated pictures, mostly of our hike to the Timpanogas Caves this last Monday. I think I wanted to die after carrying 40 extra pounds on my back. I have the sweat picture to prove it. Too bad Noah and Kimi weigh about the same—switching kids wouldn’t have made a difference. It was fun though, the caves were really cool. Mike’s fatty foot was from him stepping on a bumble bee, which was on the floor by his bed side. What are the chances!?! Lucky him! All I can say is that at least it wasn’t me, or the kids.
Noah is such a busy body these days. While we were visiting our Vegas family, Noah was able to drench half of his body in his attempt to jump in the pool—luckily his mommy is a fast mommy. He seemed to throw every golf ball they owned in the pool. Then later he lost his lunch from Mike spinning him too long in the swing. But then how can you resist him when he looks at you like this?
Today is a good day. I love Mother’s Day–it was one of the better things our culture adapted. Mike let me sleep in, was about to bring me breakfast in bed until I walked in the kitchen, and then showed me the flowers that he and kids picked out for me to plant in our flower garden. Then I was able to get ready for Church without the kids driving me crazy. Then tonight he is making dinner for us. What a great husband I have! I don’t think Kimi fully understands Mother’s Day yet. In primary they made Mother’s Day cards and Kimi liked her card so much, she decided she wanted to keep it (even though it says Happy Mother’s Day on the front). Anyways, it’s been a good day. Wish I could make you dinner today, Mom. And I hope that my younger sisters take good care of you today! (I’m sure they will.) Here’s some random pictures.
So, softball was supposed to start yesterday (thursday), but was canceled due to poor weather. Not rain–but snow. On monday we went for a walk in the park and had a picnic on my day off. Tuesday was a little rainy. Wednesday was a beast with lots of snow. Here are some pictures. Booooooo @ utah springtime weather.
So, I recently got a new cell phone from work since my last one just stopped working. This one is a blackberry curve–and it has a camera! I decided to post some random pictures, taken from my cell phone, which illustrate the usefulness of having a camera built-in to a cell phone. Enjoy!
