I suck.....

at trying to keep this thing updated. Our lives are every so busy and when I do finally sit down at the computer, the last thing I want to do is recount the insanity of our schedules. Although, our schedules are slowly starting to slow back down, now that Tristen's school sports are over for the year, thankfully. Although we love watching him participate and compete, the boys' schedules started conflicting.

Tristen wrapped up his school sports with Track. He competed in the 800m and the 1600m, coincidentally, what I ran in track. He did fairly well, considering that he really wasn't 'excited' to be in track. It was one of those things that he started, but didn't want to finish. We have a rule in our house that once you start something, you have to finish it. I think in the end, he is glad he stuck with track. The track meets are a lot more fun than practice, which I think he quickly learned.

Colby's baseball is now in full swing which keeps us busy usually 4-5 nights a week between practices, weekday games, and weekend tournaments. Colby continues to excel in baseball, even playing an age group up. He has consistently been lead off batter all season long. He still mainly plays 2nd base, but does play catcher on occasion. He is about to play 16 games in 10 days!!! How crazy and assinine is that?!?!? Several of them are makeup games from rainouts we've had, so I CANNOT wait for May to be over!!!

Baby Corben is still cooking away. Tomorrow, I will hit 29 weeks. He'll be here in 11 weeks! Hopefully, those weeks fly by. Jason primed the nursery and he has one wall painted. Originally, we were going to do one wall orange and then the other 3 walls a light brown, but have since changed our mind that the orange may be too much. One wall will be a darker brown and the other 3 will be a light brown. I'm ordering wall vinyl ciricles to put on the darker wall, along with his name in wall vinyl. I have 2 showers coming up and possibly a 3rd at work. It has been mentioned, but not sure if it will happen as I said it wasn't necessary - STUPID...I know. (I have a really hard time with people doing things for me....and I have no clue why!!!) Jason and I did finally register, so that has been marked off my to-do list. I did order Corben's baby book and I absolutely LOVE it. It is the same exact fabric that I picked out for his custom bedding. Speaking of the bedding, I did get in back from the seamstress and I love it! I can't wait to get the entire room put together! Our search for a childcare provider and a pediatrician have begun. I'm pretty sure I've already found the pediatrician, but the childcare provider is going to probably be a daunting task. I do have a couple of leads for in-home providers, which is what I want. Jason and I just need to find a time to go meet with each one of them individually. We've chosen our pediatrician and so things seem to be progressing right along. We are in the downhill stretch and the next 11 cannot fly by quick enough!!!

We recently had to replace our stove b/c one of the burners (which has been giving us problems since we moved in) finally became dangerous. We called our Home Warranty company and they sent a company out to look at it. Well, the Home Warranty company didn't want to pay for the repairs since it was the same cost as a new stove. So....we had the option to either get a comparable model with no charge or to use the amount of the comparable model and upgrade (pay the difference) and purchase what we wanted. We chose the upgrade option and were able to purchase the stove through our Home Warranty company at their cost, which saved us about $200 (+ no tax, delivery or installation charges). So...........we get the stove but then we still have our yucky, white, builder grade over-the-range microwave. I found exactly what we wanted at Best Buy, but it was on backorder. Long story short, I finally found a Best Buy in Frisco that had the microwave in stock. Jason installed it and it looks fabulous. Now our kitchen is complete with all stainless steel appliances and looks fabulous. I'm so thankful that we've continued to renew our Home Warranty each year. While some people don't reap the benefit of a Home Warranty, we sure have. It has been benefical and saved us so much money. Our Home Warranty has replaced our garage door springs, water heater and now stove. Next up on our home renovation list are counters, backsplash and cabinets. We've pretty much made up our mind that we will be moving in 5-6 years - once the boys have graduated from high school. We aren't sure where, but most likely somewhere that we have have some land. We are contemplating buying a piece of land in the next few years and then building on it once we are ready to move. Not sure that this will really happen, but those are our current thoughts.....which I'm sure will change b/w now and then.

Here's a pic of the new stove/microwave and backsplash Jason installed! Love it!

Baby Updates

Well, since it has been over a month since I've updated this blog with anything, I'll start with some baby updates.

Baby Hopper has been determined to be a BOY! While we were not so secretly hoping for a girl, we've been blessed with another boy. My gut feeling was that it was a boy. I was born to be a BOYMOM. Baby Boy Hopper has been named. His name is Corben Keith Hopper. Corben has been Jason's boy name pick since I was about 8 weeks along. Originally, we were going to spell it with a "K", but Colby and Tristen's names. Keith is after Jason's dad. Both Tristen and Colby have part of Jason's name as their name, so it was only fitting that we carried on the tradition.

My pregnancy thus far has been so smooth. I really can't complain about it. The past 12 weeks have been blissful and I've felt great. More recently, I've had more aches and pains, but nothing to cry about or complain about. Today, I'm 23 weeks along and I can't believe a week from today I'll be 6 months pregnant. People at work are finally starting to feel comfortable asking me - when are you due? I don't see a lot of people at work and it isn't like I've made some big annoucement that I'm pregnant. The people I work directly with (which is only 4 executives) have known since I was 13 weeks. In the last 2 days thought, I've had 4 other people stop my and congratulate me. It is kind of funny to see their face when I tell them I'm almost 6 months pregnant. Here is a snapshot of how my bump has progressed:

 

We have started on the nursery. Well, I say started, we've purchased the furniture and it has been delievered, and I've ordered and shipped the fabric for our bedding to be custom made. I'm pretty sure I searched every baby bedding website out there and nothing really struck my fancy. I didn't want any characters or a specific theme. I'll post pictures of the bedding once we get it back from the lady who is custom making it. I can't wait to get it back so we can start painting the room and putting everything else together. I found the perfect lamp today, but didn't buy it just yet b/c I'm not sure what color we are painting the room. I may just go back and buy it anyways. Here is an idea board of what our plans are:

I guess I've now reached the nesting phase. Although, I don't know that I'd call it nesting b/c I'd still be doing it if I wasn't pregnant. I've cleaned out closets and organized crap that should've been organized a long time ago. I usually clean out the boys' closets every 3-4 months b/c they outgrow things so quickly. Yes, just like a baby, these boys are growing like weeds. Tristen has out grown 2 pairs of jeans since the end of January. What is that...a month and 1/2? Seriously? The kid won't quit growing. He's grown 3 inches since last year and I don't think he's stopped yet.

So, there you have it. A baby update. :)

Dallas Snowpocalypse 2010

Snow started falling early in the morning on Thursday, Feb 11th. I think it began falling around 2am. No, I wasn't actually awake, but that is what the oh so trusty weatherman said. (Actually, I probably was awake either readjusting my pillows to get comfortable or to empty the ole bladder that happens numerous times a night.) Alarm clock goes off at 6:20 for Jason to get up. I usually try to sleep for another 10-15 minutes, but I decided to turn on the news. Within 10 minutes of watching they announce that our school district has closed for the day. Not really sure why they did bc it wasn't that bad out. Jason and I both went on to work. It snowed ALL.DAY.LONG. I swear it was like I was teleported to Colorado or something. The flakes were HUGE.Jason's work closed early...around 315. I could hear my bosses at the end of the hall making calls to our branches advising them of procedures for the morning. The procedures - be at work on time. Sad, but true. I was told that b/c I wasn't 'essential staff' I could come in when I felt it was safe. I took my laptop home so I could do a few things that I needed to get done before 10am. The snow continued to fall and was still falling when I went to bed at 9pm. It was soooo pretty. DFW airport got 12.5" of snow. We don't live far from DFW airport, but my guesstimation is we got right around 9". The boys had an absolute blast playing in all of the snow. I think they changed clothes 3 times yesterday and went through 15 pairs of socks. Guess who is folding the laundry basket today........the boys! HAHA! Their school along with probably EVERY OTHER school in DFW is closed today, so they are enjoying a snow day with Dad. Colby was supposed to have a baseball tournament this week, but it obviously has been cancelled. (I'm secretly excited about this!) Below are a few pics from my phone.

View from my 8th floor window at work at 9am

Trees by my work on the way home

Colby's snow man - with a mouth made of beer caps and pennies. Really? It isn't like we didn't have oreos or fruit snacks or SOMETHING else in the house besides BEER CAPS?!? LOL!

Backyard - morning of Friday, Feb. 12th

Picture of our neighborhood as I'm leaving for work

View from my parking garage at work on Friday.

-- Post From My iPhone

Fire Pit

Jason recently built a fire pit in the backyard and we love it. This past weekend he bought a truck bed full of firewood, so we are set. Here are some pictures of my handy dandy husband's work! So glad I have a do-it-yourself type hubby! :-) We love hanging out in our backyard after our covered patio was finished and this will make the fall evenings and some winter evenings enjoyable.

Jason preppeed the area by mowing a circle

Mr. Perfectionist had to get technical and measure to find the radius and make a perfect circle.

Jason meticulously sorting and laying the stones

Finished Fire Pit

Setup waiting for a fire

View from end of backyard

Lovely fire!!!!

-- Post From My iPhone

Wall Vinyl=Probable Fail

Well, the wall vinyl I had ordered arrived today and I was so excited to get it on the wall. After J precisely measured everything, which took forever....we finally put it up on the wall. We rubbed and rubbed and rubbed. Damn vinyl wasn't sticking to the wall. Yes, I know. It is supposed to be on a smooth surface. Our walls don't have any type of fancy texture, so I figured our walls were fine. I'm guessing they aren't fine. Here is a pic of part of it up. The scroll work for the top and bottom is two separate pieces and probably won't make it on the wall, as Jason predicts that what is up there now will be falling down completely by morning. I'm soooo bummed!

Edited to add: Jason thinks it *might* stick for a little while, but not for long. I got a rather large version and so it wasn't cheap. I'm going to be pissed if it doesn't stick. :-(

Master Bedroom - Paint Project

We've been in the house now since May 2008. From the day we looked at the house, we knew the MB paint would have to change. Surprisingly, this was the only room, well along with the boys' bathroom, that we knew we would paint immediately, or so we thought. We've endured the coral pink walls for the past 14 months and we've talked about it off and on throughout the past 14 months on when we were going to paint. First, I had to buy new bedding, which I continued putting off. I finally bought it about 6 months ago and it sat in a box. Finally, Jason decided we needed to put it on the bed, and it did somewhat coordinate with the wall.

You can see a slight shade of pink in the bedding. Well, that was pretty much the color of our wall, but a little deeper/brighter. So, you see the vibrant red. Pottery Barn showed this in their catalog with a red wall (Million Dollar Red to be exact) and was also shown with a light green wall. Well, the light green wouldn't work b/c the main areas of home are light green. While, I wasn't going for Fire Engine red, I wanted a nice muted red color for our walls.

So off to Home Depot we go with Pillow Sham in hand, just in case I need it for them to color match if they didn't have Benjamin Moore's formula for Million Dollar Red, as suggested by PB. They had the formula for the ever hated Million Dollar Red. So they mix it and we buy 2 gallons of the new Behr's Primer & Paint. Sweet....get home and J preps everything. Open the can of paint and WOW.....it appears to almost be Home Depot orange. J puts a coat on the wall and SHIT.....it is ORANGE-RED. OMG...........it was terrible. He tells me to chill out and let it dry and he'll do a 2nd coat. I've already got my mind made up that this isn't going to work. A few more choice words come flying out of my mouth since we have 2 gallons of custom paint. I don't even let him get the 2nd coat on before I head back out the door to HD. Thankfully, HD is 1/2 mile from our house. Back up to the paint counter.....and of course they look at me like I'm crazy since I was JUST there 45 minutes ago. So.....all they could do was add black to the paint. Dorky paint dude told the Old paint lady to add a 1/2 oz of black to both gallons. Well, Old paint lady decided she would add a whole ounce. I didn't know this until AFTER both pails were sitting on the counter ready for me to leave. So...............I get back and J starts painting. It is looking better and it is closer to what I was wanting. I tried to help, but my roller was taken away. I was the beer retriever and supervisor. Soooooo.........3 coats are now on 2 walls and the trim is done. While the walls are now more of a rust color(brownish/reddish), and not as red as I would've liked, they look great. I think that if the Old paint lady had only put in 1/2 oz of black as she was told, it would be closer to what I wanted. While it isn't exactly what I wanted.......they look fabulous and I don't know that we'll ever be painting our MB walls again. Lesson learned....just color match and not follow a suggested paint color.

Oh....and I had to go back for a 3rd gallon of paint yesterday. We've gone through 2 gallons of paint/primer and we have 2 walls left for 2nd and 3rd coats. Jason said that him painting our bedroom was my birthday present! HA!

Here is a very, very, very crappy picture. You can see (but only kind of due to the craptastic lighting) the fabulous coral pink, Million Dollar Red, and the new color. I have other pictures on my camera, I just haven't downloaded them yet. Due to the flourescent lighting and the sunlight coming in.....it really wasn't great for taking pictures. I was getting cursed at since I was taking pictures and not helping, so I didn't take the time to adjust the lighting. I might've gotten completely fired from my job had I taken any more pictures or tried to adjust the lighting.

Behr's Paint & Primer review: While it was suggested that we would probably only need 2 coats of Paint/Primer, we had to do a 3rd coat. If you get about 12 inches away from the wall...you can still see specks of pink paint through the new color, but we are not doing a 4th coat. The Paint & Primer in one is $8 more/gallon. I guess I'd recommend it, but still slightly disappointed that it didn't provide better coverage. Although, on the display at HD they show that it takes 7 coats of regular paint to do what Behr's Paint/Primer does in 2 coats. So there ya go.....

Wall Vinyl...

I cannot wait to get this wall vinyl decal in the mail! I just ordered it on Etsy! It is going to look fabulous in our living room!!!!

Patio Is Complete!

The patio was completed last Friday. We absolutely love it and was worth every penny we paid. We still have other things we'd like to do. Our plans include - new patio furniture, add a ceiling fan, a tv, lights on the cedar posts, and landscaping. Eventually we plan to add flagstone over the cement or do stamped concrete, but I don't forsee that being done this summer. We'll probably wait until the end of summer to buy new patio furniture in hopes that we find some good end of season clearance sales.

Happy Days....oh Happy Days!!!

I finally broke down and decided to hire a housekeeper. With our busy and ever changing schedule, I finally decided to do it. Jason told me to do it back in January when he started school, but I'm pretty frugal and didn't want to do it. I don't mind housework and usually do it on the weekends when the boys are at their mom's and Jason is at work. Well, the weekends are few and far b/w when there is nothing going on, so I finally caved in and did it.

I can't wait to go home to a sparkling clean house this afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are also close to finalizing a contractor for our covered back patio! We already have the cement slab. Our previous owners exteded the slab and so we lucked out on not having to pour more cement. We are waiting on 2 more estimates and then we will get the ball rolling!!!!!!! The below picture is similar to what we are having built.

Halloween @ The Hoppers

Our first Halloween in our new house was a success. Here are some pics of our decorations. We had a large pumpkin that stood about 8ft tall in the front yard, but was demolished by the wind about a week and 1/2 ago. Jason says that he is going all out next year with black lights, strobe lights, etc.

Those would be ghosts hanging in the tree.

Our celestial pumpkins were a success, and we received TONS of compliments on them all night. They were by so much easier than carving a pumpkin. Tristen's pumpkin says 'BOO' and Colby's pumpkin says 'Leave!'.

Colby was the scary guy and Tristen was the ninja.

Drapery Saga Ended

Here are a pictures of the drapes we finally decided on. I love them! They make a world of difference.


Edited to add - The walls are a light sage green, which is what the original owner had. The walls looked great with the original owner's decor, but they aren't really growing on me now that we've been in the house for 5 months. I am not particularly crazy about them, although Jason likes them. In his words, he likes 'earthy tones'. I'm not really 'happy' with them, but they will work until I can one day convince Jason to allow me, well, actually, it will be when I can convince him to repaint them. They probably won't get to repainted until we re-do the kitchen, which won't be for awhile.

Our uneventful weekend...

Well, my last uneventful weekend for awhile is coming to a close. I just woke up from a 2 hour nap, and I probably won't be getting another one of those for at least a month! We didn't do much this weekend. We prepared for Ike on Friday night. We moved all of our patio furniture, grill and other outdoor stuff into the garage. I had mentally decided I wasn't getting out of the house on Saturday b/c of Ike. Yeah, big.fat.mistake. Ike was absolutely nothing but a measly rain storm for us. I don't even think we got more than 1/2" of rain. We do have friends in Houston who rode out the storm. If power isn't restored by Tuesday in my good friend Kori's neighborhood, she is going to come see me here in Dallas. Her parents' house just has some missing shingles, downed fence and trees, but no MAJOR damage. Our thoughts go out to all those who experienced the full strength verison Ike and who are now picking up the pieces from the jerk.

Today, we did the normal routine. Got up, went and ate breakfast, grocery store and then shopped for the house. We now have outdoor landscape lighting which looks great! I failed to get any pictures of my handyman, aka Jason, installing the lighting. He amazes me every day with his skills. We bought a new rug and runner for the living room, and a new lamp for the office.

Our next 3 weekends are pretty hectic. Next weekend Colby has a baseball tournament and it is Jason's birthday. The following weekend is the JDRF walk, Colby's team building activities for baseball, and a big family party at our house (right now...we are expecting 30 people...holy crap!). We are celebrating my mom turning 60, my youngest brother is graduating from the Dallas Fire Academy, and Jason's birthday. The weekend after that, Colby has another baseball tournament and we have a joint bachelor/bachelorette party to go to.

Another cute gift idea....

This time, I bought a gift for me, but I'm sure I will be buying more in the near future as the holidays approach. The girl who did my flowers for my wedding has started something else besides her floral business. She has started Artsy Fartsy Designs. I picked up my 'H' last night. I purchased the 24" size which is not shown on her website, but is available. I love it! I haven't found the perfect place for it yet, but in due time, I will.

Weekend Wrapup

My 28th birthday was on Friday. Jason had been bugging me about what I wanted to do for my birthday. Every time he asked I said that I didn't care and could careless about doing anything. I'm just not into my birthday like I use to be. Anyways, I took the day off on Friday and Jason ended up with his 3-day (technically 4-day counting Labor Day) weekend, so we've had a nice long weekend together (the boys went to their mom's). I went and got my hair 'did' on Friday. It is super cute and LOVE it. I cut about 3 1/2 inches off and added some dark color for the fall. I went and did some birthday shopping for some clothes. I found a few things and had planned on going back today, but we somehow ended up at Lowe's and Home Depot instead of the mall! LOL!

My new hairdo!

Saturday evening we went to dinner with a bunch of our friends. We had planned on going bowling after dinner, but we never made it there. I had a great time just hanging out with our friends on the patio at Life's a Beach.

Sunday, we just hung around the house. Made a trip to Lowe's for some solar lights for the flower beds out front. We'll see how well they work tonight. I'm not keeping my hopes up. **If anyone who reads this can reccommend their solar lights or outdoor landscape lighting, please let me know!!!!** Sunday afternoon we went house hunting with my brother and sister-in-law. It was fun looking at houses, but glad we are done with that whole process.

Today, we've made 4 trips to Lowes/Home Depot. Luckily, we are less than a mile from both stores. We first went to go look for a part for part of the sink in the boys' bathroom. We ended up with a part we thought would work and then we bought some curtain rods for the office. I've had these curtains for probably 2 months now, and we are just now getting around to hanging them. They are finally up. I like them, but don't LOVE them. I liked them better before they were hung. I think it is the way they look when they are pulled back. Eh, whatever. They will work until I find something I love.

Office Curtains

Close up

After Jason hung the curtains, he started on the bathroom sink. Yeah, wrong part. Went back to Lowe's and they didn't have the part. Went across the street to Home Depot, and found what we were TOLD would work. Yeah, that didn't work. Went BACK to Home Depot, and just purchased a whole faucet set (an inexpensive one ($29) until we redo the bathroom). WOOHOO...we are home free. WRONG....Jason realized he needed some silicone sealant and some faucet hoses. So, I went BACK to HD. I'm beat by this point. I'm finally back at home and vowed that I am not returning to HD or Lowes for at least a week. I think I just heard him finish up!

Jason....not really thrilled about me taking pictures.

Woohoo! We are back in working order.Bye, bye old faucet.

Before and After

Here are pictures of our front yard - before and after - Jason got a hold of it.

Picture from May 2008 (before we bought the house)

August 2008

August 2008

Whirlwind Weekend

What a weekend? Really, the past week has been such a whirlwind. Although, I was in and out of the office last week. I need a vacation. Friday, Colby had a 11:15am game in the World Series. After his game, Colby and I rushed off to the mall to try and find a dress for a wedding Jason and I were attending on Saturday. Jason headed off to pick up his tux and get a haircut. After scurrying around through the mall, I finally get home around 3:45 as we need to leave the house at 5pm to get to Wylie by 6pm (on a Friday afternoon w/traffic). Jason isn't home yet from getting his haircut, and finally walks in the door at 4:30. In between trying to get dressed and clothes ironed, I'm trying to coordinate with my brother to come get Colby. Tristen went over to his mom's house last Monday and has been over there ever since, so he has missed out on all of the excitement. We finally get out of the door on time and head to Wylie. Colby got to hang out with the big kids on a Friday night. He went to see The Dark Night with my brother, his wife and some of their friends.

Saturday morning came early (see post below). After the ceremony of his team receiving their medals, we hurry home, shower, and change to get to Wylie by 12pm. My brother and his wife came and got Colby again. The wedding was at 2 and Jason needed to be there at 12 since he was in the wedding. I dropped Jason off at the church and went and ran a few errands. Got back to the church, changed clothes and then the wedding started. It was an very nice, small wedding. The guys in the wedding had forgot (as always) to bring any materials to decorate the 'getaway car' with, so I ran off to CVS during the reception to get some shoe polish and twine. I will post some hilarious video of the guys decorating/moving the groom's (old/vintage) VW Beetle.

After the wedding, we headed home and relaxed for a little bit. We met up with my brother and his wife to pick up Colby and eat dinner. After dinner we headed home and did some more relaxing. We purchased some bed risers and wall (dry-erase) calendars for the boys' rooms, so we setup those things. (Calendars for the upcoming school year to try and teach them to be more organized and to keep up with their school work and activities.)

Sunday, Jason got up and tackled the yard and I cleaned, while we waited on Colby's mom to come pick him up. Tristen rode with his mom to come pick Colby up so it was good to see him. We hadn't seen him in almost a week, but they will be back Tuesday night. After they boys left, Jason and I headed off to Ikea. Naturally, I hopped in my car (VW Jetta) since I get a heck of a lot better gas mileage than Jason's truck. Halfway to Ikea, I turned to Jason and said that it wasn't smart to bring my car. DUH! We knew we would be buying some furniture at Ikea. Oh well, we kept on driving. Well, we ended up purchasing 2 large bookcases and 1 smaller books case, 2 lamps, and a few other small items. Lucikly, we got it all in my car. I was basically riding in the windshield the whole way home, but we made it home safely. We unloaded that stuff and headed to JCPenny's b/c they were having a sale and I had a coupon. We found some curtains for our dining room and a lamp. Without the sale and coupon, our total would've been $360! With the sale and coupon, our total was $111!!!!!! I will have to post pictures of our new items!

So, now we are both back at work, wishing it was the weekend again already!

Jason's Father's Day.....

Jason got bored on Sunday after the boys went over to their mom's and after his family left. He decided he wanted to add something to the front yard. I wish I could've taken a before picture before he went to work. Before, there was nothing, just the tree and grass. Here is his masterpiece! He added the stones and everything inside it.
We planted Vinca, Silver Shower White Lilyturf, and African Iris.

House Pictures

Here are some pictures of the house w/our furniture in it! We obviously still have blank walls, still lacking some furniture in the boys' rooms and living room, and all of the decorative touches. There obviously isn't a picture of our extra bedroom, master bedroom and master bathroom, but those are the last to be done! LOL It will all come together eventually. :) Once we finally have it together, we'll have a house party!

Excuse the crappy picture quality.

Colby's Room

Tristen's Room

Boys bathroom (walls will be painted a deep red)

Dining Room Table

Office

Living Room

Other angle of Living Room

New Applicances & House Updates

Here is a picture of our new dishwasher and fridge. I was very adament about wanting a dishwasher with a hidden control panel. Saturday night we spent, rather Jason spent pulling out the old, yucky white dishwasher and replacing it with our new stainless steel dishwasher. I love it! The fridge is great too! We will eventually replace the white microwave and the white oven.



We spent most of the weekend at the house. We went by Friday night to drop off the fridge and dishwasher. The previous owners were still there touching up nail holes and cleaning. It was nice to meet them. They were extremely nice people and they were very particular to leave the house in great condition. Saturday we spent cleaning up the flower beds, unpacking wedding gifts that we have had in storage, and cleaning. Sunday we made our first of many trips to Home Depot to purchase lawn equpiment. This is obviously Jason's forte, so I just pushed the cart. Monday, I stayed home from work b/c we were having some minor foundation repair done (paid by sellers), and I had to be home while they were there. Monday evening we made another trip to Home Depot to buy some paint (white) so we could repaint the kitchen pantry. We got one coat done and will have to do another coat sometime this week. Jason worked on the backyard a little. It had a 3ft X 3ft hole where a sand box that went with a swing set was. Short/Long term plan is to put in a pool. Hopefully it will be sooner than later, as in maybe by next summer.

We plan on having everything excpet the large furniture moved over to the house before next Monday. Next Monday, we will move everything else over and spend our first night in the new house.

New Bedding

Here is the bedding we purchased for the boys. They got to pick it out (with our discretion). LOL! We tried to pick sets that would work with the current paint colors in their rooms. Colby's room is a goldish - yellow color, and Tristen's room is a calm blue color.

Colby's Bedding

Tristen's Bedding