Friday, December 24, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Before
Our House
Kitchen
Living Room
Main Bathroom
Hayden's Room
Kipton's Room
Master Bedroom
Backyard
Our house
I forgot to mention in my last post that we bought a house this summer. We love it! It's just the perfect size for our family. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a really big fenced in backyard. There are lots of little projects around the house that we'd like to do to make it "ours". (and to update a little) Nothing too major, there are just a lot of gold fixtures that we'd like to replace and linoleum floors...I HATE them.
So far we have painted the kitchen, living room, hallway, and both the boys rooms. We have also replaced the fridge, oven and microwave with new stainless steel appliances. We got a new washer, dryer, couch and love seat. We have plans to tile the kitchen and bathroom floors, stain the kitchen cabinets, replace all the gold fixtures and probably the biggest project is to put french doors in the kitchen that go to the backyard. Right now the only way to get to the backyard is to go through the garage, and that is kind of a pain.
We are so lucky to have been in a position to be able to buy our first home. Its so awesome to know that it's all ours and that we don't have to worry about moving for awhile. We were blessed to find a home that suits us perfectly. We moved into a great neighborhood with lots of kids and great families around us. Our ward has been so nice and welcoming.
So far we have painted the kitchen, living room, hallway, and both the boys rooms. We have also replaced the fridge, oven and microwave with new stainless steel appliances. We got a new washer, dryer, couch and love seat. We have plans to tile the kitchen and bathroom floors, stain the kitchen cabinets, replace all the gold fixtures and probably the biggest project is to put french doors in the kitchen that go to the backyard. Right now the only way to get to the backyard is to go through the garage, and that is kind of a pain.
We are so lucky to have been in a position to be able to buy our first home. Its so awesome to know that it's all ours and that we don't have to worry about moving for awhile. We were blessed to find a home that suits us perfectly. We moved into a great neighborhood with lots of kids and great families around us. Our ward has been so nice and welcoming.
Friday, December 3, 2010
New Blog!
Well I guess since I got so far behind with our old blog, and since we have added to the family I am going to start a whole new one. Our family has been crazy busy lately. So this will be a quick run through of the last few months and I will really try to keep it updated better.
Hayden started tumbling at a place called The Little Gym about 3 months ago, and he loves it. He looks forward to going every Saturday. It has been so good for him, he's learning tons of coordination and also how to play better with kids his age.
Then, of course, little Kipton James came along on September 17. He was 7 lbs 5 oz 21 inches long. He is so much fun. Now at 11 weeks, he has such a fun personality. He loves to smile and laugh. Kipton is a big boy though, unlike his brother. :) At his 2 month doctor appointment he weighed in at 13.1 lbs (in the 82%) and 23.75 inches. I can't believe how big he is. Hayden in an AMAZING big brother. He is always checking to make sure that Kipton is ok. If he starts crying, he gives him is foola (pacifier) or talks to him and tells him he's ok. I can't wait for Kipton to get a little bigger so they can play together.
Halloween was fun and busy because there was a lot of family in town. Hayden was a cow and Kipton was a little ghost. We did trick-or-treating at Ryan's work and also at the mall because the weather was awful that day. It was fun to have so much family around for the weekend.
Kipton was blessed on October 31 and we were able to have all the family in town for it. It turned out so great and Ryan gave a beautiful blessing. Everyone was in tears. Ry's uncle said that during the blessing Kipton was wide awake just staring at Ryan while he gave the blessing. It was wonderful.
Ryan and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on November 9th. Didn't do anything too spectacular, just dinner and a movie. We are planning a big anniversary trip next year for our 5th.
We had Thanksgiving in St. George with Ryan's family. We were there for almost a week. it was kind of funny because my in-laws are in the process of building a home so for now they are in a condo so it was a very tight fit to get everyone there. Lots of air mattresses and suitcases in the hallway. We had a good time though. Ry and I decided it would be fun to do some day after Thanksgiving shopping and took it to the max. We left the house at 9 PM Thursday night for the outlets and waited in line at Children's Place, which opened at 10. From there we went to Wal-Mart, Kohls, K-Mart, and Lowes. We got back to his moms house with a completely full car at 6:45 AM. It was exhausting, but so much fun to spend that time together .
Well that's pretty much our lives for the last few months. I put some pictures up to go with the update. They probably aren't in order. :)
Hayden started tumbling at a place called The Little Gym about 3 months ago, and he loves it. He looks forward to going every Saturday. It has been so good for him, he's learning tons of coordination and also how to play better with kids his age.
Then, of course, little Kipton James came along on September 17. He was 7 lbs 5 oz 21 inches long. He is so much fun. Now at 11 weeks, he has such a fun personality. He loves to smile and laugh. Kipton is a big boy though, unlike his brother. :) At his 2 month doctor appointment he weighed in at 13.1 lbs (in the 82%) and 23.75 inches. I can't believe how big he is. Hayden in an AMAZING big brother. He is always checking to make sure that Kipton is ok. If he starts crying, he gives him is foola (pacifier) or talks to him and tells him he's ok. I can't wait for Kipton to get a little bigger so they can play together.
Halloween was fun and busy because there was a lot of family in town. Hayden was a cow and Kipton was a little ghost. We did trick-or-treating at Ryan's work and also at the mall because the weather was awful that day. It was fun to have so much family around for the weekend.
Kipton was blessed on October 31 and we were able to have all the family in town for it. It turned out so great and Ryan gave a beautiful blessing. Everyone was in tears. Ry's uncle said that during the blessing Kipton was wide awake just staring at Ryan while he gave the blessing. It was wonderful.
Ryan and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on November 9th. Didn't do anything too spectacular, just dinner and a movie. We are planning a big anniversary trip next year for our 5th.
We had Thanksgiving in St. George with Ryan's family. We were there for almost a week. it was kind of funny because my in-laws are in the process of building a home so for now they are in a condo so it was a very tight fit to get everyone there. Lots of air mattresses and suitcases in the hallway. We had a good time though. Ry and I decided it would be fun to do some day after Thanksgiving shopping and took it to the max. We left the house at 9 PM Thursday night for the outlets and waited in line at Children's Place, which opened at 10. From there we went to Wal-Mart, Kohls, K-Mart, and Lowes. We got back to his moms house with a completely full car at 6:45 AM. It was exhausting, but so much fun to spend that time together .
Well that's pretty much our lives for the last few months. I put some pictures up to go with the update. They probably aren't in order. :)
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