Living Room

Here is the living room...finally! I had to beg Cory the other night to hang up some pictures so I could have another room finished. This might be it for a while! The dining room is a disaster and so is our master bedroom. You don't even want to go in the office, it is all boxes. So is the garage for that matter. Anyway, we are getting there.

I am getting rid of the red drapes and going green I think, just have to find some I like online! This doorway goes into the dining room.

We will most likely not use the patio doors that are already covered, especially since we put the recliner right there. The boys go outside from the basement or the kitchen so we don't use the other patio doors either.

I cut off the angled ceiling, but you sort of get the idea. Also on the left wall up top, there are 5 huge windows that let lots of light and heat in! This room gets pretty toasty when it is hot out...it got up to 90 degrees once last week and the living room was a sauna. Not sure what we will do about this next summer! Also not sure why the previous owner left us the big speakers but there they are...not sure what we are going to do with them. I am sure Cory will hook up some surround sound. The doorway you see goes into the entry way and down the hall to the bedrooms.

Boy's Bathroom

This one really isn't that exciting, but I know my mom and sister are wanting to see each room...so here you go!

I stayed with the jungle theme from the old house and we will most likely paint it darker soon!

Cole's Room

Cole got one of the newly painted rooms. All the rooms were painted in neutral colors, but Cole's had a blue wall. It was more of a country blue wall so I wanted it to go. I picked a green color for the walls so that if we have a girl some day it won't have to be painted for her! It turned out great! A huge thanks to my mother in law for painting most of it and to my friend Christie for finishing it up.

Our Tub

Anytime we show the house to someone new, they go nuts when they see our tub. It is very unique to say the least. We weren't too sure about it as a shower at first but it is great...doesn't get water everywhere and definitely doesn't get cold. Our bathroom gets hot quickly...so no complaints in that area.

We are having some trouble with the hot water heater, it has its own tankless one but it doesn't seem to work just right. Not sure what to do, but anyway...

Here is a pic of our pool...the boys love it and there is room for just about all of us in there. Although the most we have tried at once is 4...Cory and the boys took a swim the other night and had a blast!

Back in the Saddle - Kitchen pics

I am somewhat embarrassed by my lack of blogging, but please forgive me :) As most of you know we have had a lot going on in our lives. Painting our new house, packing, moving, the arrival of our foster daughter, and well just life in general has kept us all very busy. But we are almost settled in our new place and I know you guys are itching for pictures. Since I only posted 3 times in September, I am going to drag these out :) Not really...I only have a few rooms done.

Here are a few of the kitchen

This is the view looking from the entry to the kitchen from the dining room or entry hall. There will be a black filing cabinet for the printer to sit on soon. My desk with most likely never be cleaned off, but this is close enough! Not sure what to put over my desk, they had a TV but I don't need one in the kitchen...I don't cook enough :) I am considering getting rid of the baker's rack and Cory wants to build some sort of locker system for the boys. The door the garage is just to the left of the picture and so when they all come in from the car their backpacks, diaper bags, etc could go there.
Here is the view from the door to the garage. The laundry room is to the right not pictured and the door you see next to the fridge goes to the dining room. I will be replacing the curtain above the sink...not really into green gingham :)
This last one is from the back door. The door you see is a pantry and the left doorway goes to the dining room and the right goes to the hallway that goes by the front door.

Moving is Chaotic!

For those of you out in blog land that don't know we are moving, that is my big excuse for the lack of posting. Things are an absolute circus around here! Between packing, moving boxes, painting, unpacking, garage sales, and your usual chaos, it is a zoo over here!

My parents came down this weekend to help with the garage sale and move some boxes and such. It was a great and busy weekend. Cole and Carter got into the packing mode and I took some time to snap some shots!

Cole climbed on just about every box he could.

He was so proud of himself!

Carter loves bubble wrap! He stomped on it all evening! Not sure what good it is now though :)


Hopefully once the chaos slows down I will get back to my regularly scheduled posting! See you soon!

1st Soccer Games

Today started our first ever soccer season. It was pouring rain, but we prayed that it would lighten up a little as we drove to the game. It didn't! :( so Cole, Carter, and Graydon stayed in the car, while I snapped a few photos. Cory and Caden were SOAKED!! They called the game halfway through for lightening, but then let them start up again 15 minutes later. The kids did great most of the game. They were freezing and soaked but had fun! We got beat, but they don't keep score :) Our boys kept kicking the wrong way...oh well! We are praying the rain dies down for our next game this afternoon!

Cory giving Caden some pointers, trying to get his head in the game.

Getting ready to kick

Go Reid Go!!!

Stretching for the game!

Education Can Be Fun!

Caden is having so much fun at school and learning tons of cool stuff. He shares bits and pieces of it with us throughout the day and it just makes me smile to see how much fun he is having with learning.

Apparently they have talked about traffic signs and such...from his comments and a few notes sent home from his teacher. He also said something about a snack with crackers, icing, and m&m's. Well today I break out the graham crackers and he begs for traffic light snack. I think what on earth is he talking about...but then figure it out! We have some vanilla icing left over from the party Friday and a pack of m&m's...we are in business!

Instantly he ices one and turns it into a traffic light. Devin, this is for you...he wanted me to take a picture and blog about it :) So here it is for the grandparents to see!
Carter had to get in on the action, but doesn't quite get the concept of a traffic light. He did tell me that red means stop and green mean go fast...so we are getting there!
I am so thankful Caden is enjoying school and learning some fun things! I also love that snack time can be educational! Fun times today!