Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Halloween

I'm a little behind on my pictures and posts! 
Here's a Halloween recap.

We were able to go to several different Halloween activities. This was the best picture I could get of both of them together at a church Halloween party.

The first play date we had at our new house was a Halloween party with friends!

Ava could hardly wait for the signal to begin "trunk-or-treating" at the church.

It took Tyler a minute to figure out what was going on. 

When he caught on he was all over it! I laughed when people lowered their big bowl of candy and told him to take "one piece." Yeah right, he grabbed a handful!

Each time he got a piece of candy it was in his mouth in a matter of seconds...wrapper and all. :)

We also went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.
In her prayers Ava thanked Heavenly Father for Halloween and princesses. 

THANK YOU!!

I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has helped us in our move. The missionaries and friends in the ward helped physically move our stuff.  Many friends watched our kids while we packed and moved. 

I'm grateful my mom, brother and mother-in-law were able to come out to help! Not only was it great to see them, but I'm grateful for all they did for us!

My mom took care of the kids so my friend and I could unpack and decorate. Thank you to a wonderful friend who has almost decorated my entire house in less than a month!

 My brother was a huge help! He fixed EVERYTHING from leaky faucets, to broken door handles, to assembling furniture and more. Not to mention he helped lift a lot of things too.  :) Ava was very grateful that Uncle Ken assembled her bunk bed! Thanks Ken!

I don't have any pictures with Justin's mom, but a HUGE THANKS to her for also coming out to help! She helped unpack, paint our new home and clean our old apartment among other things! 

We are so very grateful for our wonderful
family and friends! 
Thank you guys!!

Ava and I went to the store to pick out sheets for her new bunk bed. She was shocked and thrilled when I allowed her to pick out these wild sheets. :)

Monday, November 11, 2013

Tour: The Inside Revealed!

The long awaited pictures of the inside of our home!
Obviously we are short on furniture.  :)  
Over the next year we hope to fill the empty spaces.

View from the front door.

The open door in the picture above is our half bath. There is a coat closet next to the half bath. Thanks to Justin's Mom for painting this bathroom for us!

Turn the corner from the front door and you will see our empty living room. One day there will be a sofa and a sofa table facing the armoire along with a few other pieces of furniture.

Next is the formal dinning room which we changed into the piano room. There is no way we are allowing our children to eat over carpet!! Justin changed the light fixture from a chandelier to the flush mount light.

 Thanks to my friend for helping me decorate!!
 Again, missing a few chairs to be purchased in the future. 

The other side of the piano room. Standing at the back door. Hutch to be painted in the future.

One of my favorite rooms!! 
There is so much cupboard and counter space!
This view is from the piano room.

Now on to the basement, our main living area. 
This half of the basement is the play area. To the left is a wet bar.

The other half of the basement: the adult area.
The closed door is a full bathroom for guests. To the right of that is a guest bedroom (for all of you!!)
Come visit us!

That's it for the bottom two floors of the house. The upstairs isn't quite put together. We have a great master suite, his and her closets and a large bathroom. Justin's office is in a section of our master bedroom. There are two other rooms upstairs. Ava and Tyler share a room. They sleep on a bunk bed which they LOVE. Another favorite room of mine is the UPSTAIRS LAUNDRY room! 

Although Ava loves the new house, she misses her friends tremendously. We are about 30 minutes away from all of her friends versus having them down the street.

That being said, she was bored one day and this is what she did.

This is what she decided to wear for pajamas one night.

Tyler is missing from this post, but this picture is for him. We were in the basement when Tyler wandered upstairs. I was going to follow him up there, but before I made it I heard a thud and then Tyler began to cry. I found him covered in milk with his head down. When he saw me he said, "Ut-Oh" and kept crying. He wasn't crying because he was hurt. He was crying because he spilled milk all over himself in his unsuccessful attempt to pour a glass of milk. He's only 20 months old!

Hair Cut

I haven't cut my hair short since before Tyler was born. 
I was tired of the length and ready to chop it off!

Before


After