John &The Girls: May 2010

She LOVES bubbles! The Easter bunny brought her a bubble blower, it is a favorite!

My Dad's new farm hand. she love the farm and cows.

Well our house is finally looking finished here and there. We have 3 closet doors to hang, and 6 doors to put trim around. We have finished almost all the trim. By that we I mean John, but he used the nail gun I bought.The all we have is the tile back splash I can't decide on and the back patio, so we can use our new doors!

Just a few reminders of how things used to be and why I LOVE what I have now!!!

just a peek at the finished kitchen

same as above, and more trim work.

more trim work

Laundry room B & A's

I added curtains to hide our water heater and the wall of plumbing, I also put those cheap peal and stick tiles on the floor to finish it off. I just need to add my cabinets, some vinyl( I can't decide what I want it to say) and an orange paint stripe around the room.

So we decided while we were fixing the basement it would be a good time to fix up chuck( our spare junk room). so I repainted, and had the carpet installers put a good piece from the TV room into there. it turned out great. I just need to find a new basketball net for the light. ha ha. This is John's room hence the old school sports wall paper I left up. Hey it has got to be vintage!

Wow so lots has been going on around here. I have totally enjoyed my new house Especially the kitchen I am totally spoiled rotten!!! But on that same note we had our basement flood because of some plumbing issues in the kitchen sink. We had a plumber come to clean out our drain , and he said he was done so we believed him, started the dishwasher and left for the evening. Well we came back to a flooded basement! Now this could have been so much worse, but it just got our laundry room, storage room( I like to call it my Mormon room ha ha) and into the main family room. just by the stairs. so we had to call in a company to clean it up, but that meant they tore out a hunk of my carpet and the carpet and pad up my stairs, all the molding in that area, and the drywall anywhere the little meter thing went off. That meant that my basement has been a mess since then! It took over a week for my insurance company to get back with me and everything figured out. but We have carpet ordered( yes I get the big room and stairs redone!!) and because just a little bit was ruined I decided that i would have the installers put the old into one of the spare bed room down there(chuck as some of you know it), the drywall has been repaired(the same guy we always use, he is so cheap and does a great job! He also patched up a lot of stuff included in his price BONUS) So now I am going to have a new laundry room and great room downstairs, Kaydence will be so glad to have her playroom back! Her toys are everywhere making me nuts!

I have still have been sewing and crafting as usual. I made John's little sister some calendar blocks, a grocery sack holder, and a little sign that said" when I said I Do I didn't mean Dishes" along with a bunch of cleaning supplies for her bridal shower. I made myself a sack holder while I was at it. I have been getting ready for our Disney Cruise with Johns family I cannot hardly wait.I finished all the paper work and got our passports and birth certificates all in a safe place just waiting for the big day!I tried to order a new cricut cartridge but it of coarse was back ordered so I found a friend who had one.FREE even better! So I was going to make some autograph pages for the characters on the cruise, but didn't want to spend the time on it, so I have made shirts! I decided that Kayde would need some Disney attire, but didn't feel like $20 bucks for a t shirt she most likely would stain was a good deal. So I got thinking and decided to make some mickey mouse applique shirts would be great. She has 3 and Casen will be getting one as well his mom loved the idea to. Those three dollar shirts from walmart and a fleece scarf from the dollar store have been good for this! I also made some curtains to hide an ugly(un-Sheetrock-able) wall in our laundry room. I LOVE the way they turned out. I got my fabric for a dollar a yard out of the clearance bin at walmart. Next on the sewing list is quilts! I am so excited to start trying my hand at it. I'm going to make Kayde a comforter and bed skirt, maybe so pillows too for her big girl bedroom she will be getting this summer.

I had my Dance Recital for the studio I teach at which including all the prep we do for it took 3 weeks, and then a week after that I was a hostess mom for a girl in the Miss Gunnison Pageant. She got 2nd atendent. I was super proud! I also threw a bridal shower for a Friend, and then had Kayla's shower to.

Kaydence Is SOOO big. I can't believe she is closer to being 2 than she is 1. She runs everywhere right now(and she is getting fast). She has a huge vocabulary I love it. she will count to 3 if she fells like it, can say most anybodies name. Still loves both her grandpa's, but LOVES going to the farm with my dad, who she calls "Papa". She has also named my grandma,"Nana", which is super funny, I have no idea where she herd that or came up with the idea. She is so funny and can dance with the best of dancers. She is also a climber, but interestingly enough doesn't try to get in or out of her crib. I will often find she is awake by her calling me from her bed"momma.... momma..." it is so cute. She loves to be outside! I have to make sure I keep our blinds in our new french doors to the back closed until we are both dressed or it is a fight until we are out there. She is very independent(shocker right?) We have a few power struggles here and there(unfortunately we believe in spanking) so I usually win but it we feel that in the long run it is better for all of us. Kayde is also really into dolls, and anything baby like. She loves to keep her babies wrapped up in the blankets I had to make for her( I tried giving her dish clothes but she knew better). I am excited to see how she will be with her new cousin due to arrive in August( Huge congrats to Zack and Mindy on the new little boy!). Well thanks for hanging in there with me. Just think of this as like three posts in one. I hope to get some more pictures of my creations on here, but until then enjoy these!

I had my friend Jessica Pratt took these. I wanted an old time feel with some of them. I think she did great with my vision. Especially when it was a fight to get Kayde to smile, act happy or even pay attention to us!