Ingenuity

Tights! I would have never thought that tights would be fun to play with but apparently they are quite adaptable to any purpose. :)

Sneak Peek

First of all, today is our 13th wedding anniversary. Time flies.

Anyway, we found out this week that the renters are moving out so we can sign on the house June 28th. 2 months early! I am so excited. We went with the appraiser last week and took some pictures of our house. The pics are from Aaron's phone so not so great, but still it gives you a little sneak peek. The house was built in the late 80's, so we will have some updating to do but it is in such great condition and there is such limited housing here in Shelby that we just feel like we are so blessed to be buying it.

We are going to have lots of room for visitors. ;) It is 2480 sq. feet with a full finished basement, attached 2 car garage, a big shop that is right out of the laundry room door, 7 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, a wood stove in the basement and a wood fireplace upstairs. The house is on about 2 acres (13 city blocks) and has a gorgeous view. See, lots of room for visitors.

My least favorite part of the whole house is the kitchen. It is small compared to our last kitchens but it will work. For now. Oh yes, I have plans. Big plans.  

This is the laundry room. Half of it. This room is bigger than the kitchen. It has an island of all things. I can't even explain how excited I am about this room. The wall opposite the washer and dryer is a big closet and then on the right hand side there is a 1/2 bath and another small closet and a great place to put our freezer. I might just have to get up and dance a little jig before I can continue.

The living room upstairs.

 This is the other side of the living room.

 The other fireplace downstairs. It is huge and separates two big rooms. I'm thinking library and family room. Of course, there is a whole lot of updating to be done down there but I am so excited for projects!

This is the cold room in the basement. I know it doesn't look like much but this almost makes my heart skip a beat. I can just imagine putting all of my veggies from my garden in here. My grandparents used to have a cellar that they stored all of their produce from their garden in and I'm so excited to have my own.

Well, that's all I'm putting on here. The rest you'll just have to come and see for yourself. We'll be in the house by July 1st!

Chillin'

We are still in the rental house. It has a nice backyard for the kids to play in and it has, thankfully, been a warm spring so we have been able to spend lots of time outside. I am missing having a yard to work on and a garden to plant but we only have 3 more months until we get to move in to, as the kids call it, "the big house".

Anyway, I just wanted to include a couple pictures of the kids chillin' in the back yard.

Preschool

Penelope's preschool class had their end of year program the other day. They were so cute. They showed us lots of songs and things that they had learned throughout the year. Penelope is pretty comfortable in front of a crowd (she sang a little solo at the branch talent show) so she had a great time. It was so fun to watch her. 

 

 So fun, in fact that Sullivan decided he needed to join her on the last song.

 This is Penelope's teacher, Mrs. Cross.

 Penelope made this little lawn chair for her fairy all by herself today and I thought it was so creative I just had to share.

 

A Giggle or Two

Last night I was a little angry at Eleanor (imagine that) and she kept saying "Mom, don't be mad with me anymore." Well, then she knelt down and said her prayers and asked that Mom wouldn't be mad with her anymore and I just had to change my attitude. So I put on a smile and when she climbed into bed I said "Look Eleanor, I'm not mad anymore." Her face lit up, she took my face in her hands and said "Mom, it's great to see you again."

One of the counselors in Primary came up to me just before Sacrament Meeting on Sunday to tell me that that day in sharing time they were talking about keeping the commandments and asked the kids what happens when they break a commandment. Penelope's answer: "You get banished."

Penelope was full of them on Sunday. On our way home from church she was telling me that she knew all about Adam and Aunt Eva.

Sullivan is not yet saying absurdly cute things, but he doesn't need to. He just exudes cuteness.