The joys of Home Ownership!!

So as most of you know, we bought a house in June. We moved in the week of The 4th Of July. We stripped out the pink, orange, red, and green carpet throughout the house. The upstairs had nice hardwood floors underneath. We took off the wallpaper, painted the walls. Matt did can lights throughout. It still is a major construction zone. We plan on never moving again, so this house we will take our time and do it how we want to live in it forever. Here are some joys I am finding out....

-I never knew how excited I would be to have a fence put up! It's almost as exciting as getting a new purse!

-I value the dollar alot more. I wish it would stretch alot more. How can you spend $120.00 on fence supplies and that isn't including the wood, and all I had was two small bags of parts?

-My blue counter top in the kitchen has started to blend in. I am afraid I will start to like it! J/K

-Carpet costs alot! Especially when you need it for your addition, and your whole downstairs!
And why am I thinking about using my carpet savings to get a 4-wheeler?

-I love being able to walk in my underwear around the house! I forgot how great it is to move out of the relatives and be able to do that!

-I love being able to hang anything I want on the walls!

- I love Swiss Days and finding such fun stuff to decorate with!

-I love having a great neighborhood where my kids have so many friends to play with, where we feel safe, and where we can take nightly walks with the kids and dogs.

-Mostly I love sitting on our porch in a chair with my husband and watching the sunset over the Great Salt Lake. The view is almost as good as the Hawaii one's we used to watch.

It really doesn't get much better that this! Thanks Matt for the house! I love everything about it!

First Day of school!

So I was nervous. I couldn't sleep all night. I was so excited for my kids to start school.

They are at a new one, so I was hoping they would make friends easily. I was hoping

they would have friends to play with at recess. My daughter came home with a new

boyfriend, my son loved recess! My cross walking was great! All in all this day

couldn't get much better!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Antelope Island

Parker skateboarding on the road!

The buffalo.. so close yet so far away!

My baby girl!
Looks just like the ocean!
The kids and their friends.
She loves her dad.
I had no idea where he went until I looked and saw him on top of the car! Nice one bud! Real safe!!

End of Summer Neighborhood Olympics!

I stole this idea from my friend Jen. She did this with her family and I thought it was such a cute idea! We did banana races, jelly bean races, water balloon toss, cake decorating competition, and had hot dogs! It was so much fun! We had about 16 kids there and it was so cool to see them having fun! Goodbye summer we will miss you!! ( ha ha my kids will, I am excited for school to start:)

Flash Back Friday!

Good times on Parker's Bed!!

Tuesday.....

Crazy things going on with us this week-

Matt- Just got home late Saturday night. Had the biggest smile on his face in the bishop's office on Sunday when he realized his wife was getting a calling and not him. (Thanks babe) Working all day and then at night from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. Getting back to the gym.

Melissa-Starting a kickboxing class today at the gym! Having a end of summer Olympics with all the neighborhood kids. Training for cross walk job:) Going to dinner and card swap with my girls!

Parker- Got a HUGE Fat Lip yesterday. Signed up for Jr. Jazz. Is so glad his dad is home so he is not the only boy. Read a Tree house book in 2 days! Got a post card from his new teacher at school.

Taylor- Signed up for dance classes. Is glad her dad is home. Went swimming at friend's pool. Hasn't thrown any fits this week:) Wants to do a fashion show every night for her dad.

Oakley- Signed up for dance classes. Surprised her dad with her huge fits!! (Look what you missed babe!) Is excited to go to the park today!

Lily-(our dog) had her stitches removed today from getting fixed. Cried the whole way to the vet because she thinks she is going back for more surgery. Is trying harder to tolerate our puppy.

Bella-(our puppy) hasn't pooped and peed as much on my wood floors! Good girl! Had learned not to jump on Lily or you might get the smack down! Has gotten fluffier!

Woo Hoo I got a job!!

Look out all you crazy drivers! you are looking at the new Reading Elementary Crossing guard! Yes you read that right. I am now a Crossing Guard! I am really excited to do it because it will give me some play money, and I can still be with my kids! Oakley will get to go with me, and Parker and Taylor will be in school! I am stoked~!!!

Little things that make you smile:)

So today we registered Oakley for preschool. She will be going two days a week and she is so excited! We did a little school shopping in the afternoon and tonight I started going through all the clothes we have bought. First off, I can't believe how many clothes I bought them. Here I was thinking that I needed to do a little more shopping for them. Forget that!! Anyways, so tonight the girls wanted to try on some of the clothes we had bought. Pretty soon we had a full on fashion show with a runway! It was so much fun. Parker even got into it for a few minutes. He tried on a Nike hoodie and threw me the peace sign and said "What's up Homie?". Cool, so I am a homie now. I love my kids so much. It was so much fun to see them having fun trying on clothes!

Brilliant Weblog Award

My friend Jen did this on her page and since I am bored out of my mind, I think I will do it:)


Below are questions I have to answer and post onto my blog. Then I have to choose 7 fellow Brilliant Bloggers and pass this award along!


A. Attached or single? Attached
B. Best friend? Matt
C. Cake or pie? Cake
D. Day of choice? Saturday
E. Essential item? Lip Gloss
F. Favorite color? Purple
G. Gummy bears or worms? Worms
H. Hometown? Magna, UT
I. Indulgence? Shopping
J. January or July? July
K. Kids? 3 or 5 with the dogs, or 6 with Matt:)
L. Life isn’t complete without? people to love
M. Marriage date? October 16, 1999
N. Number of brothers & sisters? 1 brother 1 half sister
O. Oranges or apples? Apples
P. Phobias? Small dark places
Q. Quotes? "It's all good"
R. Reasons to smile? Family
S. Season of choice? Summer
T. Tag seven peeps! (see below)
U. Unknown fact about me? I am terrified of being alone
V. Vegetable? Squash
W. Worst habits? Shopping? :)
X X-ray or ultrasound? Ultrasound
Y. Your favorite food? Eggplant Parm. at Olive Garden
Z. Zodiac sign? Libra
7 Brilliant Bloggers I am passing this along to:
1:Charise
2:Tiff
3:Angie
4:April
5:Jenny
6:Kristy
7:Rachel

Dinosaur Park

We went out to Ogden to the Dinosaur Park with grandma and grandpa. Parker was so excited to show his grandpa all the dinosaur bones and the fossils and rocks. Both Parker and grandpa are really into fossils. Taylor and Oakley had fun playing on the playground. Oakley's favorite time was getting to make grandpa push her in the swing for a long time. They sure have their grandparents wrapped around their fingers!

A fun day at the Salt Lake County Fair

My mom and I took the kids to the fair today. Lots of fun, smelly animals!! Loved the BMX Stunts and the pig races!