The never ending project that I love.

At least thats what it feels like at this point. I don't really for see a day in the near future when we will be done with all the stuff we want to do when it comes to the house. But at least we are now living here. And we are happy. And the kids are sleeping better than they ever did in our old house (weird right?). Besides the fact that by some miracle of heaven and earth, Cohen has decided that a toddler bed is no big thing and (besides his first night in it), he has stayed in the bed all night every night AND every day for his nap. A miracle! Although he has figured out how to unbolt the front door by himself, and head on outside whenever his heart desires.....so we stack some unpacked boxes in front of the door every night, just incase. You can never be to careful when it comes to that child:)

I really love our house and living here. It seems to fit us perfectly. And I can't help but feel like this is where our family is meant to be right now. With the way things all worked out......it just seems like the LONG wait for a house was worth it. Its been a lot of work, and we still aren't done. All of our stuff is crammed upstairs while we re-do the basement. And once the basement is done, then we are hoping to start work on the yard, and then I'm sure once the yard is done then something else will come up. But thats OK. I am just happy to be here. My kids are happy. I remember when we moved the last time Chase had such a hard time. Every night for a month she would tell us that she just wanted to go home. We would try to explain to her that she was home, but she did not want to hear it. I worried that she would have a hard time again this time around, but she loves it. She has made new friends, and seems to be adjusting so well. I couldn't ask for more:). I love feeling the mountain breeze when we go to bed at night. I love sitting at the kitchen table watching my kids play in the back yard. I just love it. I love that we have an apple and pear tree. I look forward to enjoying me some apples and pears this fall. I can't wait to share them with neighbors, family, and friends. I think the fact that neither Jamison or I were fans of the last place we lived (to put it lightly), makes living here that much better. Maybe thats why I find myself loving it so very much, because in comparison to our last home its 1000 times better. (and just so you know, its not the actual house we used to live in that sucked. It was the area. We lived by some not so nice people. We constantly felt like we didn't fit in, and literally from the second we moved in started counting down the days until we could move out again. I could tell you some stories that you would not believe...but I won't. This will remain a positive post.I don't want to sound ungrateful. We really appreciated being able to live in Jamison's Dad's house for free while he and his wife served a mission, but it never felt like home. And thats all I will say about that.)

I am happy to report that the whole upstairs is complete. All walls painted, furniture moved in, and everything is about 80% put away. I plan on painting our kitchen table, and a large cabinet/armoire I have thats going in the living room. I need to hang some pictures and such on the walls also. Once that is done I will probably do a back flip in celebration.

We plan on hosting many a bbque this summer in mammoth backyard. You are all invited.

That reminds me, the other day my friend/cousin Chelsea helped me move some stuff over to the new house, and afterwards we had a lunch picnic in the back yard. During this picnic she tried to teach me to hoola hoop unsuccessfully. Also we talked about how awesome it would be if we put a zip line going from our back porch to the neighbor behind us back porch. It would really be a long zip line. Then we talked about how during one of our back yard bbques, I should be hiding in the garage then when people wonder where I am I should throw open the door and zip line out. I guess you had to be there. Thanks Chels for that image. Now every time I think about it I bust up laughing.

One of my most favorite pictures of Chase ever. I took it with the instagram app on my iphone while Chase was swinging on our backyard tree swing. I have pretty much posted it everywhere I possibly can, so maybe you have scene it.

Cohen getting pushed my Chase on the back yard swing.

This was my first painting project (other than the walls themselves). Its a little cabinet that Marilee gave me. I think I will leave it in the kitchen.

Flowers in the front yard.

When we moved we decided to get rid of cable and just do apple T.V. Love it! I also stay up late every night watching Parks and Recreation on the ipad. I haven't ever watched it before. I am about half way through season 2. It is hilarious.

Apple buds on the apple tree. I plan on learning how to make apple butter and apple pies. Must utilize apples.

Cohen helping me water. Notice how dead our front yard grass is. Its because the previous owners just decided to stop watering the grass...which doesn't make sense because there is a sprinkling system. Idiots. (they also left LOTS of dog hair for me to clean up).

We think its to far gone to save......so new grass for us hopefully this summer some time.

Look how excited Jamison gets when I take my self portrait shots.

See that railing behind us? Some day I hope to replace it.

I picked some onions from the back yard. Now I just need to figure out what to do with them.

Ripped apart basement.