Gettin' stuff done!

Brett finally got all the sheetrock up with the help of Jon and Speny. We were looking for someone to do the taping and mudding (cause it SUCKS) Weirdly enough our old neighbors the brother does sheetrock so he gave us a killer deal. Hopefully we will be able to paint this weekend and get the carpet in next week.....then move upstairs. But the kids will still have to share a room while we finish painting the boys rooms and then Khloe's room. But its coming along nicely!

can you see how the tape lines go diagonally down? That's where the ceiling use to be and the big rectangle in front is where a little furnace use to be that we took out. These are after pictures

Before, the ceiling was so low but we took it out! Now its huge!

rectangle where the furnace use to be. The silver thing is the vent for the gas of said furnace. the scary thing is there was no top at the very top so for how ever many years rain and snow have been getting into the vent and mini furnace. Glad we decided to take it out! Because we are working on the inside of the house the outside is getting a rest for the moment. We did take the pine tree stump out of the front bed. I had only planned on weeding so Khloe could plant some flowers but then about 4 inches down I noticed weed barrier. I eventally want to plant some shrubs there and thats not enough room so Brett came and ripped it all out and we took out the stump as well. There is only a slight bump where the stump is. And Khloe got to plant her seeds. I'll take pictures when they bloom.

Brett's new toy (aka Forrest Gump)

I will have to admit that Brett is the best at finding deals. He goes to KSL.com and searches their classifieds for stuff that we might need. He found crown and baseboard for the house. The swing set and climbing dome and this little number. Since we have a HUGE backyard I thought it was onlt fair that he could get a riding mower. Since I have NEVER mowed a lawn in my life I don't know what it would be like to have to mow such a massive lawn. But I might start so I can use the mower.

We also rented a chipper and chipped up all the branches. Now the yard looks even bigger and MORE overwhelming. But we have more grass then we thought, so we just need some turf builder and a couple of years and we will have a great lawn.Brett aka Forrest Gump
Yeah I know he's a babe!

The backyard now

Totally tearing it up!

Khloe's Birthday Party

This year Khloe wanted a princess theme for her birthday party and she wanted to invite her little friends from school. So there were 9 little princesses. I think this is going to be the last big party for awhile. It wasn't as crazy as I thought it was going to be but very tiring.

We first made necklaces. That wasn't too bad except the stretchy string I bought wouldn't stayed tied so the beads kept falling off and the necklaces apart. Then we moved on to pin the kiss on the frog. It was hilarious! The girls wouldn't put their arms out to see where the wall was so they kept bumping in to it. Then we went out side for the pinata. We tried to use the pull strings but I packed it to tight so nothing fell out. So we let the girls at it with a stick. Some of those girls are pretty tough. Then we sang Happy birthday and had cupcakes. I think they all had a great time! Khloe blowing out her candle
9 little princesses scrounging for candy

waiting in line for the pinata

waiting for pin the kiss on the frog (I put their names on the crowns so I wouldn't forget names)

making necklaces

Easter!

Easter was a great day! We dyed eggs the night before (for some reason we forgot to pull out the camera) and luckily mom and dad found the plastic eggs so the Easter Bunny could fill them and hide them. I really hate to give my kids a ton of candy and stupid little toys that break the next day so this year we did coloring books and soccer balls and a big tub of sidewalk chalk. They had a great time and then I made dinner while Brett and Jon worked on the upstairs. Gage
Khloe and Jett

Jett finding his coloring book

Khloe with her stuff

Is it my imagination or my kids super ragamuffins in the morning?

New stuff in the house

Our room upstairs with a new subfloor!Bedroom
same room


Trim for the cans so the lights are not dangling from the ceiling

front room

kitchen

The last couple of days we have been working on the house. Subfloor upstairs is finished, now just need to sheetrock some stuff, paint and have the carpet installed which we bought monday!

The house looks different with the lights in the ceiling instead of hanging! Brett did alot of hard work! Thanks Jon for helping!