House update....

Kayla reminded me that I haven't posted pictures of the house lately.  These were taken about 10 days ago.  We won't be back in Lehi for another week, so I'm sure we'll see many changes then.  So exciting!!

Kitchen without counter tops.

Stairs leading up to bonus room, bathroom and Shea and Braden's room

Dining room looking into living room.
Shea and her kazoo.
Every house needs a kazoo.  And a Shea.

Outside.
Duh.

kinda hard to tell, but this is the captains bed
being built in Shea's room.

Patience is not one of my virtues.

It has been so hard being in Oklahoma while our house is being built in Utah.  Truth be told... it has been driving me crazy.  My mom was able to stop in for a day on her way home from a trip to Colorado and gave me bits of information and then Greg and Tammy spent her birthday taking pictures of the house (that's a true friend for you!)

Our builder is doing a fabulous job and going as quickly as possible, but of course that isn't quickly enough for me.  Sometimes having high expectations is not a good thing. 

Notice the beautiful trees in the back.
Makes me happy knowing they are there.

This is the back of the house.
Bottom level is my moms.
Top level is Braden and Shea's
Middle level is mine.
oh... and Robert's.

living room
TALL ceilings

Tammy by my bedroom fireplace.
yes - bedroom fireplace.
Because I am pretentious.
and spoiled.
and want what I want.
so there.

My mom's living room.
her wood stove will go in the corner.
Looking forward to cozy winter days!!

My living room
LOVE, love, love the windows!!!

Consequences

We are trying to sell our house and every single day I ask the kids to clean their rooms.  

And every single time we have a showing, I end up spending way too much time getting their rooms to look nice.

So yesterday I said "I'm done."   I decided to come up with consequences when they don't keep their rooms clean.  Today's consequence was to take ALL the garbage cans in the house and scrub them clean.

Only problem - they had a little too much fun.  Maybe next time I'll make them clean the garage floor with toothbrushes.  Or pack up the house.  Something big.

Kid's rooms

We have finally gotten around to working on the kids rooms...

Shea's room... she picked out all the decorations
and the irish chain quilt I just happened to have hanging around.

Shea wanted her room colors to be honey dew, turquoise and orange.
Nothing like being a little creative :)

A place to study

We love hobby lobby.

This is Braden's room.
All boy.
Usually all messy

New furniture!

I sold quite a bit of our furniture before moving... partially because we are in a smaller house and mostly because I really wanted a few new things.  The good news is that I ended up getting even less than I thought and I love how it all fits!

New dining table - it only came with 4 chairs, so we'll get two more after our house sells in Lubbock in a few months. 

New 1.5 chair.  Didn't even know they were called that... but love it!!!!  Great for snuggling with Shea to read a good book.  There is an ottoman that goes with it and I would love to have it, but it might take up too much room.  We'll ponder on that one for a while.

Shea found this bed online at Walmart.com.  Costs $1,200 less than the one in the kids furniture store.  Robert discovered why as he spent ALL DAY Saturday putting it together and getting very frustrated with how cheap it was.  But isn't it cute???  Now we just need to do a bit more decorating!

LOVE

OUR NEW HOUSE

HOME

LOVE the red door.

It needs new paint... guess what color I'm going to pick??

LOVE the three car garage.

Perfect for two cars

and crap.

LOVE the formal dining room

converted into my OFFICE

LOVE the big windows and

living room that opens up to the kitchen

LOVE my two girls.

making cookies and doing homework

in the new kitchen

LOVE the wood floor in the TV room