Twinner Sisters

There's my goofballs!

Here is our House!

We are all moved in!. Actually, we were completely unpacked and I  pretty much had it all decorated that same weekend! (And by "we" I mean "I" had us all unpacked. Am I OCD if I wouldn't let Mike help? If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself, right?) We were planning on closing on the 2nd and moving on the 3rd, but our loan officer called and told us we could close a day early! I couldn't have been more ready! So we ended up moving in on Thursday. We fit EVERYTHING in one of these tiny 14' trucks:

It was almost comical how tightly we had that thing packed. I guarantee there was not an inch of space wasted! And we even ditched our old kitchen table (it was about 15 years old and had been through 7 or 8 moves and was totally beat up! It was so gratifying to get rid of that thing.) I wish I had taken a picture! We only had me, Mike, and Jason, packing us up. Caleb came as soon as he could from school. Then, unpacking it was just me, Mike and our one new neighbor helped for a little while. He's probably late 50's and towards the end I was worried that he might be having a heart attack. So we told him we could handle the rest. It was ALOT of work and it was HOT! but we got er done. The only problem with moving in a day early was that our fridge and other new stuff wasn't being delivered till late the next day. So we had no food that whole first day. Thank heaven's Mike's mom brought us dinner that night. We were all sick of eating fast food! (Thanks Terrie!)

So, any way...here are some pictures of us all moved in an settled.

Here is the great room.

 This is our new dining set.

We got it on close-out at RC Willey, along with our couches, fridge, and washer and dryer, all on close out or discontinued where we also get a family discount from Mike's brother that works there! Thanks John!

Here is our bedroom and bathroom.

Here is my laundry ROOM!

(A whole room just for laundry!)

 Here is Lydia's Room.

 All she gets is her tiny bed in her room. Otherwise she would just goof around at night.

 Here is Lucy's room.

This is the hall bathroom...

The basement is mostly empty.

Here is the "play room"

It's SO nice to not have that mess be the first thing people see when they come in my house and not having to tip toe over it all day long. It's out of sight. And there actually room to hang up our dress ups and keep our books on a shelf!

Here is our sad looken' basement family room.

I love how the furniture is pointed at the big empty space on the wall, like they think there's a tv coming any day soon...ha..joke's on them!

So...that's about it.

We are LOVING it here! Our ward is great and there are tons of families with kids at the same ages as ours. We have really good neighbors and I still feel spoiled every day.

Ok, now I have to tell you about all my Thrifty decorations!

This is my new official hobby: "thrifting"! It's so much fun! Searching through loads of crap, finding things that you can't figure out what  they are or where they came from, and then spotting that one awesome thing that you just know will fix up so cute with just a coat of spray paint! About 80% of my decorations are from the thrift store and the rest were either gifts, mostly from Circe, or super cheap finds at Ross or the dollar store. Mind you, I didn't find these all in a week. I've been thrifting these things since about last summer. It's a hobby of patients. Here are my finds:

Door thingies: DI, $4, painted white

Wreath: Circe

Wood utensils: DI, $0.75 each, as is.

Fruit: DI $1 each, painted white

Butterflies: DI & Savers all at different times $0.25-$0.50 each as is (I need to paint them all the same shade of white)

Headboard: DI $8, painted white

Dresser: DI $50 painted white, hardware painted "oil rubbed bronze", added glass nobs.

Wire baby carriage: DI $2 as is

Princess money bank: Savers, $3 as is

Calendar Holder: DI $4, painted black

Calendar: $1 dollar tree

Wicker organizer: DI $7, had original tags on it from Pier One for $32, as is.

Frame: DI $2 painted black.

Art inside: free from the artist Carole Taylor (I did cub scouts with her. She gave me a bunch of her prints she just had sitting around. LOVE her!)

Bag of jelly beans for potty treats: $2, walmart

Metal church tower candle holder: DI $2 as is

Shoe: Saver's $1.50 as is

Shutters: DI $1.50 each for a set of 4 shutters

Wreath: Big Lots, super cheap.

Stool: Saver's $3 potty stool painted black, mod podged paper on top.

Here are some more...

Don't you want to get up and go to your local thrift store right this second and see what YOU can find?! I DO!

Yay! I have a house!

We are moved in!

(Not totally unpacked yet though.)

It's SO great! I feel spoiled and unworthy. 

I'll post some pictures after I've gotten everything put away.

(WA-HOOOOO!!!!!)

Moving is so much fun!

These are our living conditions. Yes, there is a toddler bed in our front room. Lucy is getting a "big girl bed" when we move, so she has been sleeping on a mattress on the floor and Lydia has to stay in the crib until we move, since they share a room. (I don't even want to try them together without the crib.) I wanted to paint the toddler bed before Lydia started sleeping in it after we move.

There are boxes in every nook and cranny.

One thing I will miss is my awesome neighbors.

This guy lives across from us. Apparently his mower is broken, because he has to pull it backwards behind his homemade ATV.

I can't believe we are finally getting out of an apartment. It's been over 7 years and 5 apartments! The good thing...I'm REALLY good at packing and moving by now. (also, thanks to my mad box making skills picked up from working at The Rag Man)

So, we're out of here! Wish us luck!

Baby Cows!

We stopped and fed the baby cows that we always see on the way to grandma's house. The girls were so excited to feed them until they saw all the flies buzzing around the cows heads. Then suddenly it wasn't so fun.  But after we left Lucy said, "I think those cows love me. They are so sad I'm not there. We should go back so they aren't so sad."

10 DAYS!!!!

We move into our new house in just 10 days!

I could have us out today though. I think I got a little too excited and packed things too early. I don't really have anything left to pack except food, clothes and toiletries, and we still have 10 days! Our apartment is looking real cozy with walls empty of all decorations and lined with boxes.
YAY FOR 10 MORE DAYS!!!!!

Wisdom of Children

Lucy: "I super love it!"
(6-26-10)

Lucy and Lydia were playing with their little princesses and Lucy's girl was chasing Lydia's girl yelling "Come here you little teenager!"
(7-9-10)

I asked Lucy to get a bite of her dinner for like the 5th time and she looked at me, tipped her head and said, "Bla bla bla?" Mike laughed and said, "That's probably exactly what she heard you say,'bla bla bla.' "
 He's probably right! I sound like the adults on Charlie Brown. "Wha wha wha, wha wha." That's why my children never listen to me!
(7-13-10)

Lucy, totally serious: "When you're dirty, you know you're playing."
(7-17-10)

Lucy's primary teacher told me that they had their lesson about ways to get to the temple, like getting baptized, having a testimony, etc. After the lesson was over she asked them, "So, how can we get to the temple?" Lucy said, "You get in the car to go there."
(7-25-10)

Yesterday Lucy had an accident in her pants at grandma's house (grr...you are too old for that!) and it was her turn to say prayers later that night. So this is part of her prayer: "thank you that we could go to grandmas and have cupcakes, and I forgive you that I peed my pants, and I'm so sorry..." It was totally sincere and really cute. We just need to work on the wording a little. :)
(7-29-10)

Lydia's recent catch phrase: "Why Cuz?!"
(8-13-10)
Lucy got in trouble for something and was sad about it and Lydia was curious. She said, "Are you happy?" Lucy pouts. Lydia in a sort of Russian dictator voice, "You go to doctor. Get SHOCK! (shot) You feel better." That really got Lucy laughing.
(8-14-10)

House Progress!

We have counters!

And our appliances! The stove is there, but not installed yet.

I can't wait till I have a dish washer that doesn't leave grainy-soapy residue on my dishes and occasionally leaks out the side no matter what kind of soap I use or how many times I have my land lord come fix it, and a microwave that opens without you having to hold the button down while lifting and pulling the door open!

Yay for two sinks. Now Mike and I won't be spitting on top of each other when we brush our teeth at night! (And he can see how dirty HIS sink gets when he leaves his mouth wash spittle in there. And he thinks I'M the messy one!)

As of today...

21 more days till we move!!!!

House Progress!

We have cabinets! Aren't they pretty!

 

This picture has the most true coloring.

I can't wait for that island!

There is the bathroom with the counter on.

There is our shower...

...and tub. (yay!)

They had all the light fixtures set out in all the rooms, so those will be in soon. Then the counters, sinks, cement steps, slope the yard etc...I guess there's still alot to do.

BUT! They gave us an official closing date:

drum roll please...

September 2nd!