Getting our house put together...

Life doesn't slow down, even when you are trying to move. It will take us months to put everything away, and even longer for us to be able to decorate the way that we would like to. But here are a couple of the rooms that have finally been made liveable..

This is the entrance to the kitchen from the East side of the house. The stairs go down to the basement. I'm actually getting used to the carpet! LOL

The fireplace is a see through fireplace, it comes through to the kitchen and the family room on the other side.


View from the pantry

This is my favorite thing, (besides the backyard), MY CLOSET!

It just keeps going...

Master Bath

That door is the toilet room, kind of saloon looking

Hallway to the girls rooms

Kaylee's room

Her room opens up to a second kitchen

My mom brought two fish home for the kids the other day-(thanks a lot!)

Gracie had a trip to the E.R. Thursday night after sticking the tip of a play spiderman plane in her eye. It got jabbed while she was either playing with it, (or probably fighting with one of the boys because she stole it away). Anyway, she came out with her eye bleeding from the inside-scared me to death! She scratched underneath her eyelid, but luckily, no other damage was done.

Higher Ground had a performance at the Porter Carnival last night. Kaylee performed her "Material Girl" solo & her group clogging routine. Check out the HG website for more pictures of the performance.

Afterward, Kaylee had a handful of friends over for a little sleepover. They played outside all night. Gracie is obsessed with bugs. She comes and gets me everytime she sees any kind of bug outside. (They are all bees)

The boys practiced for their BIG GAME that they have today.

They are the ANGELS. They are excited for dad to help coach again.

I LOVE this awesome backyard!!!

The Zoo

Ethan's Kindergarten class had a fieldtrip to the Zoo on Tuesday, so I took the kids and met him up there. We had a lot of fun!

Rylan, Brooklyn & Ethan

(all in the same class together)

Noah just chilled in the front seat of his stroller eating snacks

"Rhino-saurus", Ryal calls it

The weather was perfect!

Terd Princess

Pretty Princess

Cotton Candy Bum!

Amberly & Gracie

Sno Cones!

We had to wrap Gracie like a mummy!

CHEERS!

Fun Day at the ZOO!!!

We stopped real quick at home to change and we were off to gymnastics...

Noah has his own little play area there

The boys were always too far away for me to take pictures, but this week, Ethan got moved up to BOYS LEVEL I

I always crack up watching Gracie do her stunts!

Ms. Suzanne is her gym coach

I've spent the entire day doing things like organizing my closet and going through bags of things that need to be put away from the move. I turned my back on Noah for 5 min. and this is what I found...

YEP! He was playing IN the fireplace.

WHAT?!?

Little Twerp!

Spring Break

For Spring Break, our family MOVED!

We are in our new home, but we still have a lot to do! We spent the week staying up late and organizing and hauling things back and forth. The kids still had fun enjoying new bedrooms and a HUGE backyard, and we tried to break it up a little by playing at the park or having friends over. Here are some pictures of the outside of the home.

Corner lot

West Side

East Side

The backyard is HUGE-is it horse property! We love the set up!

Lots of room to ride bikes!

The house is 5000 sq. ft. We have so much storage it's unbelievable! The house needs some work and is a little outdated, but it really is a dream home for us! We're right across from my parents and we only moved a mile away. Close to work and friends. We're excited about it, and the kids LOVE it! They call it the BIG HOUSE.

I'll post pictures of the rooms once we finally get them organized.

The kids were cute to help clean up. They wanted to do ALL the dishes!

Noah helped too!

YES, that's carpet in the kitchen!

The boys started baseball this week, which was really exciting for them because dad is helping to coach again. And the girls took a trip to Tucson for another Cinderella pageant! (we just went to compete for scoresheet this time, where the judges give you comments and critiques on how you did)

We rode up with Angela Thompson and her girls Emma & Ashlyn

This is Emma and Gracie, both little TOTS.

Gracie & Emma getting ready to go into interview-with Sydnee Coddington, International Tot

Ashlyn-all ready for interview

(Angela's girls are darling!!!)

Kaylee ready for interview

(she's darling too!)

Sportswear-Kaylee had to give a speech!

Kaylee, Emma, Ashlyn, Gracie

Gracie had to put her shoes on ALL BY HERSELF!

This is during Partywear Collective-cracks me up how little she is!

Talent-Best part of the day!

This is Gracie during her onstage interview-when she grows up, she wants to be a WITCH!

The girls

Glover Girls

All the Girls

Afterward, we all went to eat at Mimi's Cafe-dang blurry camera!

MMMmmmm...strawberry Lemolade!

Today is Sunday and we attended a new ward. It was bitter sweet. I really missed Harmony Park today. It's sad to not see your friends at church, especially when you don't get to see them that often throughout the week. BUT, our new ward is great and we have really enjoyed moving into a ward that is equally as wonderful. Change is great and change is hard. Moving has had it's pros and cons. I'm overwhelmed and extremely grateful at the same time. There are things I already miss about my old house and neighborhood, and there are things that I have fallen in love with here in our new place. I hope that this will turn out to be a wonderful experience for our family. If anyone from HP reads this, please know that your friendship and love has meant so much to our family. We will miss being a part of your ward, but we hope to always be a part of your lives.