Remodeling

Ben will be home tomorrow, but he's been wanting pictures of the kitchen so I thought I would post before and after pictures for everyone to see.

Here is the kitchen with the floor ripped out (the linoleum was underneath). Notice my dining room table in the living room. Yea, the fridge is in there too. I'm one of those people who has a really hard time living in disorder so having it that way about drove me nuts. The one good thing that came from all of this is that the wall in the picture was originally forest green, but I got a chance to paint it while my fridge was out of the way.



Here is the new floor. I thought it turned out quite nice. Too bad we're moving....

Boise trip!

My sister agreed to go on a road trip with me and the kids last weekend to visit Marcus and Colleen. I needed a break from my life!

I didn't get many pictures except for some of us at the zoo. They had a fun Easter thing going on there. We also ran into our cousin Teegan--the girls had a great time with her little girl, Isabelle.



Thanks Uncle Marcus and Aunt Colleen for a great weekend!

The first day of spring!

We all enjoyed the beautiful spring weather today. Hopefully it will stick around and entice people to come look at the house.

Brigham has been riding his tricycle all by himself this week. I'm really amazed because it took all of the girls quite awhile to figure out how to work the peddles on the bike, but he just started doing it. It must be a boy thing?



Hazel liked the sunshine too!

"No" already?

Apparently, Hazel is not a fan of green beans.

Dads and Doughnuts

Ben came home a week ago last Thursday just so he could be there for the annual Dads and Doughnuts day at our school. We were all thrilled to have him home, although I wish we could have done more fun stuff and less home improvement. It was nice though and we will all be glad when we are back together again for good.

Update on moving

I know you all probably think I have dropped off the face of the planet, but I have just been so BUSY! Needless to say, taking care of five children without a husband does not leave much room for down time.

Wouldn't ya know it? The fridge started leaking a couple of days after Ben left. The second day I noticed water in the same place and realized that it wasn't just a spill I decided I had better get someone over to fix it. So I called my home teacher and he was kind enough to come over, move the fridge out and discover that there was a tiny leak in the water line. He fixed it and I thought that was the end of my troubles. Unfortunately, I later discovered that this tiny leak caused water damage to the ceiling in the basement and the kitchen floor.

Anyway, long story short, I've spent the last two weeks ripping things up, painting, and doing all sorts of projects I really didn't want to do. Ben was home last weekend and helped me with some of it. I've had to enlist the help of several friends and family members for the rest of it.

In the meantime, not one person has come to see the house and I'm not sure whether I should be concerned that no one is coming or relieved that a potential buyer has not walked in to see my fridge in the living room!

Remind me why I'm doing this again?