Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Backyard oasis

When we looked at this house I was in love before heading upstairs. The backyard definitely played a roll in that.

We have synthetic grass! I couldn't be more happy about it either! 

It's not a big backyard but definitely adequate for our needs. 

Eventually we'd love a huge umbrella and outdoor patio set over there.

The previous owners finished the backyard in July of last year. I'm so happy we get the enjoy it!  

Easter festivities

This past Saturday our new ward had an Easter Egg Hunt. First off, wow! They certainly know how put an activity together.  They had approximately 3,500 eggs. As you can imagine our kids had a great time.

Here's the candy from the ward Easter egg hunt. And a sneak peek at our new house. 

Then Sunday my family got together to do an Easter/Mom's birthday party.


All the kids made super cute race cars.

While Chase was getting an egg he found, Boston was too but it was from Chase's basket.

Devan and Maeley


Now these kids have way more candy than they need. Possibly more than what they got for Halloween. 
We all had so much fun can't wait for this weekend!

Monday, March 18, 2013

The girls new bed

We had ordered a new bunk bed for the girls over President's Day weekend. It was delayed because when it came in it was the wrong one and we didn't like it much. So we had to wait again. That meant the girls slept on mattresses on the floor a couple nights. I got the call the bed came in Friday afternoon. I was not expecting it for another week so it was a pleasant surprise. We had already planned with the kids that we would do movie night. After Derek came home from work we quickly went to pick it up, came home, ate dinner, cleaned up then we enjoyed movie night. When it was time to put the kids in bed we decided to have the girls sleep on the floor in Chase's room so we could set up the bunk bed. That was a great idea because the next morning seriously felt like Christmas. I could hear the kids waking up so I quickly jumped out of bed and closed the girls room until everyone was ready.

We had some very happy girls. Zoe's response was, "I loooove it! She was thrilled with the purple polka dots on her new bedding. I'm so happy we decided on getting a new bunk bed. The old one was twin over full and this is twin over twin. Their new room isn't as big as the last house so this fits much better in here.

Later that day Derek and I went to Ikea and bought some picture frame ledges and lamps for the girls. Its so perfect for them because they always read/look at books before bed. 

Maeley spent most of Sunday on her bed reading. She finished 2 chapter books. She is quite the book worm.

Now we need to focus on Chase's room because he was feeling a bit left out. And by the way we are loving our new house!