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Ben's favorite activity...we need to get our swing set over to the new house! He loves this!!

Girls camp is in the full planning stages. My once cleaned new office is covered every inch with packing for camp! Next week and it's over....I have mixed emotions. I LOVE this calling. But man alive this year, it all came together with so many other events.

First kid mess of the new house...dried onions...Yum.

cute chubby crunchy little feet.

A small mess in progress...

First night in the new house...and Jake had a Unusual Pet we had to create...seriously, it was a miracle I pulled this off!

The before picture of the family wall...I'm searching for the new picture of the new wall...stay tuned. It's so darling!

We went to bear lake for three days for a family reunion. The kids were smiling from ear to ear!

 

As soon as we got home from bear lake it was off to the annual Riverton 4th of July parade.

Cute Ben in a hat.

The tradition of attending the Hot Air Balloon Festival...Only to wake up at 5am and find out the balloons were canceled. Yes, we drove all the way to Provo...oh, well we made a FUN day out of it anyways.

Our little ballerina

her final performance...So much fun!

We loved it!

The Herriman Parade...Jared loves to do these parades for the good ole company!

Papi loves the grandkids....

Our Jake graduated from Kindergarten

We celebrated by getting snow cones!

Crazy Life...

As anyone knows moving is crazy enough...but let's just say we had the craziness of moving and pretty much gutting this new home....to say it needed some work was an understatment! (Correction...in my opinion it needed some work!) So before we closed on the home I had our old home all boxed up and packed away...I wanted to be ahead of schedule so that once we signed I could move forward and start the dirty work on the new palace.

I had some amazing helpers every single day! They all SAVED me!!!!!!

Here are a few before and after photos...Here is the main family room wall.

Empty stairs...yeah, NO MORE GROSS carpet!!!

 

Office picture...I don't have the finished photo yet...it's becoming darling each and every day! I'll post this one soon.

No more weeds!

 

Good bye brown trim...HELLO white...You are so beautiful!

Spraying the trim was a mess, and a messy job. A huge thank you to my Aunt and Uncle with the talent and skills to help us do this BIG HUGE MESSY job!

The other main wall in the family room is really tall...the builder had put in plant shelves...honestly they were too high and such a odd design that it would only drive me crazy...so we had them removed! Oh, it look so much better!!!

Then down came the ugly stone around the arch on that wall...so much better. Pictures to come soon.

White doors.

White Masterbedroom

White closets.

The view from the dining room to the main room...it was a MESS. Oh, I am so glad this mess and filth is OVER!

Pre- moving day, garage.

The kids favorite job...water the plants.

And Jake being a great big brother and moving Ben around...and keeping him happy while we flutter about being too busy!
I'll go around and take some updated photos today....What a crazy whirlwind this month has been. It actually hasn't even been one month yet. But from where we started and where we are now, it's AMAZING the transformations that have taken place. It feel soooooo good to be some-what settled. We love it here. The funny thing I've learned through all of this is that life just keeps moving on. The regular responsiblities of life don't go away just because of the extra mess...laundry, kids, breakfast, lunch, dinner, meals, homework, ballet, church callings, etc. It's been quite the juggling act. But I can see a small glimmer of fresh air coming soon. Jared and I are so humbled by the level of help we have recieved it's been amazing. So thank you one and all for all your HELP!!!! Because we sure have needed it! THANK YOU!!

Updates on Life...

Can it be any cuter when your youngest learns how to fold his arms...I think not!

Ben LOVES laughing at his brothers. 

Mr. Ben has become Mr. Personality. He really is such a riot. He runs around the house like he owns the place. We can just eat him up because he's adorable. 

Life throws curve balls sometimes. Sometimes they are really exciting. Well after four years we decided it was time to spread our wings and buy a home. It was a super quick process...stressful, unknown and totally exciting all wrapped into one. Here Jared is signing our life away!

I'm there joining in the fun!

Home Sweet Home...well it really wasn't ours yet, but we couldn't stand the weeds any longer. So we decided to do a little community service and help out the house. It has been on the market for over a year and it obviously needs some attention!

So we called in reinforcements, my mom, an expert gardener, the kids are expert helpers. They couldn't be more excited to pull weeds!!! Or maybe it's to use the "tiny" shovels. 

Here is a lovely before picture. I can't find my camera of the after pictures, but we since have planted flowers, wood chips, etc. It looks darling!

Sad lonely tree...before we gave it a hair cut! Stay tuned!!

It became official last Thursday! The key is ours....let the fun begin. When I say fun, I mean paint, sprinklers, yard work, trim, carpet, etc....WOW we are in over our heads. I'll keep you posted!!!

In between fixing up the house, Alayna has been practicing like crazy her ballet performance. She is darling as a little red riding hood!

Happy as can be. 

First project near completion...I really should wait for all the before pictures but I can't find that right now. It was dark brown trim...but I couldn't live with that...no way, so we taped off like crazy and we begged like crazy to get my super talented Aunt and Uncle to spray them white...oh It's beautiful!!! I can't wait to see it finished tomorrow!!! AHHH So pretty. 

And sweet Caleb. My amazing sister Krista took him home with her to stay while we get a little more organized this week. We've been totally crazy running between end of school year activities, ballet rehearsals, painting, ripping out carpet, late nights, apples and cereal for dinner, etc. He needed structure and since I couldn't provide that nor keep up with him...(I've been super sick from allergies! AHHH) So THANKFULLY she saved the WEEK and whisked him away to the fun life of Fillmore. Thank you! Well, that's all the details I can give now, I'll keep you posted later!