Inpector Gadget

Yesterday mid morning (11) me and the boys met my Realtor and the home inspector at the house to do a thorough inspection of the building. He spent FOUR hours with me showing me how things work and what its all for and all the little things that need to be done. There really is not much at all. Building up a little more grade around the side of the house and using water guards on the rain gutters. That's the MOST pressing thing that needs to be done. He said that the house is in his top 5 percent of homes he has inspected! He said were are getting an amazing house! What a relief! I was just so impressed with how patient he was explaining so much of all the mechanics and answering all my questions no matter how dumb they were. I would recommend him to ANYONE and he even does inspections for homes you currently live in. So if you have something amiss and just need to find out why or what to do he is the man to call. I took a ton of his cards for my office.

My boys came with me to the inspections because they hadn't even seen it yet! We did not want to dilly dally on making an offer since its such a good by so I hadn't had time to take them through it yet. The loved it! They picked out their rooms and I picked out paint colors in my head. The house was well taken care of, but it needs a GOOD scrubbing, and new paint. Good thing is I can paint while I live there. Take one room at a time. I will struggle a bit with the main parts of the home since its vaulted ceiling so may have to hire someone to come help with that but other than that we will be good to just move in! The master bedroom has one nasty stain but that can be replaced in the next couple years.

As we were leaving the house we met the next door neighbors who were playing out in the front yard in the snow. We already know them!! The Lady is Christopher's favorite teacher from 7Th grade!!!!! How nice to know that we will have such nice neighbors! Her husband already gave Chris the job of blowing his snow which is just fine with Chris! AND I have also found that another friend lives a few blocks away! Now to just get my house rented!

Now to get my mom moved!!!! Keeping my fingers crossed that she can retire soon!

Today I am cleaning house and doing some laundry. Also want to finish up the Christmas cards I started so that I have them ready before I need to pack my scrap area!

Have a good Saturday!

Happy Black friday!!!!

Had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family!! We ate (way to much) and we played may I till way to late in the evening! Then home for snuggles with the boys and some Christmas shows! Love this season! Here are some photos from our day!



My lovely 92 year old grandma



My sweet cousin Kendra




and the bird...yummmmm.

I am not in any way celebrating black Friday! Just hanging out with the boys till we go meet the inspector at the new house me and my mother are buying!!!!! Anyone know someone looking for a house to rent or buy!!!???

Then its home to do some laundry and quick tidy up then we honestly are going to play just dance till we drop. Not only do we need the exercise because of yesterdays amazing dinner but, also because after it stopped snowing and the sun came out the temps dropped to below zero and its just WAY to cold for the boys to spend any time outside playing. SOOO the energy level in this house is making the doors and windows bulge. I figure dancing is a great way to use up some of that energy!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! Have a great rest of the weekend!!

New Home

On the blog I mean. Giggle. I have moved my blog from typepad to blogger just because honestly didn't want to pay for it anymore. AND I love all the blogger backgrounds you can get. I felt left out so I just decided to change! I will be changing and rearanging this new blog till I get to where I like it. The pictures from typepad imported a little wierd but I am not going to mess with them! It will be fun to "play" with it! Thanks for checking it out! Make sure to change it on your blog if you link mine and to also change it on your favorites!

I'm not minding this at ALL!!!

Beautiful snowy day today!!! I am glad we don't have anywhere we need to be today and so happy its snowing!! Hard to believe isn't it?! But so glad to have a warm house with a yard for the boys to go out and PLAY!! Huge snow flakes started falling and they just HAD to get out there! I grabbed my camera and the new surprise hats I got for them and out we went (well only me for a while to take photos. I have had a head cold for the past few days and did NOT want to make it any worse than it already is!!!)!

NEW hats!!

 

 
 
 
 
and even sparky was frolicking!!!
 

Guess who was the first one in from the cold???

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So fun to get the groove on!

For those of you who don't know my son is trying to raise money for his school trip to Washington D.C. this summer. I told him I would donate ten $100.00 photo shoots for the first 10 people who scheduled a shoot up till May 31. They have to book in the month of November for those shoots to count though. So I had the first shoot yesterday with the first family who signed up for one of my Fundraising Photo Shoots!! DARLING family!! So freaking cute!!! Here are just a few that I have messed with!! Thank you Christy for donating to my son's trip!!

I have had LOTS of interest in the shoots so get them while there is still some spots left!!!

Pumpkins a plenty

My kids decided this year that they were NOT going to go trick or treating. They wanted to pass out the candy and decorate the yard. I was ok with that since I wouldn't have to pay for costumes! First was Pumpkins.

 

Then decorations!

 

 

 
And of course since we were not trick or treating Taylor had to make us all a treat!

 

Retreat

The weekend before I went to Burley for the family party we had our bi annual retreat. We so much fun! Well I guess I know I had fun, and I hope the rest of everyone else did too. We ate good, slept bad, and laughed about all kinds of things, even farting. Not everyone was privy to that conversation but those of who were our lips are sealed!

 
 

I love being a part of these retreats. Its so nice to be able to provide a stress free weekend for woman crafters who need to get away from everyday life. I am glad we can help them relax for a weekend. It never seems like enough time though! Guess that's why we are doing them TWICE a YEAR!! Next one is in April of 2011!! Can't wait!

whew

Boy October was a busy month!!! November is already here and Christmas is just around the corner. But I have YET to share our Halloween!! So here is some!!

A few weeks ago me and boys headed to Burley for a quick trip. Danelle organized a family party for us and we all met up at a local straw maze! I had so much fun!!! Ok WE had so much fun! The boys thought it was great and I even had a hard time not laughing and giggling like a little school girl! We had most of the family and cousins there. First time in a LONG time.

 

After the straw maze we headed to Albion to Danelle's house and had a build your own taco bar and yummmmmmmy treats everyone had brought to share. After dinner all the "teens" started playing Just Dance 2. They were having so much fun and the adults actually got into the act. Yes I did dance and NO it was not pretty!! Hit my sister in law in the head with the WI remote! Sorry Sally!!!