I think the house is finally put together. I need to do little things around the house but all the major things are done. So this weekend we just tried to relax a little.

Miranda was in a school play the weekend.. Grease she was a car hop. so she was pretty busy with that all weekend. She had 4 performances. At the end she was very tired and glad it was over.

Sat. the three little ones and me went roller skating with Aunt Des, Mason, our friends Jennifer and Andrew. Great Grandma Perkins and grandma Lauren even came to see them skate. The kids had a fun time and afterwards Jennifer, Andrew and the 4 of us went to stake n shake for lunch. Then we headed home to get ready for the school play. Jennifer kept Brendyn and Joshua so we wouldn't have to chase them during the play. Thank you so much, Jennifer!

That evening we went to Great Grandma Perkins house to celebrate Grandpa Mikes birthday. We always enjoy getting to spend time with them. Aunt Des and Uncle Micheal took Joshua and Alyssa home to spend the night with them. (Brendyn wanted to go home with mommy) They had such a good time. Before we went to grandma's I picked up Naiona and Duran and they spent the weekend with us. (Their mom Stacy is an old foster daughter of ours and we love being able to help her out.) Aunt Des enjoyed getting to hold Duran for the evening.

Sunday we went to church and came home and got ready for Alyssa and Joshua to come home. That evening Aunt Des, Uncle Micheal and Mason brought the kids back and then stayed for dinner. I even made a pumpkin pie for the first time. I think it turned out well.

So that was our weekend. I hope everyone else had a good weekend also.

One more thing... My best friend, Lori and her husband Ryan, had their baby Saturday. Paxton Michael was born at 1:06p.m. he weighed 9lbs and 13 oz and was I think 21 inches long. We are so excited for them. I am also excited because get to go spend 4 days with them the first week of December. I can't wait.

Well now that you all know my every move from this weekend I must go and finish school with the kids. Have a great Day!

Family Room

I really like how this turned out. I haven't got everything on the bookshelves yet but am working on it. I also need to hang the curtins. I am just waiting on James to find his charger for the drill. We really like that the play room is next to the family room. They can play in both rooms and at the end of the day it is easier to clean up then taking everything back upstairs.

Now I just have to clean the breakfast area, my room, and the play room and everything should be where it needs to be. They play room will be done tomorrow because if they clean it really well then they get to rent a movie and sleep down there tomorrow night. They are really excited. Now lets see if they stay down there all night or if I have to sleep with them.

School Room

Here are the pictures of the school room. This set up will work really well. There isn't a tv up here anymore so there won't be any distractions.

Three Rooms Done!

So far I have posted three new ones today. I will post as I get rooms done and cleaned. If I don't the house will never be cleaned. The children are going right behinds me undoing everything. Here is a picture of the laundry room. We didn't do anything to it but it was so nice and cleaned I had to take a picture. It isn't very often that there isn't clothes on the floor to be washed. We have organized our shoes so that we one don't lose them and two we can't have them on the carpet anymore.

Here is the sitting room. I still need to get a lamp for the small end table but other than that I think it is done.

ok so we will do this one room at a time. Here is Joshua's room. He is really into police officers, fireman, and ambulance's.

One Room Done!

Tonight I finished the downstairs bathroom. I have put some pictures in to show you how it turned out. We all think it turned out nice. The girls even started moving some of their stuff into the bathroom. We are still messing all the covers to outlets but we should have them soon. Tomorrow we get the carpet put in and hopefully get to start moving things downstairs. I just wish the rain would stop. I can't help but wonder how the workers are going to keep my carpet clean?! So here are the pictures and hopefully there will be more tomorrow!

ok I couldn't get all the pictures on the last one so here are the rest. The one with Alyssa's name I made. All the kids will have one for their bedroom doors. They picked out the decorations for it. I got this idea from my best friend Lori, thanks! This is a picture of the hall way going towards the stairs. They would be on your left. Next week all new pictures of what the "new" house looks like.

Basement Almost Done!

So here are pictures of the basement. They finished painting it today! We would be done tomorrow but the carpet we picked won't come in until next week. My house upstairs is a mess and so disorganized. I can't wait until this is all finished.

The play room didn't take because there was no light in there. The one with the bar is the "man cave". It is not what I was really wanting but it will do for what he is wanting.

Basement Update

So here are some pictures of what the basement looks like so far. The date it should be done is Nov. 13. I talked to the builder today and we decided to make a few changes.

We are working on a man cave for James and it has been a challenge. James DOESN'T know what we are planning and I hope will be very surprised (and excited) about what we have done. It has been a very long processes, but worth it. I think he will love it. The man cave and the kids play room are going to be switched so the painters are going to have to change the color in two rooms. Then after we talked it hit us both that the playroom could stay gold. So the playroom and man cave with be the same color. I am very happy with everything so far. I can't wait for it to be finished. The upstairs is packed with to much stuff and soon everything will have its place.

Yellow long room is the play room

Bright green room is Miranda and Alyssas room

Light green is is family room, hallway, and stairway

The blue that you can see in the family room picture is the bathroom. The girls picked that color and we really like it.

I dont have a pic of the man cave but as soon as it is done I will send more pics.

Halloween Fun

Halloween night we went to a friends house (Jennifer and Andrew) and had pizza, then went trick or treating and came back and had goodies. Jennifer made all the food before hand so when we got back the kids got to decorate it. It was a lot of fun. James even had the night off and got to join in the fun. He really liked all the candy and treats!

Alyssa went as sleeping beauty. She was all fancy with her hair curled and make-up on. She loved it. Brendyn was Anica from star wars. After he figured he got candy for saying "trick or treat" he really liked it. He still will say it with a big smile on his face. Joshua was a SWAT team member just like his daddy. The first house we went to he said "trick or treat" got the candy and when everyone was done he said "more please". We then had to explain that he would get more at the next house. Miranda went as a teenager and helped keep the kids in line. At one point she ran into some friends and they joined us for the evening.

All in all it was a good night. Plus the kids didn't get tons of candy. So that means less fighting with them about how much they can eat in one day or how much mommy and daddy can steal from them.

I am going to post several pictures so hopefully it works.