SNOWBOARDING

With two full days of painting, we were all ready for our days off. We loaded up and headed to Tucson, where we swapped out cars for a bigger one and then we were off.

We had a good 5 hour drive to Showlow. To pass time we did a tape quiz.

Yeah, we made it!! It was all cold and snowing! We stopped in for a bite before heading to the lodge.

Aren't they so cute together!?

Here are some of the group that we went with. There was around 65 people.

When we got to the lodge we all headed to bed. 

The next morning we were all up early and after a group talk, we all headed out to the slopes. This was the first time for Joshua and I to snowboard, so we were really excited!

Frist day as you can tell was cold and snowing.

Haha, did someone fall down? lol I had quite a few crashes before I finally started catching on. Joshua caught on first time down and I had to be a bit jealous! lol Second day was a beautiful day and I felt like I did a lot better then the first. I feel like I actually know how now! 

Don't we look like professionals!! :P haha 

So we had an amazing time!! Back to the lodge for a good bowl of chili and then long drive back home.. We got home around 2;30 a.m. Saturday morning. We had to get up by 6:00 that morning to move! Pictures coming...

Cleaning & Painting

So many things were happening the week we were trying to move in. The people had moved out by the 15th, which was a Thursday. Justin and Kaitlyn got engaged on the 17th and Harmony in the Desert was from the 14th to the 18th. We came to the house and cleaned and then drove to Tucson for Harmony in the evenings. That was our story for the weekend. Then after Harmony was over, we jumped in on Monday and Tuesday, finished cleaning and painted the living room, dining room, four bedrooms, the kitchen and two bathrooms. Some of us had a snowboarding trip coming up on Wednesday to Friday, so we were really greatful for Kaitlyn and Juliana's help and we got a lot done in two days.

Micah filling in holes.

Dad getting ready to caulk around the windows.

This kitchen has so many cabinets and it took a while to get them all clean.

I think someone is anxious to get started!!

washing doors

This room will be the office. 

Mom has always wanted a yellow kitchen, so we made sure that she got it! 

We painted a lot of the house a tan. It really brightened things up! :)

This wall was just to purple and didn't go with the yellow, so we painted it tan like the living room.

All done! :)

Now for the living room wall! 

Some of these pictures were taken off the ipad. That's why they are fuzzy.

Cuties! :)

The kitchen changing colors!

Mommy's yellow kitchen! :)

The boys picked a green and brown for their room and were anxious to get the paint on the walls. I don't blame them! :)

Lookin' good boys!

Joanna painted her room blue and white to match her ocean theme. 

Ooops. did someone get in a paint fight? haha

This gives you a quick idea of what my room looked like before we painted it. 

I like it much better now! :)

We are really enjoying the new house! Now that we are starting to get settled in, it feels like home! There's a lot more work still to do, but we get a little done day by day! It is hard to show all that we did on the blog, but it gives you an idea! :)