Semi-Accurate House Pics

By Popular Demand, I am adding a few pics of the house. These are ones that were taken before we moved in, so not all of the furniture is the same. We'll give more accurate ones soon.

This is our front porch before we repainted it. We're in our most lovely painting clothes.

This is now David's room, so the table is in the living room.

This is the living room.

This is the little room downstairs that is very girly.  We keep finding Rebecca in it 

just looking around.  

This is the Master Bedroom.  The bed didn't come with the house.

This is our really long driveway.

This is the back yard with our great fruit trees.  The apricots were ripe right as we moved in.  Perfect timing.

We're Movin' On

After several months of looking, multiple unsuccessful attempts, waiting for the right place with the right price, performing extensive repairs, and negotiating through five addendums, we are finally officially homeowners.   So we have begun the crazy process of moving... again.  

This whole crazy home-buying process has been an education, to say the least.  I feel like we have learned a lot about priorities, preferences, ideals, and reality.  Most importantly, we have learned to trust the Lord.  The house we just purchased is just around the corner from our current apartment.  We were told that it was for sale the day after we moved in.  Neither Ganon or I felt very strongly about it so we kept looking elsewhere.  Over a month later we felt like we should take a closer look at the place.  Amazingly, the price had dropped $15,000.  What a wonderful blessing.  While this house is not exactly our ideal, and it doesn't meet all of our preferences, we know it is the place for us to be right now in our lives.  We are excited about having our own place and all of the craziness that comes with it.  Thanks to all of you who have helped us (and will help us) get here.  We couldn't have done it without you.

Sorry no pics yet... we're too busy moving...  ;o)

Sewing Adventures

This is my latest creation.  My friend told me how to make pillowcase dresses, so I thought I'd try it.  This wasn't made from a pillowcase, though, but it's about the same size.  I thought it was pretty cute since it was a work in progress and had no pattern.  Cheap is good too.

Happy Anniversary

So, today is our Fifth Anniversary.  I put a few pictures together as a brief highlight.  Enjoy!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

By the way, Ganon is the best husband and father Ever!  I am very blessed to have him in my life.  Here's to Eternity Together.

Provo Parade

This 4th of July we decided to have a small family celebration.  After the Balloon Festival, Ganon rode his bike (with his trumpet strapped to the baby-bike-seat) downtown.  The Utah Freedom Band was going to perform on the parade route, but not in the parade.  The kids and I joined him with the jogging stroller shortly before the parade.  David and Rebecca had lots of fun listening to the band play some upbeat tunes while the nearly-100 parade entries mosied by.  The kids liked the fire engines, the horses, and the big balloon animals.  I think David's favorite was Curious George.  There was a banner across the road near us so it was exciting watching the animals duck underneath.  I caught one of these times on camera. 

We were too far from the road to get any candy (the kids were shy and couldn't eat most of it anyway).  David took good care of Rebecca by pointing out the up-coming attractions.  It was a fun morning for all of us.

  

Balloon Festival

What is this supposed to be?


One of Provo's well-known traditions is its annual Balloon Festival. It begins at 6:30 am on July 3,4 & 5. Hundreds of people gather at the break of dawn in the large field across the street from our house. Yesterday we heard the music, but we didn't look out the window until after the balloons were mostly gone. This morning I woke up and went to the field to take a few pictures. Ganon woke the kids as the balloons lifted off. They were able to see everything from their bedroom window. It was pretty fun to hear them chat about all of the different balloons and which ones were "about to land on our house." The kids enjoyed it, but I'm glad that they were able to watch from the comfort of their pj's since the excitement only lasted a few minutes.
David Loves Smokey the Bear!