We Are All Moved In!!!!

I can't believe its been so long since I posted :(

We had a VERY busy June, VERY busy! We moved in late May to our new home.  Its crazy to think its been almost two months.  We absolutely LOVE it here!!!!

The house is not all "fancied" up... but its getting there.

The view as you walk in the front door....  Open Great Room

View into the kitchen.

  

View from the kitchen into the Living Room.  You can see the Mud/Laundry Room as well. 

I LOVE how the colors have all worked together.  It was scary to pick things and only having my imagination to put these things together.  Dave had to trust me that this was all going to work out... and it did!  

We feel SO blessed! 

12 Stitches (graphic pics)

 

We went to the park and while chit chatting with the girls, I see Mylo walking towards us, bawling and holding his head.  He had no idea that his head was this hurt.  I took one look at it and I got a little sick.  He ran into an electrical box... he was running, while looking back at whoever was chasing him, and when he turned around to keep running he ran right into the corner of this box.  He cut his head clear to the bone!  OUCH!!!! 

I rushed him to InstaCare and after some numbing medicine and an Otter Pop, he was as good as new.

When our kids have gotten hurt, we have always taken a bunch of pictures, so they can see it later on :) 

The Dr. put in 3 stitches inside and 9 on the outside.  I told Mylo he was going to look like Frankenstein :) He didn't seem to pleased. 

This last picture was a few days later, stitches still in.  The scar looks good now and will continue to heal just fine.  His hair mostly covers it.  

This little boy rarely gets hurt.  I was glad that he didn't his his eye!  When we were done we headed back to the park and check out where he had hit.  There was still hair on the box!

Abuela and Mari watched the kids and drove us back and forth from park and hospital.  Friends and Family always there to save the day!

Mylo Turns 7

Mylo turned 7!  Its so crazy to think my little baby boy is getting so big.  He is as cute and funny as ever.  He opted for a bigger present and no party this year (again) and that was perfect in my book. 

He got an awesome Ninjago Lego Set and he was VERY PLEASED! 

Leah pretty much built it for him.  They both love to build Legos together and this was perfect.   We are still in our apt, but so close to moving to our house.  You can see all the boxes and suitcases behind them.  It was chaos for a few weeks in the apt :)

It has become tradition to have doughnuts on our birthdays, we all look forward to it!  Because all of our stuff was packed away, I mean I had 6 plates and utensils and two pans, we didn't have an actual cake.  So Mylo blew his CANDLE (yes, only one) SEVEN times :)

We sure love our smarty pants!  He continues to be funny, clever, a little stinker at times, but ALWAYS super cute!  His big brown eyes melt my heart and his beautiful full eyelashes make it hard to say "no" to him.  He is doing fantastic at school and has lots of great friends.  Im looking forward to seeing how he continues to grow.

House Update (pic overload)

WE ARE GETTING SO CLOSE!!!!

We are super close to final inspection and A LOT has been happening at the house.  

Exterior done, minus the door...

BOLD Yellow doors.  I LOVE THEM!  They make me smile and giggle :)  We also had the back doors painted yellow. 

This is the door off the dinning area onto the deck.

These are the basement doors.  The one on the left is from our storage and the one on the right is from the family room.... I think they are so cheery :)

Family room view, the yellow door would be on the right side of the picture.  The little "mouse" door goes under the stairs and into a play room.  The other door is to the mechanical.  The hallway leads to Leah, Mylo and Abuela's bedrooms and bathrooms (there is not electricity yet, so no pics of the BRs yet) 

From the other side.  I love this room, it was so much light and I love the color I picked out (Rock Flour from Kwahl on the walls and Fossil Dust on trim and ceiling)

The other mouse door, this picture was taken inside the play room :)

LONGEST stairs ever! The stairs had to be this long because we had to add two feet every where, so that added about four extra steps. On the left you go into the PlayRoom (and cold storage).  On the right is the Family Room (pictured above).

Mud Room/Laundry.  This is the room we will walk into every day and I LOVE IT! Your immediate right takes you into the kitchen :)

Kitchen, Dinning, Living Room... This room as already changed.  We now have cabinets!

This picture is taken from the dinning area.  The hallway leads to the other three bedrooms and bathrooms. 

This is the view when you walk in from the front door.  Dave's office is on the right with double french doors.

Master Bath.  On the right our closet and on the left our big shower and commode room :)
 

Our shower, mid tiling :)

I am loving how things have been turning out!!! Love the tile, the color on the walls, the cabinets, the doors... everything! We feel VERY blessed to have this home to call our own. 

We will hopefully be moving-in Memorial Day weekend.  :)

Dave and Otis

One of the benefits of having Dave work from home some days....

He plays with the kids through out the day, and the pictures speak for themselves.  Melts my heart to see them and their relationship. 

Otis has started licking his plate clean.  I have no idea why?  Maybe he is STILL hungry after he is done.  The other kids never did this.  Little Stinker!

Easter

 Easter morning quickly came and went!  We had the usual Egg Hunt with the kids.  They loved all the yummy treats.  We had our spiritual eggs in the mix as well.  We went through the 12Eggs of The True Meaning of Easter, and as usual, it was really nice to talk about our Resurrect Savior!

The kids got all dressed up in their new fancy outfit and would not take a good picture for us... so no picture of that.  Still I know the looked cute.

After church we headed to Temple Square to take in the beauty of those sacred grounds! It was so nice.  The kid ran around touching all the fountains and balanced on the edges of pretty much everything. 

This was Otis' first time walking almost the entire time.  He did not want to be confined to his stroller.  He saw the other kids having so much fun that he threw a fit until we caved and let him have fun too :)

The kids wanted a picture here... 

Then they became statues.  I love their individual personalities and they fun spirits!

We took a little tour of the South Visitor Center.  It was a beautiful day! I love going to temple Square, its so relaxing and that was exactly what we needed. 

Mylo - Funny and Sweet

 

A while ago Mylo was in a "crafty" mood.  He made crowns for Otis and Milli.  Then he wanted to make sure they fit just right and he wanted it documented :)

Oti's crown says "HiImOtis" then i told him he needed spaced between the words so he did it again... Otis was quite pleased with his crown! I was quite pleased with the words on the crown, heeheheee! Funny boy. 

I love that Mylo made Milli a fancier crown with big "spikes" on it.  He was sure to put jewels on the crowns and Milli LOVED IT!

The crowns are cute, but my favorite part is Mylo's arm around his siblings.  He can be a sweet boy this one!