Work, Work, and more Work

For those who don't know- we are moving. We are renting a house just one circle over from my parent's. In exchange for a lowered rent, we agreed to paint the house before we move in. It has been quite the job and we have gotten a lot of help, especially from my parents. My dad has come over a few times into the late night to help pull up carpet and mask off cupboards. My mom has been the biggest help of all, tending my kids every day for the past two weeks so I could work on the house. Although we have a really busy week ahead of us, we will be done painting by Saturday night. All our flooring goes in next week, and then we can move in. Although we are downsizing by a few bedrooms and then some, I am actually pretty excited to move. It's a big blessing in my life that I thrive off change! The house will be really cute when it's done, our rent will be at a great price, and the house is right on an amazing park and close to my parents. I couldn't ask for more during these crappy economic times. We have an offer on our house right now and we hope it goes through, but we are going to get settled before our new baby comes regardless of whether our current home sales or not. It has brought me a lot of peace of mind, which is worth its weight in gold!

This is some of the wallpaper coming off. What cute little helper girls!

And even more wallpaper coming off. This is Kolby going where no man has been before.

Is this how the professional painters look after a day of spraying? Doubt It! My husband is a good sport. Now we know what his hair will look like in about 5 more years!!!

Easter

This is Easter morning and we're on our way to Grandpa Scott's for his awesome Easter egg hunt, which was held in the family room this year thanks to the rain.

Shaersti was so excited for the Easter bunny to come. She usually takes a minute to wake up, but not on Easter. She jumped right out of bed and started running through the house looking for her basket before she even noticed Scott and I watching her.

Preschool Field Trip

Shaersti's school had a really fun field trip last week. We went to the St. George airport and rode in the huge fire truck and met a few police with thir motorcycles. Shaersti's favorite part was when the fire truck driver turned on the sirens and sprayed water. All the kids giggled. Even Anne got to join in the fun.
Inside the fire truck.

Anne and Shaersti with her school and dance friend, Addy.

Lunch Hour with Dad

We met Scott on his lunch hour last week to go bowling. Our girls loved every second of it. Thank heaven for bumper lanes!

Girls Night Out

This was our last "Girls Night Out". I gave the girls each chocolate frosting and a few cupcakes to decorate. Then I made the mistake of leaving them alone for 3 minutes. Instead of decorating their cupcakes, they decided to decorate their faces. Notice how they're all in their clean pajamas for bed? I had to wash all their clothes and they slept in mine and Shaersti's nightgowns. We actually had a lot of fun playing, as always.

Josh and Michelle's Wedding

My little brother, Josh, got married yesterday. We absolutely love his new wife, Michelle. It is really exciting to have a new sister and to get her as part of our family. Their wedding was beautiful and we had a lot of fun. Don't they look gorgeous?
My little family... (except that you can't see my big-ol' belly)

Our nephew Tanner (Matt and Shellie's)

My brother Riley

My sister Becca, my niece Baylie (Jason and Amelia's) and my two girls, Shaersti and Anneliese. The were so cute all in their matching dresses and they were all about getting their pictures taken.

Anneliese- the cutest shoes are never the easy ones to wear.

Posing again.

The cute couple took a break from the line to check out what we were all doing outside.

(2 of) My studly brothers- Kolby....and Ben.

Silly Kids!

Riley, Shaersti and Anne got really bored at Target with me and grandma. I'm not sure how, but they found some silly hats and this was the result: I think they're pretty cute!