Holiday Projects

Poor Nic, I've been going a little crazy with the crafts lately, it's either that or scrapbooking, here's some I've done lately. I've had both Chelsie & Kelicia help do some! It's been fun. I think we should all get together( You too Jess) and make something once a month. For reals now!

                                    
                                     

(this one you write the persons name with chalk on it)

Projects

Decided since there are all these fun things I pin on pinterest I better make some! I made these candy jars but made it so I could change the "EEK" to different letters so i can change the holidays.

               And then made this sign for Alex & Mandee. Nic & I thought it was the perfect saying for them!

Summer Projects

After a LONG day of work & grocery shopping, I came home to this. We were expecting a large pile of gravel, but not for 2 more days. This is our new summer project, extending our driveway & laying down a sprinkler system.

Mason thought the pile of gravel was the greatest thing ever!

He also like to help us. When he saw us shoveling into the wheel barrow, he had to get handfuls of rocks to add throw into it. He also has a new fetish with our broom & mop...as you can see from the picture, it's time to buy a new mop. 

Jordan & Jesse came by to help do the driveway, so glad because it was a big job!

Here's the finished product..for now. Eventually it'll be concrete, not gravel but it works for now & gives us lots more room to park cause we had a dinky little driveway!

                                                

Muddy Child!

Sometimes I swear, life is NEVER going to slow down. All we've done this summer is work on putting a yard in & it looks like we haven't done anything...it's starting to make me crazy!! We had mud all over the driveway & was washing it off...Mason wanted to be in that mud so bad so we finally gave in...& this is the results...

Last week I had a bridal shower for Ashely...thanks to everyone who came! I can't believe she's getting married in 2 days!! It's been so fun getting to know her a lot the past year since she's lived with my parents! We're so happy for her!

Mason update: he's now 81/2 months old & still into everything! His favorite place, still the bathroom. I've always got to keep the door closed. So that's when he goes to the next best place, the drawer under the stove. It doesn't matter how many toys you buy him, he loves that drawer more than a fat kid loves cake!

He stands up against everything and walks around the furniture. Mason has a new bruise every other day; he thinks he can let go of the chair he standing against...it never ends good. He's getting so funny, he just jabbers & he's finally starting to laugh out loud more, He used to get shy and cover his mouth so you couldn't see him laugh or smile but its starting to change.

On Sunday we had Cailen, Justin &  Jess over for the Chargers Game, good thing they won so I had a happy husband the rest of the day!! I forgot to buy a roast the night before so sunday morning I ran to the store to get one, came home to Mason & Nic both in the Chargers gear, Chargers blankets hung over the railing as decorations, footballs on the floor....he was a little excited! It was like watching a little kid on Christmas, he was so happy for the game!! It's going to be a looonnnngg season :)

While i'm talking about football, Nic's birthday is coming up & i'm looking for a shadow box so i can put a jersey, tickets & a few things in it from the game we went to like the picture below, anyone know where to but a big one for cheap? Hobby Lobby is expensive!! Our FB & Blog has both our names on it but we all know he doesn't know how to use it or even care so let me know if you see anything!!

Crazy Couple Weeks!

We've had a busy couple of weeks. We are finally doing our lawn...I went home for lunch & there was a HUGE pile of dirt sitting in front of our house (Nic's cousin Lacie calls it brown gold & we now understand...too much money!!) Nic & I spent like 4 hours on Saturday spreading it out, we didn't have a sitter so we put Mace on the neighbors grass, that lasted 2 mins...his new favorite thing to eat is dirt & rocks.  Tuesday night we were trying to finish it up & this guy drove by with a tractor & asked if we wanted help...well duh! He did it in like 20 min...where was he on Saturday?! So we thought we were done, well the next day 2 more truck loads of dirt showed up, so we called out new friend  & trust me, it was definently worth paying him to do it all!!
Mason is now all over the place!! He has learned to stand up against everything, the wall, couches, me...everything. He opens drawers, turns on our radio...he's into everything. He's getting fun, but WOW....we're just always going going going with him!!

My friend Kassidy (she's Masons babysitter....& he absolutly LOVES her!!!) well she had a paparazzi jewelry party & I was putting Mason in the bath to go. He thinks it's funny to stand up in the bathtub & jump up & down....we're still trying to teach him "no"...haha it's going well, not. He was jumping up & down & biffed it right into the side of the bathtub. He hit his mouth & it was bleeding so bad & got a fat lip. I felt so bad, hopefully he learned his lesson! He did sleep good that night!! I wish I could have gone, she did get me a couple of super cute bracelets!!

(mason & his fat lip)

 We went over to Randy & Crishels for dinner one night & watched a movie, it was fun! We need to start doing stuff with them more often!! Randy even cooked...what a good husband he is!!

Almost in...

The wait is almost over!!! We're trying to get in by the 25th!! Keep your fingers crossed!

.:rOoFiNg:.

We're one step closer to getting into our house!! Poor Nic had to roof by himself Saturday for like 6 hours! A few days before he was at work using a table saw & cut his thumb...it was bad, he's way lucky he didn't cut the thing off!! But it only took 2 more long nights after work & we got it done with the help of family & friends! We even worked through the rain...I didn't like the ladder so I just stayed on the ground & tried to stay productive!

Our Home!

It's starting to look like a home now!!! It's exciting!! Less then 2 months & we will be moved in! We can't wait to get our own house & have it our own!!

Time to Start Building...!

We closed on our loan today!!! They've started digging the hole for our house today & we can't wait to see how fast it's going up! We're going to be SUPER busy the next 3 months!

Over the past weekend we moved into Nic's parents basement to save some money. We didn't realize we had so much stuff!! When we first moved into our apartment we didn't have anything...now we don't know what to do wtih all of our stuff!! The Hyer's home is just up the road where we are building so it's nice to be close while we build.

Tonight Nic & Blake were down pulling all the dead pine trees off the lot...there was about 4 or 5 big dead ones & he said it was alot of  work to get them out. They were down there pretty late, but we're glad they are all out now!

Goodbye Apartment!!!

So this was our very first place together...and now it's time to get rid of our lease & say goodbye!! We want to save money while we are building and so we are moving into Nic's parents basement. It's going to take only 4 months to build at the longest and so we won't be there long! We sure won't miss renting tho!! (No pictures of the bedroom...messy!!!)

Our sweet little kitchen!!

I think this is one of the worlds smallest bathrooms!

Our New Project...

So we've only been married since June of '09 and we thought we'd be renting for awhile. Well we have a pretty good down payment we could put on a house & we've decided it's a good time to find a house. My Uncle is a contractor & told us instead of buying an older home with our budget, we could build & he'd help us do everything & for a good price!! So we've got our floor plans & the lot! It's in Smithfield on 3rd south, which is a place we want to be...we like Smithfield! So i'll keep this updated when we get started on the house, which will be any day!! Can't wait, we're building a house :) Hope everything goes smooth & as planned!