Our Last Address!

We bought our first house! Jordan always steps in right when I say that to correctly state that we bought our retirement house! We shall see my dear :) We love it, it has exactly everything we had listed on our checklist of things we wanted in a house. The most obvious though is the view! We are up on a hill and while it is a BEAST to mow, we are thrilled to wake up every morning to this view!

House Before: Badly in need of a new roof, landscaping and TLC

A billion dollars and a new roof later - Perfection! We are so excited :)

We all Chipped in a little....

Michaela's Room Before: The only wonderful quality were the french doors - which we kept

Michaela's Room After: New Paint, New carpet, New bed and Waala!

Heidi's Room Before: Brown Carpet with dog Pee on it and the paint speaks for itself....

Heidi's Room After: New paint, carpet and removal of closet doors

PS: Heidi does still have a crib - its not put up yet, but tonight it will be

Master Bedroom Before: Orange Walls, Brown Carpet and wait for it.......

CARPET in the bathroom!!!

Master Bedroom After: Grey Carpet, White walls with Yellow Accent and wait for it......

Skylight and TILE in the bathroom! (Walkin Closet is behind the mirrors to the right)

Guest Bedroom Before: Check out that Paint job!!!

Guest Bedroom After: My Craft room! There is a bed to my left - daybed with trundle so there is Plenty-0-room for all of you!!

There is no before of the man cave but it was purple as well with Pee Carpet :) It's not unpacked at all but if I don't post it now then I never will get around to it! This is where Jordan has his desk, guitars and work out stuff.

Play Room Before: White Carpet with White walls. To the right is the entry way and behind me is where my dining room table is and behind right is the kitchen.

Play Room now: Yes, just now. I do clean this up, but seriously why? It honestly looks like this at the end of each day and so that is what you get a picture of!!(And there is Heidi, wearing three princess Tiaras!)

Entry Before: Playroom to the right, to the left is the living room

Entryway After: Cool bench with a story for another day!

Kitchen Before: PURPLE and Wine Rack Included

Just gotta send home that it was PURPLE.

Kitchen After: Cheerful Yellow and No Wine Rack

And Since some people wanna know..(Hi Michelle!) Through that open door is the laundry and all thr way through that door is the 1/2 bath. To the right of the washer/dryer is the garage door. On the other side of the table is the play room.

Kitchen Blinds to come :)

Living Room Before: Pet Pee stains and White Carpet

Living Room After: New Carpet and paint touch-up

Fife Update!

Hello you faithful blog readers! (all three of you ;) We have been so busy around here! First and most exciting is that we bought a house!! I do have pictures, but I am kind of excited to show before and after together, as it needed a lot of work and personal touch - think hot pink bedrooms and purple kitchen - so after paint and some touch ups, I will post pictures soon. Move in day is Mother's day weekend :) We also had a visit from my sister and her girls, and Michaela started ballet. I will let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

She couldn't figure out how to sit on there right!

Every four year old should have their own ipod....right????

Michaela reading to my parents

Preschool field trip - she was hesitant at first but got the hang of it!

Heidi loves to pull this wagon all around the yard!

Dyeing Easter Eggs!

Reagan and Michaela on a frog hunt

Heidi trying to pull Lucy :)

Skipping Races

Going for a walk :)

Getting into dress-up!

Hope this was worth all that fun!

Dance party with the Winns

Easter Pictures with my favorite Littles!

Ballet!-PS. I took her out of Ballet already because her teacher didn't give her a ribbon one day - BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO ANNOYING!!!! The teacher seriously called my four year old daughter annoying!

Michaela Says.......

Awesome bedhead!

Stuck between the couch and wall - trouble maker!!

Picking her own clothes :)

She can sound out a few words now! (Hi, Boo, Bat, Bus)

Michaela and I have been butting heads a little as of late...(GASP! But it's true!) Here is a conversation we had recently.

Mommy: MICHAELA! Stop arguing with EVERYTHING that I say!
Michaela: Well, mommy, just stop saying things that I don't like to do and I will stop arguing!

(If only it were that simple right..?)

Mommy: Michaela, are you sure that you want to wear that same shirt again - it's been three days in a row now...

Michaela: Yep mom, I am sure, people won't care what I look like mom, they like me for being just me.

Mommy: You are right! I bet everyone loves you at preschool!

Michaela: I know mom, you tell me that all the time....

Michaela: Dear Heavenly Father, bless that we are thankful for our bodies, and bless that my mom can be patience and bless that maybe I can stop testing her patience too, so we can be nice together.......

Heidi is becoming more and more toddler too! She hasn't been too interested in talking, but just last week she started to imitate us on purpose. She can now say, Hi, eat, night night, and Roonie. She flat out refuses to say please, despite my best efforts! She throws the biggest fit when I ask her to say that one simple word!

Funny Heidi story: The other night my brother came to visit, and he got in pretty late. I checked on the girls before I went back to bed and Heidi was stinky. I got her up, and changed her, but really quietly and I didn't use a cold wipe, I went to great lengths to warm it up and make it a non wake up experience for both of us! I laid her back down in her crib and gave her a small bottle and snuck out ever so quietly - through this whole thing she had not made one peep. When I closed the door to her room she let out the most shrill, blood curdling screech I have ever heard! Here's the best/worst part: She screamed so loud and so long that 4 COYOTES circled our house for an hour howling with her! I am serious. Crazy right?!

Anyway, that's us as far as an update goes. We have an offer in on a house, and the bank accepted the offer, we are just waiting to finalize which could take a while as the house is a short sale. Jordan has big work news, but we are also waiting to finalize that :) Our six year anniversary of getting engaged was the 15 - so that is exciting! Other than that, we are the same old Fifes! Thanks for reading our blog!