Tuesday, December 2, 2008

More Pictures...

This is the laundry room. It looks really small in this picture, but I couldn't get it all in the picture. Our washer and dryer will go on the right side. There will be a rod under the top shelf so I can hang clothes on.
This picture is the Left side of our house by the garage. The house behind that you can see is our awesome neighbor. He is a police officer and he gets to bring his police car home every night! This will hopefully give us a little security! He is honestly the coolest guy!
This is a picture facing out from our driveway. They are not completely finished planting stuff, but I wanted to show everyone anyway!
This was our house yesterday. They have had the grass in for a while now, but they were finishing the landscaping yesterday (don't mind the man in the picture). I was so excited because we have seven trees! I know you probably can't see them from the pictures but I wanted to let everyone know because I told the guy I wanted as many trees as he could give us in our landscaping budget. There are tons of bushes, flowers, and even a little palm tree looking thing.
This is part of the back yard. The green things sticking up from the wall are a type of ivy so that hopefully someday that wall will be covered. I told him I wanted to cover the wall as much as possible to there are three along the wall.
This is just one of our light fixtures...just for fun! Our kitchen table will be just under this.
This is another picture of our kitchen. Don't ask me why one of the cabinets doesn't have doors! I am not sure if they didn't order enough or if they broke, but it will have doors on it! LOL! The granite should be here today (I hope). They have been delaying that as much as possible so that people don't break in and destroy things. Like I said, I can't wait!
(Let me remind you, the color on the pictures is way off. It makes the walls look an orange color and that's not the real color. They are a light tan color.)
Us three getting ready to go see the house! Trevin loves to take pictures with us! Isn't he so cute...even if his front teeth are really far apart! LOL! I love him so much!

Sorry there is not a lot of change that you can see but the lighting is almost completely in. They still need to hang three small lights just over the bar in the kitchen. I am not sure what they are called but they hang down. The electrical work is basically done, the tile is done, the bathrooms are done, and we just need carpet, our appliances, and the granite and we are pretty much there!
What an awesome Christmas gift huh!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Scared of Santa

We went to the lighting ceremony in Nephi on Saturday. It was a little cold, but thanks to Diane and Chelsea we had some warm coats to wear! We are not used to the freezing weather now that we live in St. George. The coat Trevin is wearing is one that Colby wore when he was little. It was a little big on him, but it kept him warm and that's all that mattered!
During the parade, we found out that Trevin is scared of Santa Clause! He saw him on the fire truck and just started crying. Then when he turned around to see if he was gone, he saw him and started crying again! Poor kid! It will be interesting to see if he will sit on his lap or not at the Park family Christmas party this year!
The lights at the Old Mill Park
Trevin, Colby, Me, Landon, and Hilary. Let's just say it wa a struggle to get a decent picture!
We had so much fun this weekend spending time with our families. I know I say that a lot, but it is so much fun to come back and visit every couple of weeks! I hate driving three hours back and forth, but it is always worth it! We drove back just after we got back from the lights!

Colby and I have both been not feeling well today and it's probably the lack of sleep from this weekend. We didn't leave Nephi until after nine last night and so we got back home late. I can hear Trevin crying in his room which means he is officially awake from taking almost a four hour nap! I think we all need a little rest and relaxation! Bring on the Niquil and Dayquil for Colby & me!

Game Time

Josh thinking he is sneaky!
So after Tana & I got back from our little shopping spree (two hours remember) we decided to play some games. Josh and Diana arrived and the party began! We played Settlers, Bang, and Scum. The first two games were fun, the last one....lets just say there were some cheaters! I HATE CHEATERS! I am over it now, but I was very upset at the time. You know who you are!

Jordan & Me having fun! He was such a nice brother-in-law to lend me his hoodie! Even if he may be one of those cheaters!

Two of a Kind

This is Tana. Tana is Riley's wife. Tana & I like to spend lots of our husband's money. Tana and I like to scrapbook...
Get the Picture.

Well, the boys were not too excited about doing anything fun at this time on Friday so Tana and I decided we were going to branch out and go to Pebbles in my Pocket and Archivers (along with some other small stores). The boys were in agreement with this as long as we were back in two hours. This gave us about an hour worth of shopping. To some it may sound a little crazy, but to us it was a chance to get out and do something! We had so much fun and we got some good deals! I miss our shopping days and scrappin' days as well! Can we do it again sometime soon?

P.S. Don't mind the lovely picture! We don't look our best but I had to have a picture to document the memory!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Family Night

Last night we spent a little bit of time outside in our backyard just playing. Colby threw footballs to Trevin and he would run and grab them. Hilary started Trevin on this new little "Doo Doo Do Doo" song in which she runs with him like superman. He loves doing it now and so sometimes when we pick him up he will start to sing that little song and in that case it means "Go." So I ran across the yard with him about four times before I got tired!

Yes I look like I just woke up!
Trevin and his "Game Face."

Trevin and Dad playing ball. Sorry about the picture. The sun was right behind us and this was the best picture I could get.

Later I made dinner. I tried a new casserole dish that I got from Cara. It turned out pretty good! And I even made peanut butter bars after that. Trevin went to bed and Colby and I watched a movie together (of course after we watched the Packers game). Can't go wrong when Mondays are FREE Red Box day! It was fun to just relax as a family.

BUT....we didn't clean up anything after dinner so I have been cleaning everything today! It was fun to just be carefree for a day! I love having Colby home! We get to spend a lot of time together! We always go for a drive as a family and get half off drinks at Sonic! I guess it pays to have a good business so that he can be home almost everyday!

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Best of Friends

We had our best friends come down this weekend and stay with us here in St. George. We watched (well mostly the guys) the BYU vs. Utah game, went out to eat, and just caught up on old times. We have missed these guys so much and so it was fun to just be able to spend time with them like we used to in Nephi. Cara & I worked on gifts for Christmas and the guys played the Nintendo Wii. Isn't she so cute? Beautiful! We were trying to look good for our husbands! :)

Trevin & Warren hung out a little bit. Trevin was unsure of the idea of having another "baby" in the house but after a little while they became good friends. Trevin kept trying to mother him a little by playin' on the blanket with him, giving him his little stuffed animal, and keeping the blanket right by his poor face. It was interesting to see how he interacted with him. I wanted to see what life would be like with another little Trevin around (NO DAD, I am not announcing anything).

We can't wait to spend time with these guys again! We had so much fun!

Friday, November 21, 2008

One day closer...

We went and looked at our house today and things are coming along well. Keep in mind there is no lighting in the house right now so these pictures are not the best. Please don't completely judge color by these pictures because I really couldn't get very good lighting. They started our cabinets today and I couldn't be more excited about the color. I chose a midnight colored stain on the notty alder (if that's how you spell it) and I LOVE LOVE the color! It is a little different colored in person, but you get the idea. Sorry you can't really see the full effect because the doors are not on yet but it gives you a little idea of how the kitchen will look. The granite will be here Monday so I will post pictures next week!

The hallway by the pantry door leads to our master bedroom/bathroom and then down the hall is the laundry room and a closet by the garage. Just to give you an idea.
My two favorite people in the world....We have been trying to teach Trevin to say "House."
This is the house from the outside. I am a little bit unsure of the color on the front door. I thought it was going to be a tan color like the garage but apparently we told them to match it to the stucco. We just looked at our papers and I guess I didn't realize at the time exactly what she meant when she was asking us about it. It was towards the end of the day and my mind was a little to full of color choices at that time. What do you think? Should I have them paint it a tan color to match the garage to even things out? Please leave a comment and let me know. I won't be offended what you tell me. I need some help deciding what to do.

I know some of you are probably thinking that our stucco is really dark but that's how we wanted it. All the houses in St. George that have light colored stucco have turned an orange color at the bottom. Every single one we have seen! So that was the reasoning behind the dark stucco. We wanted it to always look new and there are maybe four houses in the neighborhood with this same color and with all the landscaping....they look awesome!

They also started landscaping yesterday and you can kind of get an idea from the picture but they are not very far along with that. Inside the curbing will be grass and then around the windows and sidewalk will be trees and different bushes/plants. We are hoping that everything on the front and back yard will be done by Monday. They completely finished three yards next to us in two days so I am sure it will be done.

I am sorry these pictures are not completely the best but I was so excited tonight to go and see that everything was painted, to see the color of the cabinets, and so just realize that things are moving along like we had planned! Once again, I can't wait for it to be finished!