110 degrees + 4 days + hard work = backyard

Daniel and I have been trying to talk our landlord into putting grass in the backyard. (He wanted wonderful rock that my boys could throw though a window;) We priced the grass out and sent him an email, and he finally agreed to pay for the supplies if Daniel did the work. I wish I had a video of him and my dad out there working. It was so hot and dry! Daniel got a tiller and started tilling and could barely break the ground becuase it was so hard. My dad, 220lbs, stood on the tiller and then it worked. It was so funny! You will just have to take my word for it.

 We are still in the first 2 weeks, so we can't walk on it, and the ground has to stay pretty wet.  The boys are so excited to play football, soccer, and have water fights.  I am excited because it is starting to cool off outside!

One PIANO, Five Women, and One Man

For any of you who do not know.  I have wanted a piano to call my own for quite some time.  I love to play, and I am in desperate need of some practice.  My mom had two pianos, one digital and one upright.   She was moving and decided to send one to me.  Her and my dad drove it to me on Friday.  That morning the Relief Society sisters came to visit me and they insisted that as strong women we could bring it inside all by ourselves!

One women put in a call to her husband.  So we had 5 girls and one Guy!  We were all pretty careful.  Ok, so technically we had 2 guys, but my dad is getting old and can't life much weight.
Getting it out of the trailer was a lot easier than we thought.  It helped that the trailer was pretty close to the ground, we had a piano dolly, and I don't have any front steps.
Thanks you to all of the women who encouraged me to bring it in on our own!  It was also a very exhilarating experience.  NOW I HAVE A PIANO OF MY OWN!!!!!!!!

The fruits of my labor

I have a new neighbor that talked me into canning peaches with her.  I was up until 12:30, but look how great they look.  It was very self satisfying.  I have never canned before!  

Warning: I ACTUALLY LOVE MY CAR

Today was a pretty crazy day.  While I won't say any of it was difficult...it was just crazy!  I have planned for weeks to go pick up peaches and begin canning.  This morning as I was leaving to get the peaches Daniel called and said he had locked his keys in the car.  he wanted me to bring him my key so he could open it up.  That sounded easy enough.  "Sure hun, no problem, let me go get the peaches and I will head up there and have lunch with you."  (at this point I was actually excited)

On my way to go get peaches I realized...my key is in Daniel's car also.  you see I hardly ever drive his car, and don't have a need to carry around a broken key.   Ok...now what am I going to go.  I called many locksmiths and we will just say....I AM NOT GOING TO PAY THAT....that simple sentance cost me sooo much today. 

I called the GMC dealer and they said if I had the right docs I could get a key made.  I loaded Chase up.  Asked a neighbor to get Carter and keep him while I headed off on my adventure, and tried to start on my way.

The car wouldn't start.  I called another neighbor to com jump my car.  Finally we are off.  

Maybe this won't be too bad. 

We got to the GMC dealer and I couldn't park close enough to leave my car on to go and get the key.  (There isn't really a better place to be to need a jump start)  So I turned that car off, got my key, and headed back out to chance the car starting on its own.  That was not my luck, and neither was the ambulance and fire truck that blocked me in just after that....Ok, so it is an emergency for someone....I'll hang out.  I am not sure how long I waited, but at least it was air conditioned!  They jumped my car and we were off another 30 miles to Daniel's work.  When we arrivedI didn't feel comfortable leaving the car on while going inside, and Daniel couldn't come out because he was with a patient.  THE CAR GOT TURNED OFF AGAIN.  So I went in with the key and my huney came out to jump start my car for the 3rd time that day. It took us 20 minutes to get it started.  My battery was fried.  I was driving home and my dear neighbor said she had no problem watching Carter a little longer so I could go buy a new battery.

I headed to costco to get a battery.  when I arrived I pulled up to the tire place and asked where I could park my car because if I turn it off it may not start again...thinking they were going to install my battery.  They said.  Just park anywhere it will be ok.  I went in to buy the battery to find out that they don't install them.  Great!  stupid car.  now I would need a jump start one more time.  The manager called the general manager and got special permission to put it in for me.  YEAH!!!!!  Thank you to Daniel at Costco that helped me out.  

I made it home and the car is working great now.  I know that part of my day was self inflicted, and one incident by itself would not be hard, but put them all together and you got one tired and irritated girl!

An update

Daniel has been asking me to update our blog for like a week.  I don't really have a lot other than house stuff to update with.  I am sure it has to be getting boring for you guys, but here you go. 

Before we started painting the walls were white flat paint.....ugh.  Daniel has been great about letting be put color wherever I want.   

This was on our first paint day a few weeks ago. 

I still can't believe what a little bit of color does to a room.  It is amazing!  If you can't tell, the newness of having a house still has not worn off.   The paining is all done and the decorating has just begun. (As much as we can with a small budget.)

Umm...the bathroom, almost done.

I have had a few requests to see the inside of the house.  Well, the only rooms that are close to done are the bathroom and the boys bedroom.  I am not ready to show the boys room until it is just right.  The bathroom still needs a painting or something on the wall, but it is almost there.  I also have a few more accessories on order because they were out at Target.

I went with a transportation theme because I have always wanted to do one.  I got this great truck from michaels at a super great price.  It looks much better in person.  I love the towels

I don't know if you can tell by the picture but these cabinets are great.  We have come a long way from Wymount pink, green, and blue.  LOL.    In this picture you can see part of the blank wall that just needs something.  We decided not to paint this room because I was worn out.  (and it is expensive).  Any suggestions on the artwork?
I just had to post this picture because I love those little shower hooks.  They look so great.  There is also the cutest rug in the bathroom of a dump truck.  Sorry no picture.  You will have to wait a little longer for any more pictures of the house.  We have to work on it slowly because we are still students...with a student budget.

We are in our new house!

We are officially in our new house, and we got the internet hooked up yesterday! We are very happy to have a place to call our own. For those of you who didn't know we have been living in other peoples homes for a month now. We are so thankful to those who helped us make this move.
All of us are doing really well here. Carter has already had 2 play dates, and Chase was invited to one but we couldn't go. Carter is really adjusting to school and is already sounding out words better. It is so nice to have someone else teaching him what I have been trying to teach for the last few years. Chase is having a hard time with Carter at school. Yesterday he wanted to call him and ask him to come home. When he did arrive home Chase was nothing but smiles.
I hate the heat, but having a home makes it better. We made the boys share a room and used the others for a play room and guest room. Now they have space to play inside when it is so hot outside. They have really awesome pools here. The newest one to open up has two huge water slides and zero depth play area. It only costs $1.50 per adult and $0.50 per child. We go at least twice a week. People say that in the next 4-8 weeks it should cool down!