Thursday, August 27, 2009

Our First Place!

So we finally have a little house to call our own and we are so excited about it! The day before we were moving my oldest sister, Natalie, calls me up and announces that they are coming to help us. We were so excited and thankful for all the help. It was so nice because I'm pretty much useless when it comes to carrying big stuff now and Owen had a bunch of buddies to keep him preoccupied and its always fun to have your family around! It was a big weekend but we got lots done and we had help from Shelly and Carl, Jake's family, as well so we were definitely taken care of. Thanks so much to everyone!!




The crew that came from Idaho to help us! And yes Natalie is my sister, my little "big" sister at that. (:

The guys worked so hard and it wasn't the coolest day out so we had to get their pic by the horse trailer. Troopers! (Obviously this is a reenactment)

Thanks again Nat! Love ya!


The boys helping out in the truck.

Taking a break for a movie and popcorn night!



Jonah and Owen posing on the slide.



Thank goodness for the sweet Super Nintendo Jake and I scored for free! Isaac is pretty much the master of Mario now.



So last weekend Jake and I were excited that we finally got to paint our very own first place. We went and got paint and got started at 11 pm Friday night. I fizzled out at 1 am and went to bed and Jake was going to finish the first coat and then come to bed. I woke up at 5 am when he finally came to bed!! The next morning I walked out to see that he had finished both coats and pushed all the furniture back and cleaned up all the paint mess. How awesome is that?!! He is the best and I love him.

These are just random pics of Owen cus I think he is the cutest ever. Jake likes to wrap him up tight in a burrito and I got a kick out of it, obviously Owen did too. (: The second pic is Owen after he ran through the sprinklers one night. The little stink!

13 comments:

  1. What a nice husband you have! I LOVE the room. It looks great and I can't wait to see more pictures of your house. You are so adorable and of course, TINY! I was laughing so hard at the picture of you by Natalie. That just cracks me up. And I was also laughing because I remembered the time we went and stayed with her and played the feather game with a minor incident as well as the popsicle incident on the porch steps. Love it!

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  2. Congrats on the house. It looks very cute.

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  3. Your house looks so good! Congrats on moving into your own place, we are jealous! :) Let me know if I can help you out in any way.

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  4. oh your house looks so cute!!! congrats!!! and i love the paint color :) do know what it is called

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  5. Wow what a great husband you have. The paint looks great. By the way you look great too. I hope you are feeling well!

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  6. Congrats- love the paint! So exciting to have your own place!

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  7. That is very exciting Gretch! I hope we make it over there soon to see you and your lil family! You look great as well! I hope your lil girls are doing well!

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  8. hey!! Thanks for commenting on my blog! Confession: I've looked at yours more than once but I didn't want you to think I was blog stocking you!!! :) Congrats on the two girls! how fun! All I can say I'm glad it's you having two and not me!!! JK! And we've got family in Wyoming so next time we visit I'll get a hold of you somehow and we can hang out! Your little boy is to die for! he's so cute!! hope all is going well! take care!

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  9. Gretchen! AHHH! I love you and can't believe you're having twin girls! How exciting for you. I'm so excited for you. I don't know if you want to, but you should email me so I can send you an invite to our blog. I will definitely be sending prayers your way come December :). Love ya!

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  10. Happy Birthday Owie!!!!! I was so jealous when Nat told me she was coming again to see you, and I haven't been out there yet. I kinda feel like I've been there, talking to you about the new house and seeing the pictures on your blog, but I know it's nothing like being there. How are you feeling? Are you waddling yet? I am!!! I'm excited for us, esp having our girls so close together, it's fun. I wish you were closer, I just have to imagine what it's like for you, what you're looking like, all those pregnancy things that you esp think of when you're pregnant yourself! I hope this weekend was fun. We are STILL potty training Alex, and she's getting it, slowly. I hope to put her in underwear tomorrow. :) She sometimes gets a false sense of security with those on. How is your house coming? I know things go slower than you want, if you're like me, 'cause you have it all figured out in your head and sometimes I just want things DONE! I hope it's going well. I'm still trying to de-junk and get things done. Now that Aggie is actually going to the littly potty by herself, I can leave the living room and get some other things done now! If I can just get the energy now! Sure love ya and hope all is well over there, we're thinking of you!

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  11. Hey Gretch! Thanks for the comment! It seems like forever, and yet just a few days ago that we lived in Rexburg with you guys! We live in Ammon now and Steve is going to school at ISU. Congrats on the big news! We are so excited for your family! How fun! Steve kept commenting on you guys having twins for a very long time! And how fun a house! That's so great! Good luck with everything! Hey, what's your new address??? Take care and I hope you are feeling well. Okay so as good as you can be with having twins and nearing the end of your pregnancy! Keep in touch!

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  12. Hey either you need to 1)fire your camera man, 2) make natalie grow, or 3) make Jake shrink! Love the house, love the hair (Owie), love you guys!

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