Holy Cow...It's an Update!!

OMGosh!!! It's really here....a new Update! I know it's been months! Yeah sorry about that! I know I have totally earned the "Horrible Hypocrite Blogging Award"!! I will totally admit it! But in my defense......um.....well OK so I don't really have one, but here I am now to beg your forgiveness and give you a much needed official update!

Well let's see....we have finally settled into our new townhouse. We absolutely LOVE not renting!! We have done a ton of work to it already (as it was definitely a fixer-upper!) And amazingly there is still a ton of projects yet to do. We had to scrub everywhere (I hate to say it but the people who owned before us were dirty and I won't even tell you the things I had to scrub off the walls!) Paint (everywhere!), put in new carpets, replace the floor in the bathroom upstairs along with the fixtures, fix the hot tub, re-stain the porch, and we are currently working on restoring the backyard deck and planters!

Honestly I think I will always have some kind of constant project going! It will NEVER end!! Here are some of the pictures of the bigger projects :)

This is the color we ended up going with! We liked it so much that it's pretty much what we painted the whole house! It was a LOT of painting!!

Here is the new floor in the bathroom. We changed out the old plastic orange fixture with a cheap $10 one..but I will post additional pictures as I get around to replacing it with a permanent one and new fixtures everywhere else!

Here Is what the living room set up ending up being...for those of you who helped with our never ending furniture placing debate! LOL I know I know I have yet to decorate, but to be honest I figured that I would get all of these dang projects out of the way first and then decorate....so basically it may never happen! Good thing I am not high Maintenance like that ;)

Well that about covers the high lights of moving in and doing the basic move in repairs! Kaylee loves the new space and is just the cute crazy girl that she naturally is...Here are a few of the cute pics of her favorite things to do around the house!

K so the next four are fuzzy but adorable! She LOVES to help out with laundry, much to my frustration!

Kaylee's guide to folding laundry:

Step one: Investigate Mommy's perfectly folded piles

Step two: Shake!

Step Three: "Hmmm...what is it?"

Step Four: "A Hat!!"

And your done!!

Here is a picture of Kaylee "helping" to re-organize my desk! .

Read! She loves it and has memorized most of her books now!

A girls got to have a sword...am I right?!

Crazy hair day!!

Getting ready for high heels already!! We are so in trouble!

Yup... definitely in trouble!

And lastly she loves forts! But only if someone can crawl inside with her! cause playing forts alone is just no fun!

Brian Update:

Brian is doing really well lately. He has one class more to finish until he graduates WGU!!!!!!!!!!

We are so happy for that day to come! Work is going fantastically! He is really enjoying some of the projects that he is working on ( I would tell you all about them, but trust me they are so technical unless you work in his exact field you wouldn't understand half of it!) But he is able to incorporate his love of gaming into some of his projects and that is like Brian Heaven!! Other than work, school, and gaming ...he is still the same old Brian we all know and love! Although a note must be made of Brian's new found love of Hot Tubs! Yes we finally got our's up and running. Mostly due to Brian's genius and hard work! And let me tell you it is so worth it! Brian doesn't think he could ever live without one now! Here are some pics of that renovation project!

Haha! First we had to go under the house and fix some water pipes that ran to the hot tub and stuff! It's really gross down there and there's snakes!

Brian was not a happy camper!!

Then we had to reinstall some broken parts that had deteriorated due to neglect.

And clean everything out until I felt it was sanitary!

But then we were left with this:

A beautiful Hot tub!

And a very happy family!

K so the last project I have to brag about for a second is the play kitchen that I made for Kaylee! So I have always wanted to make one of these little things, but didn't want to invest the time and money into a toy that she wouldn't like or be interested in. So this little cardboard kitchen is a made from boxes condensed inside each other (for stability) and $8 worth of "stuff" . not only is it cheap, but a good "test run" for the real thing one day! check it out!

TaDA!
K so all of the knobs turn...the curtain I attached with elastic so it opens and closes, and there is even a secret compartment under the sink.

And the oven door opens! I am so proud!

Well that is basically it! I think I am all caught up ... pictorially at least! I apologize if this post has been a little disjointed. I just figured you all would want to see more pictures than just read about boring stuff! Well talk to ya later the "monster" just woke up from her nap :)