Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Before and After - Our new home

Well we are getting settled in Pocatello Idaho and can't believe how much we like it here. The weather has been so beautiful this last week and we have great mountain views out every window. Both our neighbors are members of the church with kids and have been super nice. Sadly they are both moving within the next few months. Hopefully the new neighbors will have kids too. Our ward has been really great and I have made a lot of friends. We are looking forward to getting callings sometime soon too. Eric has been working Tuesday- Saturday 10-12 hours including driving and lunch. Long days and a lot of watering plants. He is doing good though and really likes it. One more month of busy and he will have a better schedule.

More updates and showing my fun designs to come. Enjoy a sneak peek!

Before- Aden's new bedroom

After- The theme of his room is "Prince Aden's Castle by the Sea" We are renting and I was allowed to paint a neutral color. This was my first room by myself. ;)

Before- Just hook ups and plain as plain can be...

After!! We got this set for a steal. The owner didn't use them very much as they were traveling with work and moved into a new twin home with a washer and dryer already there and didn't need both. They paid somewhere from $1300-1600 in 2008 and advertised $800 on craigslist. I talked them down to $500 and said we would pick up that night. So Eric came home from work and went strait to I.F. after unloading and returning the van to work he didn't get home until 10:30pm. Poor guy. We sure love them though. The dryer has a time sensor that turns it off when the clothes sense dry. I was able to 6 loads of laundry in 3 because of the high capacity ability. We are also so blessed to get energy efficient. A new washer and dryer top loaders would have been cheepest around $700 and they were not energy savors. So we are really excited and feel so blessed. Cloth diapers will be a little easier to wash for the new baby :)

BEFORE- Previous tenants decor
AFTER- All Painted, it was difficult painting behind the sink and toliet


Before
After
That's all for now ;)

Graduation

Friday, April 16, 2010

Yeah Eric! You did it!



Saturday April 10, 2010 Eric received his Bachlors degree in Horticulture with an Emphasis in Design Build and a cluster in Spanish and Business. We are all so proud of him and grateful for the new job he started a few days later!!

We getting all moved in and purchased our first washer and dryer and I painted for the first time. We are also living in our first twin home and are really liking all the extra space. More pictures to come. Meanwhile we are all really tired and Eric is working long days. Life is working us hard and we are glad to be alive. I am almost 6 months pregnant and have moved to a new doctor that is very highly recommended so we are excited. Love you all! Thanks for your help and love in getting us where we are today ;)