Aden found my make-up

He is very mischievous ;)

Tayven turned 1 years old

My nephew Tayven! This is Hyrum and Amiee's little boy. It was fun to visit everyone in Rexburg and watch Tayven dig in his cake and open his presents. He has such cute little cheeks I love to kiss them :)
Here is my Great Grandma Hansen and Aden's Great Great Grandma. She is 93 and the sweetest lady you will ever meet. She sadly took a bad fall last weekend and broke most of the bones and nerves in her face. She is so strong and made it through a long surgery that turned out to be close to 6 1/2 hours. She is already out of the hospital and seems to not be in very much pain due to the nerves breaking also. We are so blessed to have her in our lives and are glad she is still alive and making a miracle recovery. When I was born until 2 years old we lived around the corner from Grandma in Roosevelt Utah. Then she moved to Rexburg and I moved to Idaho falls for 6 years. Then I moved to Rexburg and have lived around the corner ever since the last few months that I have been in Pocatello. I feel lucky because most people don't know their great grandmothers as well as I have been able to.
Here is Aden with his cousin Tayven at Tayven's 1st birthday party in Rexburg. So cute! His Mom Amiee and I think they look a bit a like and act alike sometimes too. The older Tayven gets the more fun they will be able to have together. They are only about 1/2 year apart but it's a big difference at the beginning.

Memorial Day Weekend

This is my sister in-law Amiee and her cute little 13 month old Tayven.
This is our dinner and my cute little niece Kyla.

This is the table set with the dishes I inherited from my first Mama. We used these dishes every Sunday to have baked potato bar. This was the first time they had been used since she was alive so I thought it would be fun while Hyrum was over to have the traditional Sunday meal on these dishes. Now that I have a bigger kitchen I could get them in the cupboard instead of a box. It was so much fun to have Hyrum, Amiee, Kyla, and Tayven come visit and see our new home. They were nice enough to leave us their wii to play too. :)

Father's Day!

Eric had his best Father's Day yet. Gratefully it was much better then my Mother's day when Eric had to work. This is Eric's new shirt from Aden and us hanging out on the porch. Eric also got a remote control helicopter which he has been having a lot of fun with. It shoots little missiles and he is getting a good aim. ;)

Here is our little cutie pie trying on his Daddy's shoes.

It was fun to skype both of our Dad's and talk to some of our other family too. Technology is great. We were able to be there without actually having to travel :)

Hey Ya'll

How is everyone doing? I haven't blogged for a while for two reasons. 1st I have been working super hard to decorate our new home so I can post the finished pictures and 2nd because we didn't have the internet for about 1 1/2 weeks so as I have finished things I couldn't post them.

Life is still crazy here with Eric's work schedule. It's been hard to adjust having Sunday and Monday off and him working Tuesday-Saturday sometimes 8am-8pm. Coming home at 7pm is a little more normal though. We thought this schedule would only last until the end of May but his boss seemed to have changed his mind and wants to keep it this way until October!! That is a big difference. So we are hoping to change his hours so he can maybe go in earlier and come home sooner and have...a life? Yes that is what it is called when you do something else besides go to work and come home and sleep then start over.

My pregnacy is going well as far as health goes. Baby Carter is constantly kicking and punching and doing cartwheels. It makes me a little sick when he is active but it is fun to feel him knowing his is alive and well in there. I had about a month of feeling good and then the last number of days the nausia, headaches, dizziness, and fatigue have come back almost 24-7. I take 1/2 Unisom sleep aid when it gets too bad but it really knocks me out for about 12 hours. So I need Eric to be home to take care of Aden if I'm going to do that.

Here are some pics of some stuff we have been up to.

This is Eric watering the plants at Brady's Plant Ranch.( His new job) Eric is responsible for tending and hand watering I believe 13 green houses'. We were able to go visit him for a few hours and see his work. You would not believe how many hanging baskets they had at the beginning of the season. Make a guess......you would be right if you guessed 3,000. So it is crucial that Eric doesn't take sick days because depending on the weather the plants can dry out or mold all within a day or so.



One of Eric's professional designs is being installed under his management this Friday. It will be his first design actually becoming a reality. He is getting the plants from the greenhouse and making commission off them and the owner's son is installing them. The project is in Rigby, Id. We are all excited to see how it turns out and excited for a little pay check on the side. ;) GO ERIC!!


This is Aden at Brady's Plant Ranch. We went and saw what Papa does at work and got to go play with the stinky chickens too. That was Aden's favorite part. We have plenty of fresh farm eggs thanks to those chickens!
Aden got to help paint his room. He did all those strokes by himself. It was funny because every time he would put it on the wall he would go back and dip the brush again. So as he walked to the wall it would drip and then his feet would stick to the plastic. He couldn't figure out what was going on. He painted for a good 15 mins. or so and then said he was finished and I could do the rest. It was fun to let him help. He is such a cuttie patootie.
Before- Our master bedroom
After my paint job
After---- The canopy bed I made. I saw a picture on the internet and imitated it. It is missing the headboad but that won't fit in our car so it will have to wait until I can get help transporting it. Our theme for the Master bedroom is "Our piece of Paradise. I am hoping to finish it tomorrow for our 4th anniversary. This way we will have our own theme suite instead of paying over $200 for one night in a themed suite.

These are the first curtains I have ever made. They are for baby Carter's room. His theme is "Prince Carter's Castle by the Sea"

Before- Well this if after I painted it white and sanded. It use to be brown wood.

After- This is for Carter's Room.

As I mentioned before we live in a twin home, or duplex. These are the two boys that we shared a wall with. Sadly they moved out but we are hoping they can find a place around here in 6 months when they are planning on coming back. Aden just loved them and they loved Aden. For only knowing them a few weeks they felt like brothers. ;)

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