New House

It has been a whirl wind over here with birthdays, moving, mothers day, property management and fires. Life is down right crazy right now. Jameson and Zachary both enjoyed very intimate birthday parties with the family and some neighbors (to help us eat cake!) I can't believe that Jameson is 1 and that Zachary is 3. I need to get going on the potty training with him!
The move is finally over except that we still have a ton of stuff at the other house. Mostly in the sheds and back yard. There is still so much work to be done on both ends and now fire season is upon us. Billy has already been to 4 fires and fire "season" technically hasn't even started yet! Oh yikes. I'm in trouble. In fact, I was supposed to work a cater job in Santa Ynez on Saturday and now I don't know what I'm going to do because Billy won't be back yet.
Anyway. I took a few pictures of the house today to give an update. I am SLOWLY getting the house put together.

 We still need to get rid of the last section of the fence in front. I hacked down the bush archway today.

Our bedroom

 

 
Laundry Room and pantry

 

 

 

Bathroom

Kitchen and Dining area

Front room from Dining area

Front room from front door

Boys room

 

TV/ Toy room

 

 

The office- where all the unsorted boxes and things are hiding!

 

We are getting more and more settled everyday. Zachary a few times has looked out the window and quietly said " Mom, I just want to go home". Aahh. What can you do. 

 

 

 

Latest Updates

We have gotten a little further at the house on the ranch. I started to give it a deep clean yesterday and will continue with lots more cleaning today. It's really starting to come together now. The mouse infested oven has been removed and the nasty rodent smell is no longer present in the house! Our biggest problem now is the wiring in the house, it's quite messed up. I'm thinking we will have to call out an electrician to have a look and make everything right. I sure wish Dad lived a little closer :)

 

Still have to decide on a color for the last wall in the front room.


Office is pretty much done, just needs a little more finish work

Cabinets and walls are painted. Need to switch out sink and install a garbage disposal

                                                                Boys room!

 

 

Need to hang everything up and seal the grout in the shower

Toy room :)

Sneek peek of the unfinished open pantry.

More!

Tonight at dinner, Jameson did the sign for more for the first time! Once he got it figured out, there was no stopping him :) Bring on those mickey chicken nuggets. It's so fun to watch him learn and grow.

Picture Updates

I haven't had a lot of time to sit down and learn about my new camera yet... so I haven't taken too many pictures with it. I guess I haven't thought about it to much either. Grandma Krone came for a visit this weekend and I took a few pictures while she was here.

Sweet Prayers

Lately William has been saying the sweetest little prayers that bring tears to my eyes as he prays. He begins every sentence with thank you and his voice is so sweet and sincere. He has thanked Heavenly Father for the beautiful earth he created, for the grass to play on and the water we drink. He says thank you for safe travels and thank you that people can get better from their sicknesses. I have really been enjoying William's independent prayers. Is it appropriate to video tape prayers?

Today's Nap

Jameson and Zachary took their afternoon nap together today. Zachary is such a cuddle bug and sure does love his brother. So precious :)

Ranch house updates

My sister Kristy reminded me to take some pictures of the progress of our up and coming home on the ranch. Here are some pictures to show you that it is still a mess and has a long way to go before we can move in.... though we are already paying rent as of March 1st. This transition is tricky to do with 3 small children, but we are getting there.

The outside of the new room addition and our pile of construction garbage.

Inside addition- office/ guest room. Walls painted, floors and trim waiting

Laundry room painted. Trim and shelving needed (so excited for this room!)

Main room & Kitchen. Opened! Needs more paint.

Bathroom. Fresh tile (thank you Martin) needs lots more love.

Little bedroom #1. Almost painted

Master bedroom. Haven't touched it yet but bought my first rug! Not sure where it will go

 The boys room. Still needs more paint and a new light.

Kitchen. A mess. Need to repaint cabinets!

 

Lots of work. There's the update :)