Finished!

I haven't posted updates of our house in a while, but we are finally finished with phase one. All the painting is done and all the trim is up! yay! I still have finishing touches to do like window treatments for all the rooms, and to finish hanging pictures, but the hard part is done. so here ya go.
This is our office before

and this is the office after

Here is Andi's room before

And After


The Front bathroom before

and after


Our bedroom & Bathroom before



and after

Curious George

I was writing out my lesson plans for dance today and Andi was, I thought, playing nicely with some toys. Lessons plans finished this is what I found in the front room.
And that goofy little face, is what has become of Thad trying to teach Andi how to smile for the camera. Like most people, the posed smile is not nearly as cute as the natural one. Anyway, I still am not exactly sure how she got the marker, as the drawer we keep them in is above her head. It was open, so I know she got it out and that it wasn't laying around, but she must have just rummaged her hand around without being able to see in the drawer until she found a familiar shape.
Andi also loves G&G Bulkeley's dog Rusty. She loves to pet him, and throw things at him, and sit on him. . . he's a very tolerant dog luckily.

Mandy!

Okay Mandy, if you are reading this, I went back through most of my old posts and could not find a comment, so I couldn't find your blog, and I don't know your last name now so I couldn't look you up through the Stake website, and I couldn't even find you on stalker net(byu) ;) so you need to comment here so I can see your blog and you need to e-mail me so we can get in touch. dncrgrl82@Hotmail.com.
Sorry to everyone else who might have been excited at a new post, you will all have to wait till I get those dang polka-dots done in Andi's room so I'll have cute pictures to post ;)

another year

I don't like to post without pictures, but I've been slacking in the picture taking area lately, and although there has been stuff going on, I have no photographic proof. But I'm posting anyway.
This last weekend was Thad's birthday. We had a BBQ planned for Friday night, which ended up having to be re-scheduled because he got called back to work 30 minutes after he got home. Which means he had to drive all the way back to Fillmore and didn't get home till 10. I was pretty ticked at his boss at that point. But We had the BBQ Saturday instead, and aside from the wicked heat, it was a lot of fun.
Today was my first day back at the dance studio, and I have to say it didn't go as badly as I was predicting. My leotards were definitely stretched to the max, but I wasn't as out of it as I thought I would be. In fact I think I had those 10 year olds fooled into thinking I knew what I was doing. I even stayed for a little while for the jazz class I used to take, and it wasn't bad. I may be changing that thought tomorrow when the soreness sets in, but it felt really good to be dancing again.
Andi is talking like crazy now. I think I am still the only one who really understands what she is saying, but at least we are communicating now, it's helpful. I am getting her room painted and polka-doted this week, so I should have some new pictures to post soon. In the meantime I still can't get enough of the Wicked soundtrack, and I've finished all 7 of the Harry Potter books so I'm looking for some thing new to read.