The Basement is almost finished!!!

The shower floor. (Wes is coming tonight to finish the walls.)

We used the same green as the hallway and added 2 purple accent walls.Tile and where the toilet will go.

The tile in the bathroom and where the vanity/sink will go (it should all be finished by Sat.)

Looking out into the hallway from Mazzy's room. I thought it might show the green a little better, but not so much.

Here is the hallway, which is a very light sage color (it's hard to tell in the pic.)Yay!! Carpeted stairs...sorry it's a little dark and hard to see.

Some serious progress has happened with our basement the last 2 weeks. I have taken forever to get these pics taken. The kids have moved downstairs and have slept there for the past week, with no problems! They LOVE it!! Everything is moving along, just waiting on little finishing touches now. Like closet doors and bifold doors in the hallway (we will have to get a door at a time because they all have to be custom made which adds up to a LOT of money), curtains for both bedrooms, a bedskirt for Mazzy's bed. Like I said, just little things to finish up. The bathroom is the last big thing to be finished up. Wes thinks he will finish up the tile by Sat. A BIG thanks to him! And a HUGE THANK YOU to Brett for the AMAZING paint job he did with the kids room and everywhere else!

Here is Bronson's Transformer Bumblebee room. We haven't moved all his stuff in his room yet, but it's getting there.On this wall we are putting a 3 and half foot Bumblebee (from Transformers) wall cling.

Mazzy's fairy corner.

Mazzy's awesome little room.

Almost finished, just a little more decorating and it will all come together.

Progress on the Basement

A close up of the stairway, no holes or seams anywhere. Yay!

The hallway.

Mazzy's room.

Mazzy's room and closet.

Bronson's room.

We are making headway with project: basement! Tomorrow the sheetrockers should be all finished with everything. Which means trim and baseboards next. And hopefully painting should start anywhere from this Thursday to Saturday. Things are moving right along faster than anticipated, (which is never a bad thing). So here are some pictures to show how things are going.

This is looking into Bronson's room. Looking into the shower. (Yes this could possibly be the world's tiniest bathroom.)

This is where the vanity will go.

This is where the toilet will sit.

Looking down the stairway (no gaping holes anymore woohoo)

Happy Easter

Our Easter was wonderful! On Saturday the kids got to go and meet the Easter Bunny, Bronson wouldn't get his picture taken with him (of course). But they got a sack of treats and thought it was great! Then we came home and colored Easter eggs. This is always the kids' favorite thing to do. On Sunday morning we had an Easter egg hunt and got to see what the Easter Bunny left in the kids' basket. We listened to the 1st session of General Conference which was one of the BEST conferences that I have ever heard! Wow what amazing talks. Then we were off to make the rounds stopping at Ryan's parents to visit and see how Grandma Nae was recovering from knee replacement surgery. Then off to Morgan to finish General Conference and to eat a wonderful Easter dinner. It was a great day all in all.

Last week I finished memorizing and passed off The Living Christ. We did this in the Young Women's and tried to get all the girls and leaders to memorize it over a 12 week period. It was very fitting that we finished right at Easter time to reflect on the life and atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ. We had a dinner for all the girls and their parent's and then those of us who passed The Living Christ off were given a Christus. Doing this was very challenging for me. I haven't memorized something since I was in High School. It was so emotional for me to do. There were many times I would be reciting it and trying to memorize a paragraph and just be moved to tears thinking of the words I was engraving in my mind and knowing the truth of those words. It has strengthened my testimony of my Savior and his atoning sacrifice for me and all mankind even more than I could have thought possible. It gave me such a wonderful mind set for the Easter weekend and made it so much more meaningful. I am so blessed to know that He lives!!! I know it, I know that he died for each and every one of us that we might all have eternal glory if we can just live our lives to the best of our abilities and knowledge! As the end of The Living Christ states, "God be thanked for the matchless gift of His Divine Son."

Life and Times of Our Family

It's been a crazy past 2 weeks. On March 20, Bronson started with a cough due to a sinus infection. By that Monday he went to the Dr. got some medicine and by Wednesday he was running a fever of 103.5. He was making a horrible crackling sound and coughing.....to make a long story short, back to the Dr., a trip to the hospital for chest x-rays, he has had a narley case of Bronchitis with Asthma on top of it. He has been using my nebulizer to inhale steroids and albuterol. Today is the first day he has woke up without weezing. It is so nice to see him up and doing things without gasping for air. It has been a LONG 2 weeks......a lot of sleep deprivation for mom.

In the meantime, Ryan has been crazily working on getting our basement finished. He is rewiring our whole house and running wires and connections everywhere. The drywallers are coming on Wednesday and we can't wait for this to be done so we can have our house back!

Today is Ryan and I's anniversary. Eleven whole years together and still happy!!!! I am so blessed to be married to my best friend! I have enjoyed this ride and I am looking forward to all the years to come! Happy Anniversary to us!!!!

I had to throw these pictures in, I couldn't just tell about them, it wouldn't do them justice. The first picture is of a drawing and painting Mazzy did last year in Kindergarten. When Mazzy first put the drawing on the fridge and showed me I said: "That is the cutest pig I have ever seen." Mazzy looked at me with disgust and said: "Mom, that is not a pig!!! It is a picture of ME with sunglasses and braids!" Needless to say it is going in her book of special things to keep. The painting is a painting of Darth Vader that she did for Bronson. I think it is hilariously adorable!
This is Mazzy's latest hobby...writing letters to family and friends. She wrote this letter at school for Bronson while he was sick. I think it is the sweetest thing ever! What a good big sister she is! (Click on the picture to enlarge if you can't read it.)

On Sunday I was feeling sick with a virus and migraine. She came into the room to give me this letter to make me feel better. Oh my! Did it ever make me smile! (Click to make it bigger, and if you can't read it let me know and I will type it up.)

I just have to say the I LOVE MY KIDS!!!! They make life worth living!!!! I LOVE my family!