7 Things

I've been tagged so here's 7 things about me. (I wish I could say 7 interesting things, or 7 things you didn't know, or something like that but it is just 7 random things.)

1-I can't watch nature shows...you know, where the lion chases after the gazelle and tears it apart? Yeah, can't do it. Trevor once caught me crying while watching one of these shows. I don't think he'll ever let me live that down. I'm just a big emotional dork.

2-I hate the dark. My house is called 'Safety House USA' for a reason! Every door and window has to be locked, and then relocked before I go to bed. I sleep with the bathroom light on in my room, with my door shut and sometimes locked, depending on how creeped out I am that night. I have a monitor on in my kids room so I can hear everything that goes on in their room. I've always had issues with the dark, but having a husband that works nights doesn't really help things!

3-My tear ducts are magically attached to my sister Jacki's tear ducts. When she cries, I cry. When her eyes mist over, so do mine. I don't know what it is. Again, it could be that I'm an emotional dork. Who knows...

4-I'm a craigslist junkie. I have to look at it almost every night. Even if there's nothing that I need at the time, I still have to look.

5-I am very unorganized. I really WANT to be organized, but I normally try to get organized and then give up. I think my brain lacks the ability to follow through with things. So if anyone out there has any tips, let me know!!

6-I have a horrible memory! I have very few memories of my childhood, and the memories from high school are starting to fade. I am horrible at remembering birthdays, so if I've forgotten your birthday, I apologize! Don't blame me, blame my memory!!!

7-I can't go into Target without going to the bathroom. Even if I went before I left, without fail, at some point while walking through Target, I'll feel the sudden urgency to use the bathroom. And let me remind you that the bathrooms at Target are not always the cleanest, plus after having a few kids, I don't have the 'control' that I used to. So now I try to limit my visits to Target, or carry my lysol wipes with me when I go.

And there you have it. 7 totally uninteresting things about me. Don't you feel mentally nourished?? I'm supposed to tag 7 other people, so let's choose Jacki, Naomi, Cathy, Heather, Pa, Jen, and Jess. I know some of you already posted something like this, so don't feel the need to do it again!!!

4th and 4th Tag

So here are the rules of the game. Go to your pictures folder and take the fourth picture from the fourth file and post it. That's it. Then tag four friends.

I'm excited this is the 4th picture, because I LOVE this picture, but just never posted it. One night I went in and found Jonathan asleep like this. He loves his teddy and his hat. So cute!

I can't choose just 4 people to tag, so anyone that reads this HAS to post it!!!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy

So much has been going on lately, and I finally have some downtime (for the minute) to update my blog! I know...you're all super excited.
The biggest news is that we've moved! Hooray!! We've officially had it for about a month, but still haven't moved most of our stuff in. We got it at a great price, and it's the perfect size for our family to grow into. Our biggest project has been putting down new floors. The entire house had blue-green carpet! We're not really fans of that color, so for the last month we've been working on putting new flooring in. The carpet upstairs was the easiest. We just had somebody install it. But we decided to put laminate wood flooring throughout the whole downstairs, and that has just been a pain in the tush!!!! Thankfully we have lots of family and friends that have been so great to help with installing and watching the kids while it's being done. I don't think we could have done it without them. We're still working on the flooring, and only have the kitchen left. I can't wait until it's all done! Then we can move the rest of our stuff in! So here are some pics of the house. Pardon the mess in some of the pictures! Oh, and I've lost my camera, so thanks Alisa for taking the pictures!!

The front of the house

The yard. We hope it will get green soon!!

The kitchen


We painted the whole downstairs in a day and a half! What a rough day that was!!

The kids enjoying peaches from our new peach tree

The kids LOVE the backyard!

My poor kids...they've ended up watching a lot of tv while we put the flooring in

Trevor and I workin hard for the money

Our little helper

This picture was too cute to leave out

Jonathan was a really good helper!

Well, I thought I had more pictures, but apparently not! You can see the new carpet in the background of one of the pictures, but I'll just have to update once I find my camera. And I'll put pictures up of how the rooms look before and after.