living in our new house

This one may be long and boring. sorry. jump around.


yes we are living in our house, however, i will not say we are moved in. we still have no stove, microwave or fridge inside the house, so cooking is not much of an option yet. however, our beds are in and we are still working! we still having touch up painting to do.

It was so wierd the first night, thinking that we would actually be sleeping in our own house for the first time!!! we can do whatever we want to it, whenever. the downside, we also get to pay for everything! that's a little scary to me.

I feel the need to express my many blessings! we found a wonderfully huge washer and dryer on craigslist that seem to work well. we were able to get a cheap entertainment system and the tv was thrown in! a friend of family moved and didn't want to take it with them. family has helped so much!! we haven't had a clear schedule of when moving or painting and just going by ear, and so we couldn't ask people ahead of time if they would help, but family has stepped in and helped with plenty of painting and cleaning and moving!!

I am enjoying track break, but so sad that I only have one more week. i still have SO much I need to do!! the day before track break, we had a fun little valentine's day party with root beer floats!!!! i know... crazy with kindergarten!! but it actually went really well. i just wish everyday could be as easy going not worried about making sure we got things done. the kids just had to stay seated and we got everything for them. it was so sweet. when they got their bag full of cards from everyone, they were all yelling around the room tahnking each individual person the card was from. finally, we all just said one thank you together. it was sweet.

trevor is sick again. the poor guy!! but he is so great. he's still working so hard and getting things done even when he feels pretty bad. we know have some lights!!! it's wonderful! we had no lighting fixtures and so we had a lot to buy. but it could've been much worse.

craig is loving it! he has so much space to run, jump and THROW!! yes, we are working on things and places he can and cannot throw. but he rides his bike down to check the no mail we get and plays outside in the back yard a little. sleeping and getting to used to the new place is still a work in progress. but i think he'll get used to it soon.

i'll try and post pics soon! we had my brother come in town from reno and it was so fun!! we were trying to move and pack that weekend, but it still was nice.

pics

this is the kitchen area that still has paitning stuff and tools all over the counters. but the red turned out to be a great color!

well, we have been very very busy! we still have touch ups to do of paint and i'm going to be running around trying to get more of our brown that silly walmart refuses to stock up on. but here are some pics of out colors and some updates on rooms! we had some great help and moved most of our big stuff, but i still have some of the littler things and out clothes to get packed and moved. and OH! all the unpacking!

This is the front room downstairs and the loft upstairs.

This is our rooma nd craigs and the baby's.

Guess what!

YES!!! we finally got our keys last night! i was pretty shocked when it actually worked out! welll, let me re-phrase. we got ONE key. since it's foreclosure, we only have the key from the realtor lockbox.

we went to walmart and home depot and got some things and trevor got to work a little last night! he replaced the doors, fixed the outside keypad for garage door opener and put a thermostat on. i will post more pics and things as things start pulling together.

We ar so blessed! craig loved running around our house last night!

No keys

Last night we went out to celebrate NOT getting our keys. we were pretty bummed and just getting frustrated. People just need to stop giving us hope that it will actually happen.

MMMM yummy root beer float!

So, we stopped at Cheeburger Cheeburger and it was a great little night together. Then, we went and looked and PAINT! and i think we found some great colors. at least i hope.

After that, we came home and CHUCK was on!! yay! that made me so happy! it hasn't been on since before Christmas and i was a little saddened every Monday night. it is pretty hilarious to me and Trevor and we enjoy watching it together.

two weeks ago, I went to pick up Trevor from work and he was staying late, so i stopped off at the outlet mall up on Charleston. KB toys was going out of business and they had everything 60-80% off!! i got some games for CHEAPO for school and treasure box stuff and of course stuff for Craig. he saw this plane and we had to get it! the silly boy had it in his hands practically the next two days straight! it was his favorite toy! he was so cute. He would just sit there for 2-4 minutes flying his plane. and that is a long time for this boy to sit still with one toy. he even had to have it to sleep. i love it!

no house yet

we were supposed to be signing and getting the keys to our house tonight, but as i felt, something went wrong... of course. hopefully, all the paperwork will be done by the end of the month, if not, we will see. Patience. i know.

my little bro, Luke finally got together and did part of his eagle project tonight and I love all the wonderful people who helped!! i will upload a picture of all the blankets they received, both from church people and knocking on doors! they are helping the homeless people in las vegas! so wonderful!

inspection

yes, we have a pinkish house. we have to look into the hoa's to make sure that can change!!! but, we had our home inspection today and it looked pretty good. there's some issues with all of the windows, but it should be covered under warranty and we will check it out before the 10 days is up. if not, the windows could be a little pricey. but yay!!! now i'm really excited!


This is the kitchen and the breakfast nook! all the walls are white so we have some painting to do.

we're still waiting for the hugs program, but we are just praying and having faith that whatever happens will be right.

check out our picasa webs for more pics http://picasaweb.google.com/marilene.ross/House#

house offer

guess what! we made an offer on a house and it was accepted!! AAHHH! i can't even believe it!

we have an inspection on the house next week and will make sure that there aren't too many things wrong with it... no hidden damage due to foreclosure. we are very excited... of course!!!

it is a good size house, a good sized yard and a good price. i'm so glad that it worked in our favor that the housing market and prices have gone down. we will let you know more details later! yay!!

pre-approved!

We are pre-approved and can actually go and tour houses!! yay! we are very excited and are gunna go look at a couple this saturday! yay for the wonderful people we are working with. we really are blessed and Heavenly Father is watching over us. thank you everyone who has prayed for us in the past.