Scene of the BIG secret!

So this was how the house we were renting in Michigan looked two weeks ago... The hubs' company moved us back to Utah so we did not have to pack a thing.... We had people for that... I feel so special... They have done it for us twice now.... :O) I have not determined if it is less stressful though. I can not find anything now.... :o(

This was day ONE of the packing...

They had my ENTIRE house packed in ONE day!!!

So here is day TWO.... Everything was put on this huge moving truck...... In one day.... If you are not counting that is only a TWO DAY moving job!!!

Whew!!! I worked so hard.... I had to buy lunch for everyone for both days... I know it was rough but someone had to do it... :O)

My littlest one loved being out side with the big truck... He kept trying to ride his little bike up the ramp.... He was so funny....

Isn't he just the cutest? So sweet.....

Next up, moving in..... To Be Continued......

Secrets out!!!

Okay, I can finally tell all of you the secret the hubs has made me keep. Drum roll please........



WE MOVED BACK TO UTAH!!!!



The secret was so we could surprise one very special person.... My bestie Marilee!!! She rocks... We drove to her house first thing and I knocked on the door and her son answered. I whispered to him to get his mom... He made her come after much force... She opened the door saying come in then started screaming.... stopped long enough to yell my name then started screaming again....with a huge hug!!! It was so awesome!!!!!!!! Well worth keeping the secret!!!!!



We are happy to be back. But will miss our new friends we made in Michigan...



Now comes the fun/work time.... We came home finding that our renters had a dog in our house and let it pee all over our new carpet.... So we had to tear out the carpet and get it out before the movers came to deliver our belongings.... So lots of work... But that is okay... I have so many ideas/plans in the works... Moral to the story... Even when it is written in the lease that the renters can NOT have pets in your house they do not always abide by it.... BUT, now I am getting wood floors..... Yeah!!! That makes me happy.... I have been taking pictures so will be posting more and showing you before/after shots of my house.... So exciting.... Until next time.... Sorry this is so short... We just got the internet hooked up and hour ago.... So you see my priorities... Its you my little chic-a-dees.... :O)

Where's all the posts been?

So sorry for not posting this last week and not posting very interesting things the last couple weeks... Things have been real busy here. You know its life!! So I am truly sorry for not posting much at all!! Thought I should let you all know I will be without the Internet for awhile. As soon as it is back up and running I will be posting lots more and they will be so much fun.... Yipee!! :O) Major projects in my mind for the summer... :O)

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer with the kids home... Mine still have until Friday before the summer fun can begin... Seems like they are in school forever here.....

Any hoo, have a great week/weekend and I will be back in full force in a short few!!! :O)

Last weeks endeavors

So sorry if have not posted in a while. I have been working on a few things.. Mainly dejunkifying my house.. I feel the need to purge everything.. Especially ALL the toys that the kids have accumulated over the years.. I have made 2 trips to the Goodwill and another one scheduled for this week... Progress!!! :O) I thought I would show you all what happens in our back yard EVERYDAY!!! Yeah, that's right... It is where all the deer come and bed for the night which does not help when you want to plant a garden... It just so happens this one came early (about 4 in the afternoon). she stayed there for quite a while until My oldest decided to slam the screen door.

On Friday evening the hubs and the boys headed out with a friend on his boat and see what they could catch on Lake Michigan.. Well, the score was 500 to the fish and only 3 to the humans. My husband does not have the best record with motion sickness... He is the one that fed the fish... Like 4 times at least... My boys were the ones that caught the fish...

Here they are Saturday morning (they did not get home til like 12:30 in the morning so cleaning the fish had to wait). The boys were so proud. Can you guess what we ate on Sunday?

That's right.... We ate fish... It is salmon so that made it alright... Which leads me to what I did today... We have 2 cousins getting married.. Well one got married this last week but, anyhoo... I started their wedding presents today...

What do you think? They are cookie jars with their name etched on with the est. year.... I hope they like them.. I sure do..

Sorry the pictures are not very good. But, you get the idea... I just cut some crap vinyl with my cricut and placed the negative side to the jar then applied the etching cream.. Waited 5 minutes and washed it off and pulled the vinyl off and there you have it... So easy!!

Hope you all had an enjoyable Memorial weekend. My nephew was able to come home from Afghanistan for some much needed R&R. We were not able to be there with him this weekend but our thoughts and prayers and tears are with him... He is by buddy! And I love him so very much!! Thanks Zach for serving our country and risking your life for us.... We love you!! :O)