Definately NOT the same...

Jeremiah used to hang out in Nursery with Archer and then again with Robyn before she got sick. The kids would flock to him and just stare at him. We figured that it was because he has (had) long hair and a beard - which living so close to BYU, you don't see that often. WRONG.

We found out that it's because Jeremiah looks like another guy they know...


I love it! :) We've overheard a few of the kids telling their moms and teachers - 'LOOK! It's Jesus!' They were so excited. Boy, were they wrong! HA!


I guess I can see the similarity! :) So I find it quite funny that now when our little girl sees pictures of Jesus, she says 'DADDY!!!'


Yep... We're trying to teach her the difference and I think she's starting to get it. But I thought I would share that little ray of sunshine with you. :)

Passing It Along...

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Upstairs Pictures :)

I'm just too excited to show off the new paint upstairs. :) The living room is basically done. There is new paint on the walls and all the trim and the new ceiling fan is put in. :) We have a window guy coming on Monday to 'fix' the problem with our big window so we still have to paint the trim for that, but yep. Other than that (and shampooing all the carpet) it's done! :) YAY!

Isn't it PRETTY!?!

The bedrooms and hallway have new paint on the walls but the trim around the doors and windows (not to mention the doors themselves), the closets and the baseboard all still need their new coat of white paint.... But it's gonna be done. Probably by tomorrow! :) YAY for hubby's who are unemployed and can work on MY house for a change! (And for tax returns that are making pretty much all of this possible!) Ha!

Then this weekend, we'll tackle the new flooring and vanity in the bathroom. And then we will be done. Basically. You know, we still have to find the renters and all... :) And buy new doors... And other random things. But, you know, basically. Basically we are done.

Watch for pictures of the bedrooms, the bathroom and the outside of the house to be posted here (and at BYU and on KSL Classifieds and a Craigslist ad) soon! Loves!

Need a place to live?

Just when you think you are about done (with whatever) more things always seem to happen.

We've worked out a pretty sweet budget and and are pretty much sticking to it. We had this fantastic plan of what to do with our tax returns - pay a whole crap load of bills, go on a cheap date with my hubby (without kids), another hopefully cheap date with the kids, and put on all the finishing touches in the basement (where we live). You know, a front door that is actually an exterior door. Frame the windows in so that you don't see the concrete in the walls. Put trim up in our kitchen. Maybe even some closet doors...

Now, it's not gonna happen.
At least not with tax money.

Jeremiah's brother moved out of our upstairs this last weekend so that he could be closer to his work and basically everything else he does. Plus, he has a place to store his rare motorcycle and other toys and tools. Good for him (and really, we're happy for him), bad for us.

So now, tax money is going towards finishing upstairs. Yes, it's technically 'done', but if we're going to rent it out to someone NOT family, then it needed a few things done. SO, we bought some paint today and started repainting walls. We're going to be buying 3 exterior doors so that we can put fire doors on the 2 doors going into the upstairs 'apartment' and one that goes down towards our little abode. We're putting in a new bathroom vanity / sink. We're putting new flooring in the bathroom. Changing all the door handles to match each other. Getting the broken window fixed. Probably gonna cost us close to $1000. So with the other money, we're catching up our house payment. And then, it's back to the poor house and starting to fall behind on bills - unless we get renters...

SO... Speaking of renters -
if you know anyone....

We have an almost 1250 square foot upstairs of a house for rent. It's 3 bed, 1 bath. It was almost completely remodeled about 2 years ago (new carpet, new windows, new pretty much everything). It will have new flooring in the bathrooms and new paint on all the doors and walls at the end of this weekend. It has a stove, dishwasher and a fridge and if needed we could keep our washer and dryer upstairs as a shared laundry. If not, there is a room for laundry. Some utilities (water, sewer, garbage, gas, electricity) are included. Pretty close to BYU. We're asking $950 a month.

Living room (front door) - we'll be re-painting the trim by Wednesday

another view of front room, kitchen to right, hall to side

Picture of one of the bedroom windows (see that we're painting?)

And a bonus picture of my cute little painter girl...

SO YEAH, if you know anyone, have them email me at mandysfriends@hotmail.com. We can show the place now and hope to have it move in ready by the end of this week.

A few pictures of Robynson

I've taken lots of pictures of my kids lately (what's new?!) and thought I would post some of Robyn (since I haven't for a little while) for you all to enjoy... :)

"HUGS!"

And this is AFTER her hair cut! :)
It's long when it's all down and wet!


My pretty little girl :)

She passed out after her doctor appointment

Okay, this one is all 3 kids. A few days ago, both boys came out of their room (during the middle of the night) and slept on the couch. Robyn had also slept on the couch that night because she wasn't feeling good. I took this picture right as Robynson was waking up but both boys were still asleep. :)

Hope all is well for all of you (you know, all 4 or so who actually read this!) :) Much love!