The Simple Life

hmmm...

i'm really struggling to find places to put things. This house has absolutely NO STORAGE space! It has 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms = our bedroom, the girls' bedroom, and my scrapbook room. Levi gets to plant his office downstairs in the unfinished basement. The laundry room is in a closet in the hallway...which is fine, but that is the only closet in the house other than the bedrooms {which have teeny closets} and the small coat closet by the garage door. Don't get me started on the kitchen...let's say the biggest cupboard is under the sink!?! pathetic!

It is worth it to pay a couple hundred dollars more a month to have more room! Yet...this was the only house that was available at the time, when we needed to move out. Sooo frustrating, and we had to sign a one year lease. I am now wanting this year too pass by fast, how sad is that! Don't get me wrong, I am thankful to even have a place to live, I guess I just need to vent a bit. It would help too, if I didn't have my store inventory and displays to deal with.

We finally got the living room furniture set up today...after Levi contemplating and complaining that this house has the worst layout ever! He replaced the kitchen faucet, because...well I ended up finishing it off, you had to slam it a certain way to shut it off, and I couldn't take it anymore, so ugh, it broke :)

I've been unpacking and trying to set up my scrapbook room all evening...trying to make things fit and work. Definitely not what I'm used too. I think it would be fine if the room had a normal size closet. Trying to figure out some sort of desk...I don't have anywhere to store my paper. I may have to save for the desk that I would like at Hobby Lobby! And that is only if they would give it to me for half off...there is a crack on the top, no big deal to me...but it has paper storage and drawers, which is what I am needing right now. (and I am going to get rid of even more stuff that I don't want anymore, can you believe that!)

I can't wait till everything is unpacked and put in place. And then we can start painting, yup that will make me feel so much better!

good night :)

silly girl...

we are busy moving, but I had to hurry and type this down...since i'm not good at keeping a journal!

Gulianna just said to me: "sooo, mom! how much a stay?"

me: "I don't know"

Gulianna: "probably 12 o'clock"

she actually said that the other day too...don't really know what she means! lol!

And...Isabella is officially walking! She started a couple weeks ago for real, and now that is all she does! Hello 15 months! Finally! We thought she was going to start walking on her birthday, but she took a couple steps and that was about all! Gulianna walked 6 days after her first birthday! Of course everyone is different :)

finally...

I got to drive my Bronco yesterday! It has been parked in the garage since December...and that was the last time I drove it. It has been too long! Levi finally went out and bought a new fuel pump and put it in, and I drove it to the house we are moving to this weekend. The girls loved it, and missed it too :)

 
and it barely fit into the new garage, by like 3 inches!  Too bad gas prices are going up again...as soon as I start driving it...I'm lucky if I get 10 mpg.

okay back to moving...going to pick up a u.haul soon!

{and Cherry I finally picked up some crepe paper to finish my Valentine mini books, but now I will have to wait to post after we move}

I love...

I have been going through more stuff all day, mostly just putting everything together where it belongs!

I was excited to find these in a box...a Hello Kitty purse {I'm saving it for Gulianna} okay, I think I bought it for me years ago :) Some leftover Hello Kitty coloring books from my birthday from years ago...maybe in 2005? And some cute little gift bags that I bought at Target, the receipt said 06.07.2007.

I also finished organizing my wrapping paper, for real, last time I was just gazing at it, and trying to justify that I don't need so much of it! lol! I was mad, because Levi threw a bunch of rolls away, I told him, 'at least drop it off to the DI'...'nah too much work, and besides no body will buy it' as he said. Now that it is all organized in containers again, I want to go out and buy more :) shhhhh...

We are getting ready to move on Monday, so that we can be out by Saturday! One more move for at least another year! Luckily this isn't a short sale home...we did sign a one year contract, ugh, but at least we have a house to live in! It is just a plain jane home, nothing exciting, but it does have a small 3 car garage that our early Bronco's won't even fit in. Okay Levi's definitely won't...but mine may barely make it in, we shall see.

We really wanted to stay here in Saratoga Springs, but there was nothing available! We've searched and searched for homes. In the beginning we were trying to find a home that would accomodate Levi's mom, but she needed a walkout basement...and we did find one that came available, it was actually 2 houses up the street from ours. But at the last minute, the guy decided to go with a different family. So Cherrie found her own home, and we had to rush to find one for us. All the nice ones were taken months ago. We've seen some really disgusting houses. Hello, how do these people live?

Anyway, we got lucky with this one in Lehi, it is fairly clean, and plain jane, no upgrades, white walls, and okay carpet...but we are going to make it work! At least it has a fenced backyard! We are going to buy a 'park' for the girls, and a 'jumpoline'. I can't wait till we can have our own home again!

So wish us luck on moving...and being sandwiched in with a bunch of houses, or as Levi calls it, 'watching your neighbors butt crack from your porch' and 'spitting on your neighbors lawn'. lol! get it? because everyone lives so close!

Can you tell we having our on space out in the middle of nowhere :) I guess it could be worse!

idiot...

so now before you judge...as I was opening these bottles I was remembering drinking the best apple soda {I can't remember what it's called}, the last time I was in Mexico.

not opening just one, but four bottles of orange Crush...

with a can opener...

 
Realizing what I have done when Levi tells me I'm an idiot,

P R I C E L E S S !

{and if you still don't realize what i did...they are easy twist off caps}

hello mellon :)

Easter...

Gulianna was the first one to wake up...she came down the stairs and noticed the first 2 Easter eggs, she was super excited and giggly. She opened one up and got even more happier when she found some chocolate inside :)

 
then we had to go wake up Isa! Gulianna was already looking down for more eggs...and Isa was just excited to go down the stairs as always :)

 
As soon as Isa started going down the stairs, she got about half way and then noticed all the eggs, so then she had to go back up and grab them and started throwing them down the stairs! It was so funny, oh I how wish I had my camcorder!

 
this is when Gulianna found out there where eggs everywhere!

 

Levi showing Isabella their Easter baskets!
 
"Mom! It's Princess & the Frog! Princess & the Frog!"

 
 
 
I love this picture of both of them :)

 
 
New jama.ramas :) 

Happy Easter!

 

I am waiting for my girls to wake up so that they can find Easter eggs in the house! We were planning on having an egg hunt at the park, but we woke up to snow this morning! I also had to get up before them to get their Easter baskets ready, and fill the plastic eggs with candy...since I didn't do it last night. Actually I have had all this stuff since February, and the candy I bought before St. Patrick's day, but you know, I have to wait until the very last minute :)

 

just after I was done filling the plastic eggs, Levi woke up and said...'ugh, you filled them already? you take the fun out of it!" uh, hello, you should have woke up earlier!

 
Notice the purple handle is broken... Gulianna had to get into the baskets a week or so ago and broke her handle off. So last night as we were setting the Easter baskets out for the Easter bunny, I told her "Idon't know if the Easter bunny is going to come and put treats in your basket, because you BROKE it!" and she was upset and asking both me & dad if we could fix it :) "you have to fix my basket or the Easter bunny won't come!" I did fix it, by stapling the handle back on.

 
The Easter bunny brought them matching pajamas, a cute little Peter Cottontail book, Princess & the Frog, & Horton Hears a Who dvds, princess containers for 'treats' and chocolate of course!

Levi 'hid' the eggs ;)

 
can't wait for the munchkins to wake up! Happy Easter!

Easter treats...

We put these together really quick for our family & friends...

 

some quick simple Easter treats!

using some fun papers & brushes from House of 3:) and lollipops from Target!

 
 
my little helpers!

 

can't wait to celebrate Easter tomorrow with my girls!

Christmas morning...

I *think* it was more like Christmas afternoon...because we went to bed so late, we opened up presents around 1pm!

 
 

Levi & I didn't 'label' any of the presents...usually I remember which presents are who's, but not this time! We were curious as to who's this one actually was...ended up being for Isa! oops!

  
 
Gulianna was super excited to get a Ni Hao Kai Lan doll! She ♥'s her!

 
 
"oooh...what's this one"...great...a motorcylcle dust cover! lol...don't you love using fun boxes :) 

"Oh, Isa you got a baby!" {let me take it away from you!}

 
 
"My baby!"

 
"Fine...whatever!"

 
...and then she took it away AGAIN! Isa threw a fit!

 
 
 

 

"mom! it's Ni Hao Kai Lan!"

 
 
 
 
 
I tried to get a picture of their big brown eyes...but...Isabella's picture didn't quite turn out, she kept making funny faces!

 

 
 

Isa was feeling better, but still sick...she opened some presents up, and then others she would just sit and watch, poor Isa! Towards the end she got excited again!