We're in!

So we are finally in our new house!
There was a bit of stress actually getting to move in (due to realtor communication issues, I won't go into that..) but we made it! And now comes the fun part- lots and lots of unpacking.
And cleaning. It was fairly clean when we moved in but they had a cat and there is cat hair everywhere which is totally grossing me out. And the usual deep cleaning and painting. We painted over the ugly purple walls in the master bath with a lovely color of blue that was supposed to match my pretty new shower curtain but dried a bit dark. Oops. I think it will look okay when we get everything up though.
I still can't get in my living room or my bedroom due to all the boxes and such but I am getting there, slowly. I'm taking some "in the process" pics for my scrapbook (I know, I'm a nerd) but when we get all settled in I'll take some before pics. Then I'll post the after pics when we get our house credit $$ back and buy some new furniture and take on a few more home improvement projects. Good times.

my next project..

Look how cute!! I'm so doing this for my kids' new room. Yes, if you haven't heard we are buying a house!! Yay for us! We are so excited and I lay awake at night thinking of all the fun things I want to do to my very own house and this is one of them- the banners (and perhaps the names on the wall). When we get all moved in, I'll be able to keep my sewing machine set up instead of tucked away in a corner so hopefully I'll be able to tackle things like this.

PS. I will post pics of the house as soon as we get in. It's so cute. It's a townhouse but it's like a castle compared to what we're in now. :)

Our new toys

 So, once a year there comes a day when I am officially thanked for my efforts in a very busy and extremely demanding job (I wish type picked up sarcasm...). I believe it's now officially called Administrative Professionals Day. But I still like to call it Secretary's Day. This year my generous bosses took me and another secretary out to a very classy lunch (according to them) at the good ol' Olive Garden.

It was nice and I filled myself up on breadsticks as usual.

Then my boss (who's seriously the best ever) presented me with an envelope from the "Weber County Collections Dept"- yeah I know, hilarious. Inside the envelope was a gift card to one of my favorite stores: Roberts. And this is what I got:

Now, it may not look exciting to you but I have wanted this clip it up thing forever so I don't have to keep digging through a completely jam packed basket full of stuff. I love it- now I just need another one to hold the rest of my junk.

And then I decided to by myself my own little token of appreciation. I found this at Target and had to have it. I actually want to go back and get the whole set. So cute!

Oh yeah, one more thing. The Merrills finally broke down and bought a Wii. Yep, we are finally on that nerd wagon. :) My kids love it. Here are some funny pics I snapped of Zach playing it this morning. The kid cracks me up.

It's that time of year...

For the past couple years, Zachary has started asking for a mohawk in like February. We started doing mohawks the summer before he turned one (and Karter before that but he's not a fan anymore) and he's loved them ever since. We talk him into waiting until it's a little warmer and this is the week. He was giggly the whole time I was doing it and he couldn't be happier. I love my funny, awesome little boy!

It's what FUN is!

We are finally Lagoon season passport holders!

We are so excited to be able to drive the short distance to Lagoon whenever we are feeling it.

We went on Saturday and it was probably the funnest, most relaxing time I've ever had there. It was so nice not to have to rush- to feel like we had to pack so much into one day (since normally it's so freaking expensive!). It was awesome!

We rode some rides...

We played some games...

(and won some prizes!!)

We did a photo shoot for this kid...

(man, he cracks me up! he's running from the dragon in the last one..)

And we had a fun, FUN time! We can't wait to go back!

My dream...

So I've decided (with the help of a determined-to-make-money friend and hubby) I want to do my own scrapbooking line. It's a slim chance and a TON of work but one day I hope for this to be a place where people come to see projects made with my line.
So, I hope you'll forgive me and not get totally bored of me posting all my little projects. Hopefully, it's bound to get worse.. :)
Here are a few of my latest:

A gift for Ash in exchange for photoshoots:

I made these for Ash and Mel to write their thoughts about turning 30.

Lazy Sunday

Okay, so this is our first Sunday not having a calling and we ditched church. And while the boys are taking advantage of the warm weather flying kites, this is my lazy Sunday: