Reading, Cleaning, and Organizing Oh What Fun It Is To Do!!!!

So I am out of school for the "summer" and I have seven and a half weeks worth of absolutely nothing to do. So I am going to fill my time by reading a lot of books, organizing my house, and cleaning it very THOROUGHLY after my laundry project is done.
As for the reading I am re-reading the Harry Potter series and then I am going to watch all the movies, I am reading the Twilight series, and just other random books I get from the library and my mother-in-laws bookshelves. I love to read and my goal is to read 40 books in seven weeks and I have been out of school not even a week yet and have already read three.

I am a person who loves to clean and organize things. It really bothers me when I see a dirty house our something out of sorts and for those of you who read my blog and know me really well when I get in a cleaning mood you don't want to stop me. So for the next while my swifter, clorox, CLR, 409, broom, and mop are going to be my best friends. My house is going to be very shiny and clean. Yay and what fun for ME!!!

Laundry Room Construction

Well Randy and I got all moved into our house. We moved the weekend of the 15th and have now gotten pretty much all settled in. I will post pictures later after the laundry room that is now under construction is finished because my house is really dirty and dusty from it. So the Monday after we moved in Randy Chambers began construction for our new upstairs laundry room/mud room. I am so excited that I won't have to go downstairs to do laundry I just have to walk through the kitchen. Blake and Diana thought it would be a good idea to build one. It is looking great so far. Below are some pictures of Blake, Randy, and Randy Chambers doing the framing, what my garage looks like, and the whole lovely mess that is now my soon to be laundry room. These pictures were taken about a week ago and it is now much further along. It is now all framed, plumbing is done, electrical is done, insulated, and all sheetrocked. Hopefully it will be all done by the time I get back from Utah in the middle of August. Let's just say I am not a fan of construction going on at my house while I am living in it but the whole thing will be so worth it! I can't thank Randy Chambers and my parents-in-law enough! The finished project will be posted in about two to three weeks but for now here are some.

Randy and Randy working on the framing together.

What it looks like right now, waiting for the mud to dry.

Blake working so hard

This is what my garage looks like.

Snowmobile Water Races

Last week Randy and I went to Blackfoot to watch the snowmobile races on water. We went with Blake and Diana. They started at 11:00 and were pretty interesting other than the fact that a lot of people sank theirs and it took forever for the boat to drag the snowmobile out of the water. We stayed for about and hour and a half it just was so hot that we decided to leave and go get some lunch at Rupes. It was a fun afternoon and I am glad that we went to Blackfoot Pride Days.



A Little Angel

One year ago today this little angel left this earth to return home to live with her Heavenly Father. Her name is Preslee Jo Sullenger. Although I have never met her personally she has forever changed my life. I read about her story on her mothers blog. I have met her mom though I had one class with her at BYU-Idaho in 2009. The day I read about what happened to this precious little girl and to her parents I cried my eyes out. She is so cute and seems like the sweetest girl. She made me want to be a better person and really made me step back and realize all I have to be grateful for. She strengthened my testimony so much. I know that Heavenly Father lives and loves each and every one of his children. I know that he gives us trials here on this earth to make us stronger. Preslee's mom Ashley, had this quote on one of her blog posts that says, "I CAN DO HARD THINGS." I just want to testify that I know this to be true. If I couldn't do hard things in this life then I wouldn't be who I am today. Preslee truly is an angel and I am grateful for her inspiration and peace of mind she gives me. Preslee's parents are such amazing people and I hope the best for them and their little family.
I read the Sullengers blog weekly and keep up with what is happening in their lives. I can't wait to become a mom and to have children of my own that I can love and cherish. Preslee's parents are such examples to me and are so strong. I know that Preslee is now watching over her family with her Heavenly Father with a sparkle in her eyes, a smile on her face, and love in her heart.

Pondering

I was just sitting on my couch taking a break from packing and moving some boxes and such to the new house and I was just thinking of everything we have to look forward to in the next year. Randy and I are moving tomorrow and I can't wait. This is the start of a whole new adventure moving into a house that has three bedrooms. I am so used to living cramped ans squished with all of my belongings that it is going to look very empty in our house and I don't know how to deal with that.

I was just thinking about everything that we have to look forward to in the next year or so. I have my last semester of school and then I student teach. I will graduate in April of 2012 and then on to pursuing my dream of being a school teacher so hopefully I won't have a hard time finding a job. Randy can apply to his nursing program next March, and who knows maybe even baby of our own. Everyone else seems to be having one why shouldn't we lol! We definitely have a lot of things coming in the future that are big life changing things but I can tell you for sure that I can't WAIT!!

MOVING.....again!



Randy and I are moving once again this weekend. We are so excited and this will be the last move until we buy our own house! We will be in this house for about 5 years or so. I can't wait to have my own space again. We have been living in my cousins house while he has been in Iraq. He comes home in about nine weeks so we wanted to be out and such before he got home. I love our new house and can't wait to start filling it up with our stuff, and the new stuff we bought and the best part of moving DECORATING!

We won't have as many boxes to move this time because we were smart and moved some of our belongings in the basement of the house we are moving into. So all we have to move is our bedroom, bathroom, and living room.



Old house, new look!

The outside of the house

 So the rumors are true, Randy and I are moving again. We have been staying at my cousins house who has been serving in Iraq. We are moving in about two weeks. We started to move in some of our stuff today. We are going to be moving into a house that is owned by my parents in law. Randy's older brother Brian used to live in this house and the walls used to be white and the front door bright blue. Well we decided to paint the house tan and the front door a reddish color. It looks we awesome and we love it! I can't wait to move it and have my own space again.

The living room

the hallway

The master bedroom

4th of July

For the 4th of July my family came up from Utah and stayed the weekend. We had a bbq with a bunch of family and then hung out and waited for the fireworks to start in Idaho Falls. The fireworks were amazing and so pretty. My dad, two sisters, Randy, and I all went to them.

The Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays. Every summer when it comes around it gets me thinking about the country I live in and the freedoms I have and take for granted everyday. I have a cousin serving in Iraq right now and I just want to say thank you to him especially and to all the other men and women who are serving our country. I am so grateful to live in this country.