Carrie's Wedding

My best friend Carrie got married last Friday. She and Bob were married in the Nauvoo temple and then had their reception in Chicago on Saturday (the Chicago temple flooded a couple of months ago and was closed so they had to get married in Nauvoo). It was a lot of driving in one weekend for us, but we are so glad that we could go and share a beautiful day with them. The weather was perfect on Friday and it was wonderful to be in the temple with them. It was really nice to spend time with Steve (we left Davis with Jen and Keith...thanks so much guys for watching him!).
The Nauvoo temple. It really is amazing...something so special about being there and remembering the amazing sacrifices that were made for us to have what we have.

Carthage Jail. Last time I went to Nauvoo Carthage was closed when we got there so this was my first time inside. Amazing to be where the prophet Joseph Smith gave his life. I am so grateful to him!

Carrie looks so beautiful! I have never seen her smile so big! I am so happy for her!

More House Pics

Here are a couple of pictures of some more rooms that I have finished.
Dining Room: We finally got our dining set. Micah and Christie, I don't know if you can see it very well but I got the awesome wall hanging behind the table with the gift card you gave us for Christmas. It looks great and thanks again!
Front Room:

My Craft Corner!

First of all, thank you so much for all of your nice comments. I miss you all....a lot. There is a girl in my new ward here who has a craft heaven. Seriously, I have never seen a room like this before dedicated just to crafting. It was awesome. I keep telling Steve how awesome it was. I don't think he cares. Anyway, this is a picture of my 'craft corner'. I am just thrilled about it! I actually have a table and some wall space in my house dedicated to crafting. I am loving it. Steve's comment after he helped me hang up all the handy dandy organizers (all from IKEA :) ) was 'did you always have all this stuff in rubbermaid containers? I'm so sorry you had to keep getting everything out everytime you wanted to make something.' Now that is sensitivity from a husband if I have ever heard it. A glimmer of understanding I must say! So what makes me happy today? My craft corner and nap time so I can actually make something there!

I'm Back!

So apparently my camera won't work with Windows Vista so I have to download to my old computer then bring the pictures over on a flash drive. I guess I could have done that all along but, well, I'm a little slow! Plus, it's a pain but at least I am back in business! This post is probably really boring for most of you but I have had numerous requests from my family members for pictures of our new house so here are a few. There are still some rooms I am working on and will post when I get them done.

Living Room...it's big and long. Kind of hard to set up but I like how it turned out. The end isn't done yet so I didn't take a picture.

Davis' room...I wish I had a before picture of this room because it was really ugly but I LOVE how it turned out. Steve was labor and I was the brains on this one! (although I painted everything). He did a great job on the shelving. And yes, Davis' bed is backwards so he can't

Kitchen: This was my least favorite room in the house, but once I got it put together it is actually okay. We are saving to do some remodeling in here and I can't wait to replace the white appliances but it is actually pretty functional.

The main floor bathroom ceiling. Lets just our washing machine had some issues when we first hooked it up and we had a little flooding (or a lot of flooding) into this bathroom and we had to tear out the ceiling. Steve can't wait to repair this ceiling this weekend!!

The basement: Davis is loving his new toy room (it's actually finished and isn't the size of a closet like the old house). The guys from the ward that helped us move tried to convince us we must get a new TV to fit this space but I think that is going to be awhile down the road. It does look a little ridiculous! I think it's funny!

Master Bath/Room: Two rooms I didn't paint! Love it!

PS: Sorry about the spacing of pictures/writing. I am having issues and am tired of trying to fix it. Good enough!

House

We closed on our house on Thursday! It is very exciting to know that we are homeowners again. We spent the entire weekend painting and still have a lot to do this week before we move in next Saturday. Did I mention I hate moving? At least this time more than half our stuff is already packed (still in storage) and we are actually moving to a house so it is exciting. Pictures to come once we get moved in (and if I ever get my camera to work again!).

A Crazy Week

So I still can't get my camera to work with my new computer and I am waiting for Steve to fix it for me! I have some cute pictures to post hopefully someday! It has been a really crazy week here. We had several snow storms with freezing rain inbetween which made a really really big mess. It was almost impossible to drive anywhere. The entire city pretty much shut down and we have been stuck inside for several days in a row! On Wednesday Steve couldn't make it to work because the roads were so bad and we barely made it over to Keith and Jen's so we had a snow party a couple of days in a row over there. Steve's sister, Stacy is visiting and she got snowed in with us! Over 200,000 people in Louisville didn't have power and a lot of those people still don't. Because of the ice storm, the trees had tons of ice on them. They were really heavy and fell over or branches broke off and brought down the power lines. My entire car was encased in at least an inch of ice. It has been unreal. The temperature is supposed to be over freezing so maybe things will start melting. I am just glad the roads are driveable again and we can get out and around. Our nephew is getting baptized tomorrow so Steve's parents are coming into town tonight and we look forward to a weekend full of family fun!

COLD!!!

Okay, I know some of you have it worse than us, however, I am not used to this cold cold weather (especially the humid feel of it) and just have to vent about how much I dislike it. I went to the gym the other morning and my car thermometer said -6. (plus with the windchill it feels a lot colder). I have never been somewhere that cold. Seriously, it is terrible. Thank goodness it isn't that cold every day, but it is still really really cold. I feel bad even taking Davis outside. On Sunday night it snowed (which is rare here) about an inch and a half. I like to make fun of how people freak out driving-wise when it snows here but on Sunday there was already a layer of ice on the roads and then it snowed and it was really treacherous getting home from our friends house. We had a near miss of a run-in with the guard rail getting off the freeway and felt really lucky since we had seen several accidents and lots and lots of people that had crashed into the guard rails or were stuck on the roads everywhere. The ice is a definite problem! So I will quit making fun of Kentuckians snow-driving! I am already dying for spring and it isn't even the end of January yet. It's going to be a long winter.