Pictures

Here are some pictures of the finished kitchen and dinning room with the new floor and new stove. I love it. Some day we hope to get a different kitchen table and new counter tops, but what we have will work for now.


Here is a picture of Reddin and Payton going for their first bike ride in our new neighborhood. I got Reddin the bike seat for father's day. He finally had some time to set it up the other day and has been taking Payton for rides, and she loves it.

Finally

We finally have Internet and phone at our new house and we have a kitchen floor and new stove. It is so nice to have everything put where it should be and to have most of the tools put back in the garage. Reddin and Marcus (Reddin's brother) stayed up till 1:00 in the morning on the 4th of July putting in the new floor and it is wonderful. I am so grateful that we have so much help close by. I do not have any pictures yet, but I will take some soon and post them. For the most part I think everything is coming along pretty good. We still have several boxes that need to be unpacked, but we do not know where we want everything so we are waiting on that. There is also still some stuff that needs to be moved in from the garage, but that is not a priority right now either.

The past weeks has been nice, because Reddin as been able to spend more time with Payton, he even has been taking her on some bike rides in the hundred degree weather (I got him a kid bike seat for father's day).

Overall, we love our new house and everyone is adjusting well. I have about four weeks left before we have a new baby so I think it is time to hang some pictures, wash baby clothes and try to relax, before our life changes again.

Update Time

So it has been a few weeks, so I figured it was time to record how the last few weeks have gone. We got keys to our house and started working on it before we moved in. We painted a few of the bedrooms (Payton's and the babies), and then tore up the kitchen floor to redo it, which ended up being a big mess. We have now officially moved in, but we still do not have a new kitchen floor. Right now it is a construction job is progress, but I know it will be finished someday. It is hard living in a house when you cannot use the kitchen (we have been eating out a lot), but it is nice having a place that is ours again. We cannot wait until all the little projects are finished.

Reddin finished putting in a new floor in the laundry room last night, so I should have my washer and dryer in there tonight, which will be great and we are planning on moving the rest of our stuff in this weekend. I over did it a little last weekend when we moved and had to lay low for a few days, so there are several boxes that need to be unpacked, but the doctors said things are looking better with the baby, so I hope to get those unpacked in the next few day.

In between getting keys and moving in to our house, Reddin and I went to La's Vegas for a few days. He had a work convention and I got to go along for a short vacation. Payton stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Evans for three days and had a great time. When I came home she has potty trained. We had been working on potty training for a while, but I guess Grandma had the right touch, because she has done great ever since.

Well that is it for now. I do not have a computer in my new house, but I am sure I will get that done in the next few weeks and will post again then.

Only a few more days!

Well if everything goes well we should get keys to our new house in a few days. Reddin and I are suppose to sign today and hopefully close tomorrow or within a few days. We cannot wait. We spent the long weekend kind of getting ready. We bought pink paint for Payton's room and the nursery, we painted what is going to be Payton's new dresser and we looked at some stoves (the one in the house is really old). Anyways wish us luck hopefully we will have the kitchen floor fixed and the bedrooms painted this weekend, so we can get the carpets cleaned and then move in soon.

Five Years

Tomorrow Reddin and I will celebrate our fifth anniversary. I cannot believe we have been married for five years. I guess time really does fly by when you are spending it with someone you love. Here are some of the big things we have done in the last five years (not in correct order)

- Bought a new house in South Phoenix and moved in after we had been married for four months
-Worked full-time and went to school
-Went to Hawaii for our first anniversary
-Got sealed in the Mesa Temple
-Went on several family vacations (California, Cruise to Caribbean, Cruise to Alaska, Las Vegas, Flagstaff, Colorado, Kansas, Florida)
-Had our first little girl (Payton)
-Sold our car and started driving my Grandpa's
-Reddin Changed jobs, and I quit mine to stay home with Payton
-We both Graduated from the University of Phoenix in 2006
-I worked from home for a year or so.
-Put our first and only house up for sale after living there for four year
-Found out we are expecting a second little girl in August
-Finally sold our house in Phoenix and are in the process of buying our second house.

I know I am forgetting a lot of stuff, but those are some of the major highlights. I really am married to the best husband ever. He is a great dad, and I feel so blessed to have meet him. I look forward to spending forever with him.

Getting Close

Well Reddin, Payton and I hope to move into our new house in the next month or so. We are past our inspection period, have locked in our rate and if everything goes well we hope to close by the end of this month. Which leaves a few day to replace the kitchen floor, paint a few rooms, clean the carpets and then hopefully move in with no problems. I cannot wait. I do not do well with big purchases, so I had second thoughts at first, but now I am really excited to be in a house of our own again.

We have lived with my brother for almost six months and it has worked out great (I think, I am not sure how he feels about it). We are grateful for him and his kindness, but with a new baby coming in about three months I would really like to be moved and give Payton some time to adjust to our new home, before her little sister changes everything again.

So far Payton is doing pretty good with potty training, so I am hopeful that she will be great within in the next few months. Just a minute ago she walked by told me she needed to go potty and did everything by herself including washing her hands. She still has accidents often, but she is getting better everyday.

Well I will keep you posted on the house update.

So Grateful!

I am so grateful that I have my mom that lives so close and is always willing to help with Payton. It has been such a blessing and I do not know how my friends manage to do so well without the extra help. Our moving situation did not go as well as we hoped, but having family close by really did help the situation.

Yesterday I was sick and could not take care of Payton very well, because I was constantly getting sick and had no energy. Reddin stayed home from work to take care of her, but they were so busy they really needed him there, so my mom came to the rescue. She came over at about 9:30 am feed Payton breakfast, got her dressed, read her stories and then took her to her house for the rest of the day so I could sleep. I was so grateful. I slept the whole day and thanks to that I woke-up feeling much better today.

My mom will probably never read this, but I needed to write it down. I really do not know what I would do without her. When I am having a hard day she will just come pick Payton up and watch her for a few hours, so I can get what I need to done . She watches her when I have a doctors appointment so Payton does not have to sit in the waiting room, and she is always there to rescue us when we have car problems or need someone to go to lunch with. I really do not know what I did when my mom worked full time.

In addition to my mom, I have a great husband that knows I need to rest when he gets home, so he usually always takes over Payton duty without any questions. I have a wonderful mother-in-law that loves Payton and is also always willing to help watch her, which I am sure will happen a lot more when we live just a few miles away and when there is a new baby. I just feel so blessed for the support that surrounds me. Great family and friends what more can a girl ask for.