Happy Thanksgiving

 I am thankful for my family.

 Each of my kids are special in their own way and I love them so much.  Emmet is such a fun little boy.  He loves to dance and play with his siblings.  He loves to run circles around things.  He still can't talk but he lets us know what he wants by pushing us around.

 Vaden is our funny, little princess.  At least that is what she tells us!  She loves girly things and to dress up, but instead of being the pretty princess, she wants to be the funny one.  She is always telling us how funny or silly she is.  She loves her brothers and always takes care of them.  She loves school and having friends come over to play.

 Asher is a great big brother.  He loves school and to learn.  He loves doing his homework and is very detail oriented.  He loves to follow lists and instructions.  He is my best helper (he empties the dishwasher everyday by himself).  He is also good to be in charge of his siblings.  He loves playing with them.  He gets to wrestle with Emmet and imagination play with Vaden.

 I am most grateful for Ryan!  He is an amazing husband, father and friend.  He's the love of my life and has made all my dreams come true.  He's built us a home, makes us a family, and brings fun and spontaneity into my life. 

 

He works hard to support us and to help at home.  He loves and appreciates me and the kids.  

 I am grateful for many other things in my life.  But my family means everything to me.

Our New House- Part 3

Our house exterior

 

I really love our house.

I especially love our door color!

 Here's a view from the back.  We hope to finish the backyard next year so I can send the kids outside:)

Not really an excited room, but here is the laundry room.

It is simple but very functional.  I like the shelves behind the door that makes doing laundry more organized.

Here is our master bedroom.  

 Again, nothing fancy but it's great to have our own space.  I am not finished with it, but it may take a few years to get it how I want it since our room is not top priority with kids around:)

 But I do love our bathroom!

 It has lots of counter and storage space.  It has an awesome pocket door to our master closet (which is a good size!)

 I love all the details we picked that make the room just right for us.  Like the location of the towel racks, the medicine cabinet, having 2 mirrors instead of one huge one so we were able to put up shelves.  It's also great to have a large shower and a separate soaker tub since the last place we were in didn't.

 The basement is unfinished, but works great for the kids to run around and make a crazy mess.  We plan to one day have a guest room and large family/play area downstairs.

 Utilities, cold storage, and Ryan's future office.

I really do love our house.  It is pretty much my dream home.  I've enjoyed picking our all the design elements to our home and now being able to decorate and organize it so it really feels like home for us. I also love having a place that we can invite friends and family to.

Our New House- Part 2

Welcome to our new house!

We love our layout and how everything came together.  It really is a wonderful home.

 

Here is our front room and entry way.

 

From there, there is a little hall with the coat closet and powder room.

Our family area is a combination of the family room, kitchen and dining area.

Upstairs are all the bedrooms and laundry room.

The dining area works great for formal dining.  We are even able to extend our table to have more people over to enjoy a meal:)

I love the kitchen.  I love how much counter space there is and that the kids can sit at the counter while I cook or do dishes.  They like eating there too.

Another feature I really like is our command center wall.  It wasn't in the original plans, but we moved the kitchen over a couple feet to create the wall and have a slightly larger walk way between the kitchen and the family room.  I'm so glad we did.

Our New House- Part 3 to come soon.

Happy Halloween!!!

 Happy Halloween with 3 little monsters!

 Vaden just had to be a kitty-cat.  I love the picture where she is showing off her tail:)  All her idea.

 

 Once Vaden picked a cat, Asher just had to be a dog and get all the same pictures.  What cute pets!

 Emmet was a cute little dragon.

 We were able to go trick-or-treating several times.  We went to our ward's trunk-or-treat in the middle of the month. 

 

Then on Halloween we went to Morgan for my nephew's baptism and to participate in the trick-or-treat street they have where all the businesses hand out candy.

That evening we came back home and went trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.  It was a great, but long day for the kids.  They had a lot of fun and enjoyed dressing up.