Flip That House

We are now settled into our new house. If you have ever seen the show "Flip That House," you will appreciate this blog. Here is the before and after shots.

Ok this is the front with the newly trimmed bushes, thanks dad!

Front room before. (I had to work around the red carpet)

After. I painted that picture to try and match the room. The room is now a light brown.

I didn't really do this in order but this is the 2nd bedroom before. Wall paper!!!!!!

After (Marcy it's callin your name)

This is the closet in that room, I have been using it as my craft room. Sad.

Our bedroom before.

After

The backyard. I forgot to take a picture of the nice grill thanks to Mickey and Margaret.

At night. We sit out here every night.

This is the kitchen, with the nasty chandelier.

The new and improved chandelier.

I guess I forgot to take a picture of the kitchen before, but it was just white. We also put in a microwave and faucet, check it out. I have such a handy husband.

This is just the view from upstairs.

Living Room before. It was yellow.

After

This is the same room.

Downstairs bathroom. Carpet and purple walls.

Blue paint and tile. Our friend Kevin helped Drew with that.

Downstairs bedroom/office. Wall paper took 4-5 hours.

After
Our new washer and dryer, courtesy of my mom and dad.

And last but not least our new kitten!!! Bella. She is tiny and precious. Yes I used to hate cats, but after living with Drew's family this summer (they have a kitten and a cat) I bonded with them.

New House

We bought a house!!! I will put pictures of the inside after we paint and decorate. We are really excited, it's a great house for us right now. We LOVE the back yard and deck. The back faces a huge open space which is nice and cozy.

In the contract we asked for the patio furniture and the lawn mower, and we got it!

Update

So these past few weeks have been crazy, and it's only going to get more crazy. So first off we went to Bear Lake last weekend with 3 other couples who we have been friends with for a long time. Meghan's grandparents own a cabin up there. It was kind of like the last hoorah before we move. It was a lot of fun. 

On another note, school has been super busy. I have cleared out my classroom and it looks really sad. I think it makes the kids sad, but they also know it's almost over so they're crazy at the same time. We have been able to do a lot of fun things now that testing is over!! I am going to miss my school sooooo much. I had a very interesting class this year, and not to say that I am not going to miss them, but I am ready for a break. I got a job for next year as a third grade teacher. I am excited to be going back to 3rd grade. I loved 2nd as well, but I dealt with a lot more crying (not me, them, although sometimes I felt like I wanted to). It's going to be hard for any school to compete with Spring Creek. Provo school district is really nice compared to a lot of places. It's interesting because I am sure my new school won't have everything Spring Creek has, but I will get paid like 4 thousand dollars more. So there is a trade off I suppose. Anyway, we're excited because now we can probably buy a house! 

I have to say I am sooo sad to leave Provo. When I first got here I didn't think I would get attached at all, but it feels like home to us now. There are so many things that I am going to miss like, all of our friends, Cafe Rio (funny that it came to my mind before everything else), Provo River Trail, our garden, the mountains, Spring Creek, BYU sports, BYU everything, our house, and mormons everywhere! It has been such a blessing to be here. I have learned so much and have made so many good friends who I know I will keep in touch with. Everyday I say stuff like, "oh this might be the last day I drive on this road." Or, "This might be the last time we sit out on our porch." 

All that being said, we are excited for the move to Colorado, and I will be happy to be near family and friends again.

Bear Lake

Bear Lake crew.

Craziness getting in that water!

BYU track runners come to play kickball! They were very good at getting them hyper!

Our sweet limo. One of the parents owns a limo business, so I made a deal with him at the beginning of the year, if all my kids passed their 2nd grade sight words we could take a limo ride. It was awesome. We drove around, went to a park, ate donuts, and acted like movie stars.

LA

So this past week we went to LA. Drew had a track meet and I had spring break so it worked out perfectly. We went from Wednesday to Saturday. The day we left Provo it was snowing really hard, so it made me even happier to get away. 

Let's just say we should always plan our vacations around track meets. We just had to pay for the plane ticket, which was awesome. 

Anyway, we stayed at a super nice resort, which I wish I took more pictures of, but it was on the top of this big hill, and on a golf course over looking the city. 

We went shopping at this place that is like canal street in New York. We also checked out the beach, and yes we also drove in a LOT of traffic. We went out to eat at some good places, and hung out at the track meet in really good weather. 

It was rough going to work today. I really didn't do any school stuff over the break, so this week is a little improv.

 

Where's Drew? There were so many people in his heat that it made for some pretty nasty stuff, like pushing, going outside of the track, bloody shins from being spiked. So the race was not the highlight of the trip for him, but he still looks pretty hot.

This is where we went shopping. That is my new purse for $7 and earrings that were $1. Yes my eyes are closed and it is not the best picture of the place. The streets were just packed with shops.

This is at Santa Monica beach.

These are the boys we hung out with the whole weekend. It was a lot of fun.

This is a pic of our room. It was pretty spacious. Again, I don't know why I didn't take more pictures. It probably has something to do with having a bad camera.

Races

Yesterday I ran a 5k in downtown Provo. It was very cold, but after I got started it wasn't so bad. I decided it was time to start running again, and the only way to really motivate me is to sign up for races, so two weeks ago I signed up for this one.

I also got to see Drew race at BYU on Friday. It is very exciting because I don't get to see him race that much. He did great! I get so nervous for him before hand, more so than him even. I unfortunately didn't get a picture because I went straight from work and forgot my camera. I stood and cheered him on in the cold and he did the same for me.

Anyway, if you want to sign up for something with me let me know, it's much more fun with people.

This Week

So... I know I know I have been bad about blogging, and I am sorry. The past few weeks have been pretty busy. Last week was St. Patrick's Day, which is always a good time. I had the kids make leprechaun traps again this year, and they were hilarious of course. They all had these crazy ways of trapping the leprechaun. We also made the Blarney Stones again but I forgot to take pictures. Anyway, after they went to lunch I had some kids from last year come down and mess up the room so it looked like the leprechauns had been there. They freaked out when they came back. Yeah then try teaching math after that!

Also I had parent teacher conferences which was tiring, but good. I feel like I need a week just to recover. But that is the last one of the year!

Other than that we have totally been taken over by LOST! I didn't really think that I would like it, and didn't really want to start, but everyone watches it and Drew has been wanting to start for a long time. I finally agreed that we would watch one a week. HA!! Yeah right, holy cow we have watched it nonstop. It has taken over. That's all we think about and talk about. Drew sends emails of what he thinks is going to happen and I am dreaming that I am in the show, let's just say it's gotten bad.

This is a movie theater, with glue on the seats just to make sure they will be caught.

This one is tied to a chair, which I guess was supposed to fall over when they went inside.

The leprechauns left candy and a trail of gold.

This is after the destruction.

Hilarious

So... today I had to have a sub for the morning because I had a meeting. I had them do a lot of President's Day activities. My directions were to decorate the sign with things associated with America or the president they chose. When I came back that afternoon I see this on one of my students desk, honest Abe with the Mexican flag. I laughed so hard, and felt the need to show everyone in the building, and now to you too. 

No one knows what the sub was doing, but hey at least he put a lot of effort into his art. I mean just look at that bird!