laundry room

 i really wanted yellow walls in the laundry room.

i'm trying to make myself think that doing laundry should be a happy thing.

 we still need the base boards to be installed. it's gonna be this really cool, multicolored slate.

 stained concrete floors. they look like worn leather to me.

 i asked lance to put up my shelves and mop hanger last night and he said yes! yippee! 

 another cool custom made, one of a kind counter top. it did not turn out the way lance intended it to, but sometimes accidents have the best results.

i think it looks like the exterior of some cottage home in tuscany. i seriously love how this turned out.

my husband is totally amazing!

living room progress

this is my living room palate-blues, oranges, greens, browns

my man, painting the walls. i love the color. i love that man too.

i think the ceiling detail is cool.

my blue bookshelves.

the boys helped with the concrete counter top.

green countertops? can you see it?

jonathan learning the tricks of the trade.

add some stain and hoila! a super cool, custom made counter top!

the floor will be finished soon too.

general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

got to watch general conference this weekend and just wanted to share it with you. if you don't know where to begin, try the talks be david a. bednar, dieter f. uchtdorf, or jeffery r. holland. they were the ones that i loved the most. but there were so many other good talks so you can't go wrong with any one. click here. enjoy!

family photos

our friend geri took our family photos this year. we have never had professionally done photos so it was pretty exciting! considering the fact that our kids had been sick all week and two of them were still sick during the photo shoot, i think the shots turned out great! i love the location(hiltscher park in fullerton) and the colors and of course the people. if you want geri to take your photos too, her information can be found at photobygeri.blogspot.com. check out her portfolio-amazing!

calling all angels 2

give a blanket for a great cause. these two are the sweetest couple. we love them!

weeeee are the champions, my friend

oh my gosh! winning isn't everything, but it is totally awesome!

jonathan played for the fullerton rangers this past soccer season. his team was called the chargers and it was loaded with a bunch of good little players. we had the best year with the team. the players were great, the coaches were excellent and the parents were a blast to be around.

the chargers won the league championship.

unfortuantely the championship game was on a sunday and jonathan was not able to play in that game because we just don't do sports on sunday-it's the sabbath, ya know.

but because jonathan had such an excellent season, he was chosen to play on the all star team.

he was so happy because that extended the soccer season a few more weeks and he was playing with an awesome team.

we never suspected that we would go all the way.

last weekend we played two teams. we tied orange 1-1 and beat laguna niguel 3-1. it was a sweet victory because that team was amazing! we also won another game because of a forfeit.

because of our wins, we moved to the semi-finals yesterday against whittier. we won them 2-0.

so that meant we made it to the championship game against la mirada!

that was exciting enough!

but then we actually won!

the score was 2-1 and when that final whistle blew when time was up, we all just jumped around a screamed like a bunch of crazy people! it was incredible! we just couldn't believe that we actually won!

go fullerton rangers! you rock!

a little pep talk before the game against whittier.

some sweet moves by number 10, that cool kid jonathan sanders.

walking out on the field before the championship game.

fullerton rangers and la mirada all stars.

pre game huddle-go rangers!

good sports

receiving the championship medal.

the team-just a bunch of ordinary kids that can seriously play soccer!

the most awesome coaches too! love this team!

transformation

july 2009

august 2009

may 2010

november 2010 roof on, ready for stucco



december 2010 1st coat of stucco




december 2010 the exterior is all done! now to fix up the yard and finish the interior. should be mostly done this summer so we can move in. and then on to the roof so it will match. all in good time. patience is a virtue, right? really, lance is so amazing for building us a bigger home. it is awesome. come by for a visit sometime!