Our House and Yard!!!

I thought I would share some pictures of what we have done with the yard and some of the house and garage so far.



Our Messy Garage Before............. AfterOur Beautiful house with both our cars in the garage. Ryan's work truck still has to park on the drive way but that's ok.Formal Dining Room and living room looking from the stairs.Another view! (Sorry there a little dark!)Front Door, Stairs and Living Room view from Dining room.Living Room From Dining room looking toward the Family room.Another view showing the opening in the wall from the Dining room to the Family Room.Ryan brought home a cactus for the yard in March. Here is Jack watering it after Ryan planted it in the front! He loves his cactus!Here is our "Dead Tree" Oh so we thought when we moved in! It has the prettiest purple flowers on it! I'm so excited! Its beautiful even if it leans! Close up of the purple flowers on our tree.You have to love Wal-Mart! I got several flowers for really cheap!!! =) Here they are! I am SO excited about this garden project!!! This is the West side of our house. On the right hand side of this picture is our Kitchen window and our Dining room in the kitchen window. When you look out while doing dishes or eating dinner you just see a lovely grey wall! So I had the idea to plant two Bougainvilleas out side the window's so we would have something pretty to look at!

Getting ready to pant the 1st Bougainvillea.1st one planted! Oh it looks so pretty!

Close up
Just another view! They are small right now only about a foot and a half but they will grow!
Getting ready to plant the 2nd Bougainvillea.
Fun Fun!
Number 2 planted!
Here they are! Doesn't it look great?!Jack getting ready to help me plant some more flowers on the back fence to the South of the house.
Before
After

Front Yard

I planted 3 pots for the front.Here is one of the pots. The flowers are just about to bloom.Pot number 2
Pot number 3
Just another view of the front of our house.

So there is a little tour of our house and yard. I will post more pictures of the house later. I need to take a few more pictures!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Family Update!

Ryan~ He is working very hard and putting in some long hours during the week. But has been able to take most Friday's off for a 3 day weekend which is great!

Kristin~I am officially a Student of ISSA (International Sports Science Association) I just got my text book and study material today! I am taking an at home online course to get my Personal Trainers Certification. I had an interview with the Anthem Community Center about starting a Mommy and Me Fitness Class. I can teach there as soon as I get my Certification. I also have to take a CPR class to be certified. SO I will be busy studying!

Jack~Absolutely is his favorite word right now. He is loving swimming and playing at the park. He makes friends very easily. He found a baby scorpion in our back yard a week ago! YUCK! He was out side playing and Ryan and I where inside when we hear Jack Yell "Mommy I caught a scorpion!" I didn't really think it was real he plays pretend a lot so I went to check it out and sure enough under his plastic bin there was a tiny scorpion. Ryan came to look and that was the end of the scorpion.

Gillian~She now says DONE and signs up when she is done eating. She can climbs up 4 steps on the stairs. She can sit up from her belly or back she can walk from the table to the couch with no problem. She can just stand up in the middle of the room with out holding onto anything. She plays with toy's standing alone. She is eating table food. She will not eat anything Mommy has to feed her. With the exception of nursing. She is also sleeping through the night........

Well I think thats about it for now!

Anthem Community Water Park

Opened for the season May 3, 2008

We met my friend Katie her husband Jason and there 17mo old daughter Alexis. We had so much fun. Jack had a blast swimming all over the place. Gillian wasn't sure of the water at first then she loved it. We will be spending a lot of time at the water park!!!

Here is the water park looking from our chairs. (Yes I know its not a very good shot of the park but the I didn't get a chance to take another one!)Splash Park. The red bucket fills with water and spills all over the kids. Our 2 big water slides. Jack has to grow a bit before he can ride on these. He needs to be 4'9" and he is only 3'2"Lap poolJack wearing his giggles Jack swimming under the water.Jack swimmingJack having a good time swimmingHappy JackSplish splashCheeeeseJack trying to swim on his back. Gillian playing in the waterShe loved the waterJack freezing and trying to warm up during rest break!Lunch Break Jack eating his lunchGillian playing with Jack's goggles

May 4, 2008

We went to the Water Park again today! SO much fun! We had a blast once again!


Gillian sitting by the pool waiting for Mommy to put sunscreen on her. This was my swimming suit when I was a baby! =)
Jack and Gillian
Gillian taking off her sunglasses
Jack eating lunch all cozy in his towel.
We LOVE the water park and can't wait to go again. We have to wait until next weekend. Its only open during the weekends until school is out!

10 Months!!!

Our Baby girl is now 10 months old!!! Wow! Time just keeps on flying by!!!!!! Today she climbed up 2 step on our stairs. She has been trying to do this for about a week and finally figured it out!