Our new home!!!!

Here is our new home!!! We are so very happy to have the blessing to live here now!!!

This is the front of our house...


Here is the nice big backyard...


Here is the back of the house...


Here is the living room...


Here is the awesome kitchen with tons of cabinet space...


Here is Julia's room...


Here is Ethan's room...


The rest of the house I don't have photos for yet, we still have boxes and things not put away in them. :) We also have a nice big dining room, that is rather bright rust orange, that we will repaint at some later date. The master bedroom is nice and large with sun blocking shades on the windows and a whirlpool tub and huge walk in closet! There is tons of storage space and our 2 car garage has cabinets and shelving installed all over the place with a air-conditioner/heater unit in the wall. It is the perfect workshop/studio for us!

We are so tickled pink to be living here, in such a comfortable home. We would love everyone to come and visit us anytime, just send us a note or give us a call! Come to Arkansas, it is wonderful!!

Julia's dance recital

Princess Julia at her dance recital. She did a great job and loved having her costume with the sparklies and fluff!


Julia and Halley performing.

Family Road Trip to Kansas City and LDS Church sites

A fun family picture at where we believe that the Garden of Eden once was on the earth.


The beautiful view of where the Garden of Eden once was


This a monument marking the site of a future LDS temple that was planned for in the 1840's and the cornerstones are in place. The apostles and prophet of our church at the time risked their lives to set the cornerstones. This is in Far West, MO.



This is a depiction of what it was like for 5 men, including our prophet Joseph Smith, to be put in jail for 4 months in terrible cold conditions. They were treated as if they had done the worst possible crimes and were in fact innocent and were finally allowed to escape.


Julia and Ethan posing in front of the outside of the Liberty Jail, in Liberty, MO where the above photo was taken.

We had such a wonderful time learning about our church's history and seeing the beautiful area. Ethan was really touched by what he saw in Liberty and Julia loved being at the Garden of Eden. Chris and I had so much fun just being with them and together. It was fun to create memories.

More Easter pics

Julia and Ethan had fun hunting for eggs a few days after Easter when it stopped raining.

Gravel!!

We just got our final load of gravel and I can't tell you how excited I am to have that!!! We are expecting to get a big rain storm tonight, so the gravel came at just the right time, so hopefully we won't have a huge lake in the driveway, just the yard! :)

We are making major progress on getting ready to sell the house, Chris has been great in packing up stuff and taking it out the back storage building, it is getting really full, and it makes such a difference in the house. We just have to clean up the kitchen and paint the cabinets, and tile the counter-top! I think it will make all the difference in the kitchen to have a new counter.

We are busy busy busy, but it is fun to feel like we are making a difference and have a goal to work towards! We keep praying that someone will fall in love with our old farm house and buy it quick!

We found the perfect spot for the rose garden, it gets lots of sun and it was already clear of grass!! We still have work to do on it, but if we sell right away, I will just take them with us and replant them at our new home! :)

Beth was given money to purchase rose bushes for her rose garden this year!! It was so wonderful to go and buy just the ones she wanted!! Here they are planted and ready!! We can't wait to see them grow and bloom!