Easter

We had a nice quiet Easter weekend. After our trip to Huntington Beach, and parents visiting, it was nice to have a quiet weekend. We had dinner with Kade's Great Nana Friday, along with his little "cousin" Stella, who just turned the big One.
We did a small little egg hunt with Kade in our backyard on Sunday. It was a total hit! Probably because I failed as a mom and put straight up sugar candies in the eggs. Now when we go to the backyard, he asks where the eggs are....Regardless it was fun to watch him get surprised each time he found and egg and then the jelly beans. He was a happy camper for sure.

Little Stella

It is just too cute watching these two interact. Kade had some long story to tell her. 

Look at her face...Kade what are you saying???

Not the best picture..but Kade with his Great Nana

Egg Hunt. Found the egg. Looked inside.

Dropped the jelly bean......

Got a taste of the little bean.....

Oh man...it was good!

I think I will have another one!

Not wanting to share....

But then he did:)

Happy Easter!

Dear Blog, I haven't forgotten....just been busy and taking a break from you.

Oh man. Really? It's been a good solid month plus since I even looked at my blog?! It was good to have a break. And honestly after this blog, it might be awhile again. I have an endless list of projects to do and so little time.
It's Kade who takes up about 90% of my time. And I am one happy Mama to take care of him. But the list of to-do's seem to not get done all too fast. We have managed to get all the flooring done, painted three rooms...which involved sanding and wallpaper removing...Wallpaper is a commitment. And I don't think I will ever put wallpaper on a wall after finding out how hard it is to remove. Ugh.
Besides all this house stuff, we have been taking a bit of a break. Paul did a snowboarding trip with is buddies for a week and I went to Huntington Beach to visit family. And then my parents came to visit us here. They left today....and so I am finally downloading pictures. So this blog is of our vacation time. House pictures to come later...I still want to get more done in that department.

This was prior to our time in Huntington Beach...but I had to add this in. It was just too cute. Helping Dad work on the Mountain Bike.

"Seriously, Mom. We are on a real Train?" Kind of in shock here.

Taking "Dee-Dee" his dog for a train ride.

Trevor entertaining Kade with the iphone. The only way to get through dinner.

Kade relaxing in my bed. Little did I know he was peeing here...Thanks kid. 

Playing Basketball with Grandpa...

While Trevor played a good Soccer game.

My twin brother and Sister. The bestest.

Lexi and Kota:)

Too cool for School.

We had a fun time one evening at the beach. Roasting marshmellows and hotdogs. Kade ran around the whole time with Trevor. And the ball.

Matching shirts, thanks to Aunt Coco.

We took Kade to see his cousin Tiffany dance. He feel asleep in the car...and therefore we missed her dance...but we watched some of the others while Kade slept in the stroller...

Dinner with Nana.

Checking out the sunset.

Yet again, surviving dinner with the iphone.

Kade's favorite thing to do in the hotel was hide in the T.V stand.

Taking a nap by the pool while we got to suntan..or rather sun burn a bit.

Playing on the rocks by the pool.

Fishy time!

Thrilled!

Hiking out at MDO with Nana and Papa

Me and my baby.

Kade and his Granpas and Nana. Not the best picture. But the only one I got.

Out of order here...Hiking:)

Anyhow, enjoy these pictures. I love my family dearly and enjoy them all. Kade had a blast and I think this time around "Revor" (Trevor) was his favorite cousin. But really Kade loves all the attention he gets and just soaks it up.

making progress

We are making progress on our house. I wish I had pictures, but I just am not that organized right now. We have two homes right now and both are so unorganized...oh well.
We are working on the flooring. Carpet is picked out and laminate too. That feels good. Wall paper is off-still have to take off the glue. Grrr. Fire place is looking better. Wood paneling is gone! Fence is up for Odus and Kade in the backyard. We were hoping to get all the painting done before the flooring is in, but it looks like that is not going to happen. But things are getting done and that makes us feel good.
But oh, my..trying to take care of Kade, who has a cold, keep this house sorta organized and then work on the other house is kind of a challenge. I am looking forward to being in one place. So for now, for one more week we will go crazy trying to do it all. And know that it will all be worth it in the end. I will get some pictures up soon!

Our House...

All my free time is spent dreaming, packing boxes, painting, dreaming, painting...The dreaming is happening more and more, because this dear house needs just a few updates and changes. And my brain has been working hard to try and figure out how to make those changes on just a small budget.
Here are some pictures of the house. I am almost done painting Kades room a nice warm tan color. And looking forward to getting him first settled in that room. I have taken down all the very lovely OLD window treatments. And have picked out all the paint colors for each room...minus the bathrooms. Still working on what the heck I am going to do with that. While doing all this I run after Kade, or Paul does. While Paul is trying to build a fence in the backyard to keep our wild animals in;) Oh, and yes the flooring. I am hoping we will have that decided by the middle of the week and work on getting that installed by the professionals. Awwww...it will be nice to be there, settled and be able to work on a few things while Kade naps away.

Some how I managed to send a few family members a Valentine. I thought they turned out pretty cute.

The living room that opens into like a den area. And oh, yes. That wood paneling is going to be gone and in the future we will spruce up that fire place. And that dear light fixture will have to find a new home. It will be gone!

Oh..what can I say about that flooring...I hope we can change that soon. This is our  mini dining room. That so nicely opens up to our rather, mustard kitchen. Which we will have to live with for a bit til we can slowly pick away at it. And some day take the whole thing out and remodel it!

That light fixture..and the other ones in this house. hmmm..thinking sixties?  Don't you love the wood paneling?

It gets better. Bamboo wall paper in our room. I am so glad we will get to change this. I am looking forward to all our projects. And making this new house our little house.

Bathroom. It will look different some day:)

This is Kades room. This is a bad picture. This is the only room we have painted.  Every wall in the house is white. white. Wonder how many cans of paint we will need??!!

Oh, it gets better. This wall paper is vintage people. Its staying put. Not really...it must go..changes to be made here too.

Office room
That is all. Slowly but surely we will make this our house.  Looking forward to all the adventures that this house will bring!  Oh right, I forgot a picture of the outside. Next time. I have to try and keep my camera handy!