The New Do.

The Comeback of Bangs in my life...

This morning I woke up and wanted bangs,

and since my Mom is staying with us right now, I asked her to cut me up some bangs!

I have always been a bit spontaneous with my hair.

And I actually really like it, something a little different to look at everyday.

I HEART Saratoga Springs!

I feel a little silly about posting this, but I just had to!

I wanted to share a feeling that I have NeVeR in my life felt before... homesickness! It is a strange feeling, that I am still not over. And it took me by surprise! I mean, I have felt a longing to be with certain friends or family that I had lived close to when we moved growing up (which was often), but I had never missed the HoUse that I had moved from, ever. Now that I am an "adult" (whatever that means?), I wasn't expecting this even more. The truth of the matter is, I miss my old house! Here are the reasons why I decided I feel this way:

1. This was the longest I have ever lived in one place in my entire life - 2 1/2 years!

2. It was the first place that Dan and I had bought together, we got to pick out the cabinets, countertops, and carpet, and watch and wait (and wait) until it was built brand new, just for us! It was such a dream come true to a young new-ish-ly-wed couple! :o)

3. We spent so much time, energy and effort to make it our very own place and have it reflect our personality. Stuff we had to leave behind!

4. We started our little family in this house!

5. So many friendships were started there!

And, speaking of friendships, I wanted to let everyone in my old neighborhood (and the ones that aren't there anymore, either) know that I miss being so close to you guys! I am so glad that you are still willing to be my friends... THANKS!

Don't let this post fool you... I love my new place, and if I had to do everything all over again, I would! I know that where we are, is where our family needs to be right now in our lives, and we are making our new place a home.

~{aLL aBoUT EaSTon}~

It's been awhile since I have posted about Easton lately, and he grows and changes so quickly, I thought I would list some things about him while I still have the chance!

fAvOrItEs:

Sports:

"BYU" football

"BYU" baskeeball (basketball)

"BYU" soccee ball (soccer)

"BYU" baseball bat (baseball)

"BYU" cougars

{can you see a trend?}

Shows:

baby einstien

the wiggles

Items of Clothing:

baseball cap

shoes

{this kid LOVES his shoes}

Foods:

pickles - seriously

pizza

"nanas" (bananas)

"gogurt" (yogurt)

bread

"fishies" (goldfish crackers)

Toys:

balls

trucks, cars & trains

little people stuff

his basketball hoop

his broom & dustpan

{he can't play with one without the other}

Fun Facts & Tidbits:

*He is our little commentator, he follows me around all day and tells me what I am doing.

"mommy brush teeth"

"mommy put shoes on"

"mommy cook"

*He is our little singer and dancer. He sings (sort of):

"do as I'm doing"

"the itsy bitsy spider"

"once there was a snowman"

"happy birthday"

"the wheels on the bus"

"popcorn popping"

"the clean up song"

*He loves to sit on my lap to eat his breakfast, every other time of day he likes to sit in his chair.

* He is a really good talker, he will say just about anything. He counts to 3 in order and 10 out of order, and he can say some of his ABC's, we are just starting to learn colors.

*He has just recently discovered airplanes, and he LOVES them.

*He can recognize circle and star shapes.

*He is starting to say his own prayers before meals and bedtime. {with ALOT of help}

*When we get back from a trip to Texas in September, we are going to start potty training. {Wish us luck!}

* He is our little helper. He loves to help us with EVERYTHNG that we do. So, I have been putting all of that positive energy to good use. He "helps" with dishes, laundry, bringing in groceries, and cleaning up toys.

*I got his name from a city in Washington while on a road trip to visit my brother in Seattle. We had just barely found out that we were going to have a boy. Even though it is a pretty common name, I had never heard of it until I named him, and I didn't know it was the name of a sports equipment company.

Go Team USA!

Dan and I have been OBSESSIVE about watching the Summer Olympics this year! I have personally never been one to watch hours upon hours of swimming, gymnastics, and such. But I have really loved it!

So far this year, the USA has won the most medals. 10 gold, 8 silver & 11 bronze (29 total)

With China in second place. (27 total medals)

Michael Phelps has won the most (obviously).

Winning 4 gold medals this year alone, not counting all of his medals from the years past and all of the world records (most of them his own) broken this year as well.

So, until the games are over... there will be a sure place that you can find us, at home watching the big games!

Dan took that picture of the flag~ I was pretty impressed!

*~Home Sweet Home~*

So here they are... here are some pictures of our new place in Riverton that we moved into about a month ago. Now, these are more of a "before" type of deal. We are in the middle/beginning of painting and decorating, so bear with us. When we are finished, we will try to post some "after" shots.

KiTcHeN:

Here is a shot looking in on it from the dining room, We painted the walls a light blue, and installed those bar lights. We are also planning on doing a tile backsplash, and installing some type of hardware on the cabinets.

This is looking into the dining room from the family/living room. We are in the middle of putting up the wane's coating on the dining room/kitchen walls, and building a pillar type thing on the archway. (remember, these are before shots!)

Just a closer look at what will be the wane's coating.

FaMiLy RoOm:

What would a house of ours become if we didn't put MANY holes in our walls? Here is Dan installing his dream of a better sound system in our home. (Our poor neighbors!)

I thought this looked kind of funny, so I took a picture.

As far as the paint goes, we painted the walls tan, with one accent wall blue. It's hard to tell from this picture, but it's the same blue from the kitchen.
And here is my dream of owning a new couch! :)

That is pretty much it for now, but when we get more done as we go I am wanting to post the process and hopefully we will be getting to some "after" shots here soon!

After the downstairs is finished, we will finish painting our bedroom and then is the fun task of a new room for Easton!

What is a post without a couple of pictures of our pride and joy?