Our new house

We didnt want to buy a house right away when we got to Colorado. We wanted to see how things were gonna work for us first. But we knew we wouldnt be renting for very long. We're the kind of people that like to make a place our own. So we were dying to get out of our rented townhouse! Now we've been in our new house for a month and we're finally starting to enjoy it. it's a 2200sq house built in 2001 on a .20 acre lot. It has 4 bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths o its more than enough for us. Everything was 10 years old builder grade stuff so let me tell you that there wasnt a lot we were gonna keep like it was. We ve been working really hard on the floors, the paint, the light fixtures and pretty much everything you can think of.  Here are the before/after pictures!

The outside. Not too much done there...yet!

That's what you use to see as you'd get in the front door.

Now...

 

Then...

 Now...

 

This was the soon-to-be- guest bedroom and bathroom downstairs

Then...

 

Now...

It's still small but we hardly ever have visitors. So It should be just fine:)

Then...

Now...

 Josan's bedroom then...

 

and now...

The kids bathroom upstairs then...

 

now...

I didnt take any pics of our master bathroom. but here's the now (for now;))

 

Our master bedroom then...

 and NOW...

i love this room. It's so close to be the dream bedroom for me. Need a couple more projects and new furniture and we're done! :)

We still have lots to do like the entire kitchen and the bathrooms but all and all we are now very happy to call this our home. Now please pray so we dont move again in a year. 5 place in 5 years is way too much for me! :)

10 days/365 with my mom isnt enough

My awesome mom came to visit us in our new house this month. I worked her out way too much but we did have a lot of fun together. I've always been very independant and I was out of my mom s skirts very young so its not like I would need to see her every single day of the year. But 10 days a year really is not very long. She spoiled us as usual and helped me get so much done. We cleared the fields worth of weeds outside, cleaned and painted and worked on a special project of mine. I couldnt have asked for a better person to help me. My mom is the best!

Ma fantastique mere est venue nous visiter ce mois-ci. Je l ai fait travailler beaucoup trop mais on a eu beaucoup de fun ensemble. J'ai toujours ete tres independante et j etais sortie des jupes de ma mere tres jeune alors ce n'est pas comme si j'aurais besoin de la voir tous les jours de l'annee. Mais 10 jours par annee ce n'est vraiment pas assez. Elle nous a gate pourri comme d'habitudes et m'a aide a faire plein de choses. On a arracher assez de mauvaises herbes pour remplir un champ, on a nettoye et paint et elle m'a aide a travailler sur un projet a moi bien special.Je n'aurais pas pu demander mieux pour m'aider; ma mere est la meilleure!

 

Love!

 

I hadnt heard Josan laugh like that in a long time

Ca faisait longtemps que j'avais pas entendu Josan rire comme ca!

 

 

 

She bought this outfit for Josan. She loved it too much.

Elle a achete cet ensemble pour Josan. Elle l'aimait trop

Every year for Josan's birthday my parents sent him money that he spends later on toys. This year smy mom wanted to see him pick his toys, pay for it and get excited playing with it. He picked a controled helicopter and a bike! The only problem now is that we were gonna get him that for his birthday so now we gotto find something else:)

Tous les ans pour la fete a Josan mes parents lui envoie de l'argent qu'il depense plus tard sur des jouets. cette annee ma mere voulait le voir choisir ses jouets, les payer et s'enerver a jouer avec. Il a choisi une helicopter teleguidee et un velo. Le seul probleme c'est que c'est ce que nous voulions lui acheter. On a besoin de nouvelles idees:)

 

This my friends is what I was talking about when I said "special project". I've been dying to make this headboard for our bedroom for ever. My mom and me worked on it for 8 hours together to make it happen. i LOVE the results. I keep staring at it all the time. I love it even more knowing that my mom helped me with it.

Ca mes amis est ce que je voulais dire par "projet special". Je revais de faire cette tete de lit depuis un bon moment pour notre chambre. Ma mere et moi on a travailler pendant 8 heures toutes les 2 pour le contruire. J'ADORE le resultat. J'arrete pas de le regarder. Je l'aime encore plus a penser que ma mere m'a aider a le faire...

My loves

They played a lot of Rachet and Clank together. And here i am hating the game:)

Ils ont beaucoup joue ra Rachet and Clank ensemble. Et dire que je deteste ca! :)

 At the park

 

 

My mom was crazy to see how close the planes were around our house. She had to look for every one of them/
Ma mere etais folle a voir les avions d'aussi pres chez nous. Il fallait qu'elel voit chacune d'elles.

 

 

 

Mini photo shoot

They played a lot together

Ils ont bien jouer ensemble

 

Time to go back to Canada Mamie....