So busy

We have been so busy that I haven't had a chance to finish a post. We've got yard work (the house we purchased came with no landscaping done), swimming lessons, etc... and now we are trying to get out of town for a little vacation. Chat with all soon and hopefully I will get back to the post I want to share with you! Enjoy your summer everyone!

Whats happening with the Arnold's part 1

Ed got to borrow the bobcat from a neighbor. So he got the backyard graded. Looks so much better. The kids got a free ride in it too :)







Video of each kiddo riding in it





I think Ed was just as excited about riding in it as the kids! :)

Rain, rain, go away till another day

We are patiently waiting for the weather to clear up so we can actually turn our clay mounds into a yard. It feels like it has been raining for 2 weeks with a day or two breaks. But we can't go out and dig and move clay/dirt until it dries.

Cordelia has one week left of school and is sad that it is ending. Gonna try and keep her busy with the Barnes & Noble and the local library reading programs. I need to look into swimming lessons and they actually offered a free school refresher course at the end of July. She wants to really do both. She bridged over to brownies from being a Daisy last night. That was a fun night.

Wyatt is eager to play outside and not to be put to bed when it is still light out.

Ed is doing good. He is eager to have a back yard and to be able to drink a beer on our back patio when it is finished.

Good news~ a neighbor put up a fence on one side and it seems the house on the other side (the new one that hasn't sold) is gonna be too. Which means we will only have to do our backside and the front gates. Ye haw!!

I don't think we will get to planting a garden this year due to the weather set backs. Though I am tempted to plant some tomato plants in our front flower bed.... Hmmmm...Wheels are turning. :)

cabin fever

We all have cabin fever here. Itching to play outside all day! Enjoy the crocus :)

p.s. the tulips are coming along great! I can't wait for them to bloom ♥♥♥

The bulbs

We have this BIG area next to the walkway to the front door of the house. I have designated it as my tulip bed. So I ordered plenty of bulbs to plant there. Here is the planting in progress. Wyatt even helped.







I have to give credit to Ed. He did all of the hard-work. He also planted to the majority of the bulbs and then covered them. What a good guy. I can't wait for them to start coming up. I am sure I will be taking lots of pictures to share in the spring.

Gutters, green thumbs and caught red handed

Last week was good. The gutter man came by and installed the new and matching downspouts!! He did it all and I didn't even notice. He rang the doorbell to let me know he was done. What good guy!






Looks better doesn't it?

Lookie what we are growing!!

That picture was taken 5 days ago on July 13

AND

5 days later (taken this morning) it looks like this :)

SO far Ed's green thumb is working. He is so excited!!

Cordelia and Wyatt playing with Macho Man.



We have this BIG square coffee table and on one side it has two drawers. Well, Wyatt has turned the top drawer into a sitting place. He opens it and climbs on in it and sits and reads books or plays with toys.




Cordelia caught red handed!



We went to Rifle Falls on Friday. It was a blast. Wyatt loved the spray off of the falls. Cordelia had fun sitting on the rocks on the look out for fish while Ed took pictures.

Yesterday we reached record highs. 104 is just to hot! I kept Cordelia inside till later in the evening. At 8 pm it was still 99 degrees. UGH!!

Oops, my bad

So when it comes to the house. I apparently don't know what I am talking about. hem, hem...


I called the gutter people to have gutters put on the house. Yes, gutters did not come on it.


The wife called me to confirm the appointment and asked what colors I had chosen. Well, when I told her I apparently called the downspouts, gutters and did not refer to any downspouts at all or something like that happened. And when the gutters and downspouts were put on I learned real quick what I had done. Oops!


I had taken the time to match the colors to the border around the houses roof (what is the name of that area?) and matched the stucco. Well, now it is opposite... Sad!! When I walked out I was stunned. I felt me stomach go for a loop....

I stood back take a look and the upper part (lining the roof, what is it called again?) looks fine. Actually it looks good!




BUT those downspouts stand out so bad.


So I talked to the gutter guy he said "I was wondering why you picked those colors". His helper had said the same thing and of course Ed also said it looked off, yet not one of them spoke up... I looked at each one of them and asked "why didn't you speak up?" Hello??? The boss man knew that I had wanted to match everything so it wouldn't stand out (yes,I am taking full responsibility) BUT come on! Say something!!!

After admitting my oops to him and chit chatting, he said that if it made me happy he would come back and change out the spouts. Whew, stomach settles down, I can take a deep breath.

So later on, I walked by Ed and told him that that is the last house thing I am dealing with by myself. I am apparently not "smart, educated, knowledgeable enough-whatever you want to call it" to handle this house stuff. Seriously, I don't want to fudge another thing.

So now I wait for the gutter man to return to fix my oops....







To be continued...

Summer happenings

SO far this summer we have been busy.

Signed up Cordelia for the library reading program. So far she has turned in two levels.

Went to the local butterfly pavilion.




Grandma and Grandpa came for a visit. We took them through the Palisade orchards and picked up some fresh cherries. Visited downtown and drove through the National Monument. Hopefully next time they come the heat won't be as bad.

Ed has been very busy customizing the house and doing work on our future yard.





Front yard is now ready for grass seed. Just need to finish the sprinkler system so we can water the grass seed.

Alot of playing has been happening!

Cordelia and Wyatt are having so much fun playing in our dirt yard. Mud pie city!

Macho Man is still exploring the house.


We still have more to do. Next Month, well, actually the end of this month we are going camping with Uncle James and Aunt Solitare in Utah. I better get with her so we can get our game plan on.

Toodles!

Progress on the garage

Progress on the garage has been made! YEAH!!







Ed has made some storage shelves for the garage. Aren't they beautiful?? Notice the walls of the garage? Well they are a blue-gray color. Just got to finish painting the shelves white and we can't wait to fill them up so we can start finishing the unpacking and finish painting the garage.

I spy out my kitchen window

It can been seen often too.




The neighbors behind us have a little farm. They pretty much have everything and Cordelia is especially fond of the beauty in the picture. Her name is in Cherokee and I can't for the life of me remember it. I was told the meaning and it means Honey something. So I call her Honey. Before we found out her name Cordelia named her Princess.

Well, Honey will go to that corner and make some racket until Cordelia will come over. They will spend hours chit chatting with each other. I stand back and think to myself - What a beautiful, special thing. I seriously think we will have to do something with the fence so they can meet up with each other still.

Muddin

It rained Friday night and continued into Saturday. I took the kids with me to go shopping and on the way home Cordelia and I had a conversation about staying out of the mud when we got home.

I start to unpack the groceries and Ed starts hollering for me. I am like what now... He says that a hose is need for Cordelia. It really didn't cross my mind about the mud (she had promised she wouldn't play in the mud). I go out and look. Well...

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This is what I found

The boy she is with is our next door neighbor. They are so cute playing together.
All I hear is:
Adam, where are you?.
Adam, come here!
Adam, Adam, Adam, Adam.... It is hilarious!!

Now the question is- Next time do you think they will think twice about playing in the mud?

It took a lot of washing to get the stuff out of Cordelia's hair. Apparently since we are so close the river we have clay... OH YEAH!

Ed and I had some good laughs at Cordelia's expense. Really, I think it was worth it just for the laughs.

And some new shoes are in Cordelia's near future since they are now clay bricks.

Moving, Cleaning and Unpacking...

I have been offline since we packed up the computer to move. I did better than I expected. No with drawls.

The moving day came and went. We managed to move everything BIG in one day. That was a long and tiring day. I also had to deal with a nasty sinus infection while moving. It seems that every time we move, I have something wrong. Usually I am sick. Bad, bad timing.

We are slowly unpacking. Trying to figure out where to put everything. The computer desk won't fit in the new house, and today I came up with a brilliant solution. To put it on the kitchen counter until we figure something out.

I spent way too much time cleaning the rental we had. I want us to get all of our deposit back so I made that house sparkle. Hopefully they are impressed.

Once everything gets back into the normal mode I will share some pictures of our new home being lived in. :)

Ed has started to stake out the fence and patio. We are itching to be enjoying our new yard. He got promoted and is now a Supervisor. I am so proud of him! Yeah BABY!!!!

Well gotta go. I hope everyone is doing well. Stop and leave a comment and let us know updates for you all.

~A birthday~A new house~

Well, this is the week we plan to finish the move into the new house. The fridge should be in tomorrow and tomorrow is Wyatt's 1st birthday, which I have nothing planned for yet. I think I am gonna wait until we are moved into the new house. Cordelia is NOT happy about this one bit.


Life is busy
It's fun
hectic
trying

The post you all have been waiting for!!

Our new house photos!!! Click on the link to go to Flickr to see them, you should be able to click on the photo here to enlarge them.

The front of the house


View from the front walk way

Front entrance


As you come in from the front


Living room


Kitchen


Master Bedroom


Master Bathroom


Master Bathroom


Kids Bathroom


Kids Bathroom

Cordelia's room


Wyatt's room


Inside the garage


Wyatt waiting patiently for me :)



I hope you enjoyed the quick tour. Now you all should come and see it for yourselves.