Conner is 3!

Today is Conner's 3rd birthday! We had a Superhero party for him & he had a great time! & his mommy made him a wonderful Superman cookie! Here are the pics I took from today :)

Swimming

A while ago I wrote about life habits I was going to work on... I have not done so well with them :( But I am here to recommit to a few of them. I have bought a year long membership to an indoor swimming pool. I plan on swimming laps this year 4 days a week! This will be my exercise, and I want to stick to it! I enjoy swimming, which is why I chose this route. If I enjoy it, I'll stick to it right?!
Thursday I got on my scale (first time since the move) and I am officially at my heaviest. I have not done well with eating right since we moved, it has been to easy to grab something on the go.
I am putting this here to keep myself accountable, I do not want to write about anymore failures! :)
I weigh 192... I hope to post a better # SOON!

New Phase

A week ago today Hubby and I ended a very important phase in our lives to begin a new one. It was our last night at the church I have gone to since I was 7. This transition has been very difficult for both of us. It had been something we had been praying about for months. We definitely feel that God called us to the church we will now be attending, but that doesn't mean it was an easy decision. I've just been thinking about everything in my life that happened there... I asked Jesus into my heart in Children's Church, I was baptized, I invited Patrick to come to church with me in the 9th grade & he came & was saved, we were married there! And so many other little things! They have been my church family for most of my life. I know I will keep in touch with my friends and family, but wow so much change!
I've been wanting to write about this for sometime, to get it all out, to share what I'm feeling...but I didn't want to say anything until we knew for sure...and now I just don't know what to say. How do you express everything a church means to you in a few sentences?! Suffice it to say that without my church of the last 20 years I would not be who I am.

Living in Our Home!

For 2 weeks Hubby & I have been living and SHOWERING in our own home!!! Thanks to my other parents Jim & Cathy Kenny, we have a beautiful master shower! It still has a few minor things to be done, but the important thing is we can use it, & I can show off pics of it! :)

This is the shower before. Yes that is a hole in the shower wall!

They came in and tore out all the old tile and the shower pan, then had to have plumbing work done because the last people to work on the shower shouldn't have.

The new shower pan and cement board (to keep it water proof)

Then the beautiful tile!

 I love this shower!

 And I love living in our first home!

Thank you again Jim & Cathy! Ya'll are crazy! And we love you!!!

Renovations

We have been very busy getting out home put together :) I wanted to share a few pics of things we have gotten accomplished!

We got a new AC system! Thanks to Patrick's dad :) 

This is the new unit compared to the old unit.

And this is the new unit compared to me! That is a beast of an AC unit!

 This was our kitchen when we bought the house. Something you can't see is the gaping hole under the sink where a cabinet should be. 

Cathy & I removed all the doors and drawers, and I sanded everything to prep for painting. 

Jamie, my mom, & I painted

green and brown :)

We are using the cabinets without doors for the time being. Once I paint the doors I'll take pics of the finished product :)

Patrick built a new cabinet for under the sink :) He's so handy! Now I need to paint it.

My dad and brother ran electricity to the ceiling in every room, apparently whoever lived here before only had lamps! So now we have the ability to hang fans & lights in every room :)

 This is the door that was on our garage.

 It was warped & a strong wind probably could have knocked it in.

Patrick replaced it with this metal plated door :)

We also got double paned windows installed thanks to Patrick's mom. Here are the old windows,

and the new windows! I love that the top is one window instead of the 3 sections :)

 Here is a hole in the kitchen

 and here is the new window :)

There is alot more little stuff that's been done, but these are the pics I had to share for now. More renovations to come! :)

5 years

11 years ago today Hubby asked me out over the phone, 6 years ago today Hubby asked me to be his wife on the observation deck of Reunion Tower, 5 years ago today Hubby walked down the aisle & received me as his bride, today I love him so much more than I could have imagined 11 years ago!

We Are Blessed!

Hubby & I bought a foreclosure, which means we bought a project :) from the very beginning we made a list of things that needed to get done in order of importance. We have been so blessed with family and friends helping us out that some of the less important things will be able to get done soon instead of later down the road :)
I just wanted to take a minute to thank some people.
First off all the people who helped us move! We would have been moving for weeks without you :)
Patrick's mommy gave us the ability to fix our roof, get a water heater, get pretty paint, and have double paned windows installed! Without her help our renovations would have spanned months. She is also letting us stay with her while we get some of these renovations done.
The day we moved in my adopted parents, the Kenny's, decided they wanted to renovate our shower. They have been up here almost every night since we moved our stuff in, tearing stuff up & rebuilding. Now Cathy is tiling the shower & then we will be able to officially move in & shower in our own place! This was a huge project that we knew had to get done before we could move in & they have been such a blessing doing it so that we could focus on other tasks.
Patrick's daddy hired an ac guy to install a brand new ac unit in our home, it is a beast :) He also helped Patrick install the new water heater.
My brother fixed our Internet (since he works for the company, it's nice to know people lol) and he is helping Hubby run cat-5 through the whole house.
My mommy & sister helped me paint the kitchen cabinets a beautiful shade of green (even though they don't find it as beautiful as I do lol) & they both have been trying to make sure I stay hydrated :)
My dad came over on Fathers day and started fixing some of our electrical problems. He & my brother made a list of electrical things he is going to fix.
We are so blessed with wonderful people in our lives! It would have taken us months to get our home ready to move into, but with help it will only be weeks :) Thank you all soooooo much! I can't wait to have you all over for a homecooked meal!