Saturday, February 9, 2008

In my defense...

Okay, so yeah, I'm sure lots of you have been sooooo bored with our non-changing blog! SORRY! But I do have to give a little explanation... So, over Christmas break, James and I were looking for houses. We thought it would be nice to get into something before the new arrival... So we house hunted, (it can be fun, but can be oh-so-not-fun), and we found a lot of great deals...mostly in Sandy and Bountiful... but we didn't feel good about any of them. Weird. So, we decided we should stay here in the village til James graduates (in December), and as we were just getting used to that idea, my mom called and asked about her house again. Her house has been for sale for quite a while, and she wanted to offer it to us one last time (kind of a long story short), we went down and felt good about it this time, and decided we wanted to remodel it before we move in... So it began.

So, in my defense, we have been a little on the extremely busy side lately. Any spare time we have, which is very sparse (even when we're home with Kaylie, her naps have been lacking lately), we are spending working on the house in some way or another... I feel like I have been on the phone non stop, even at work when I have any breaks. I have also been running around meeting people for bids, getting paint samples, new bedding for the kids, random things at home depot, food runs for the crews, and etc, etc, etc! I even spent one lunch break meeting the cabinet guy and then rushing back in time for my patient. James has entitled me "The Administrator." Which is nice, because it means I get to make all the color and furniture decisions... he he he! (But actually, I am the most indecisive person in the world!)

Also, in my defense, our internet has been on the fritz lately, I'm surprised it's stayed up and running for this entire novel! Thanks to all those who took the time to actually get to this point, and read the whole thing!!! :)


P.S. Pictures of the project to come!!!

Here they are!!! ENJOY!


This is what used to be the bathroom, now rubble...


My lil bro Bryan, and his twin Tanner
What is it about boys and demolition? When they asked if I wanted them to take out all the wood slabs, I said yes, hesitantly, feeling bad about giving them more work, but they were so stoked!!! "Yeah!" (direct quote)!

Yeah, demo is our favorite word...there used to be a wall there, now just exposed wires, oops, hope that doesn't do any permanent damage babe! (j/k, he really didn't get shocked there, that was later, on another outlet...)

Yeah, so our other favorite word now is "VINTAGE" it's like PeeWee's word of the day, you all have to wait for it, and scream when someone says it! I think everything we ripped up or out left us with 'vintage' things hiding underneath!!!

7 comments:

Ellen said...

How exciting is THAT? A house of your very own with all sorts of fun remoldeling! Congrats!!!! Good luck with all of the fun projects!

Holly and Rhett said...

That is so great. So where is the house? I know you went to Highland, but not sure where your mom's house is. How exciting, I give you props for remodeling, I am sure it is a lot of hard work. Keep us updated.

Emily said...

Congratulations on the new house!! That is sooo exciting! It's a lot of work to remodel but it is so worth it because you get to make the house YOUR home. I'm so happy for you guys! Good luck with everything!

Teddy, Scott, & baby Jane said...

Nnnnooooooo! You guys CAN'T leave! We are going to be here for another year now cause Scott got into Creighton! Scott will die when I tell him your leaving b/c Kaylee is his favorite baby in the ward. AND there's another one coming and we MUST partake of his cuteness before you bail out on us villagers! but more importantly, that's so exciting that you are moving into a house, I guess I am quite jealous, I'll admit it...where's the house?

The Summerhays Crew said...

Thanks for the advice! I am so going to try the whole cereal in the bottle thing. I will let you know if it works! Congrats on the house, so fun.

Perry's said...

OK James we understand you are jealous that we live by a freakin awesome football team - it's cool! What? We can not believe you actually bought and on top of that are doing all that renovating way to go and Congrats. You will love having your own place. Good luck with the rest of the renovating can't wait for the final pics!

Jessica Jackson said...

I'm so excited for you guys to have a house! Sounds like a lot of work, but a lot of fun too. I'm glad you decided to buy one in Salt Lake, so we can still live close!