House Update

More pictures I'm behind on... I figured I just can't post pictures from now till I get you up to speed. I realized that there aren't any pictures of me working on the house so I thought I'd take one to prove I helped!

Here I am! Hi guys!

The countertops came in!! They were delayed a few days but they made it!

These are from last week when we switched up the water. We had to switch the water from the well to the new place it was supposed to go or something like that. Anyways Deric turned off the well and took the line apart but there was still some pressure and nasty rusty water went spewing everywhere. The basement is coated in rusty mess, we ran into a few issues and I had to make a quick run to the hardware store for a few things 4 1/2 hours later we were done. THAT was a LONG evening!

This is our new water stuff.


Rusty rusty everywhere!

After rerouting the water lines we tested the pressure to see if there were any leaks. Everything looked good so we hooked it up and put it to the test with water. I was upstairs watching the bathroom for leaks and Deric was in the basement turning on the water and then was going to come up and check the kitchen... I'm standing in the bathroom and I hear this funny noise, I'm not really sure what it is so I stand there and listen. I never heard Deric come up from the basement so I wondered if I should check the kitchen but I didn't want to get in trouble for leaving my post in the bathroom. I checked one more time then went downstairs to see how it was going, the further down the stairs I got I realized that the funny noise I heard was water. Water shooting out of one of the fittings! We had a geyser in our kitchen! Deric heard me running down the stairs and shut the water off just in case and it was a good thing he did!


The cabinets were wet...

the ceiling was wet...

the counters, the floor, and everything around was wet...

even my pendant lights were wet! It was a rough few days there, I am glad those days are behind us now!

More Snow!

We have been so busy working on the house I am getting behind with my blogging!! These pictures are from the last big snow we had, I think it was about 2 weeks ago. I remember this because we had Murphy Christmas (post to follow) and Deric's office party... I wore my black dress pants and I still don't have black shoes so I wore my strappy silver shoes, and it was COLD!! The snow wasn't shoveled when we got home (because it was still snowing while we were gone) and I had to walk through it and it covered my feet it was so deep!! The next morning I took these pictures of the snow, I love the snow when it is on the ground and off the roads! Mostly because it hides all of our mud and lack of grass and it looks pretty.

Deric went outside and used the skid steer to plow the snow and the girls stood faithfully at the window watching him work.

Daddy working

That's the snow from our driveway... and the lack of mailbox. Yes, the snowplows knocked it off again this year! I wonder if I get to look forward to this every year...

Murphy Christmas

We went to Aunt Karen's house to celebrate Christmas with the Murphy side of the family. Deric stayed home and worked on the house and I took the kids. I wasn't able to stay for long because Deric's work party was the same night, and they only started 2 hours apart. So I only got to stay for an hour before I had to make the trek back home.

The kiddos with Aunt Maggie (the one who gave them the Grinch stuff) Kylie is holding the cd she gave them. It is a Praise Baby cd of Christmas songs. I love it, it is really a great Christmas cd! We have another Praise Baby cd and that one is pretty good too, I kept thinking I wanted to get another one so she must have read my mind!

We were getting ready to go and Brody spied the bread and dip, he was a big fan of the bread and it was really funny watching him go to town!


Since we only got to stay for an hour we didn't get to open presents with everyone, so they sent them home with us. Since I made it back just in time for the office party I told the girls that they would have to wait till the morning to open their gifts.

Opening their gifts from Aunt Karen

Taking the paper off

And trying to put it back on

Showing off their puzzle books (thanks Aunt Karen!)

Helping Brody open his present

I'm pretty sure this is the last time Brody had his gingerbread man. Reygann loves him and named him Gingy.

CHEESE

Huh?


They were VERY excited about these yummy presents! (thanks Aunt Maggie!)

Brody loves the bank!

The kids got Gold Dollars from Great Gramma Murphy and were excited about putting them in their piggy banks. (Thanks Gramma!)


Even Brody put his in, it took a while for him to figure it out it didn't help that he kept trying to eat them!

Good job Buddy!!

I am disappointed that I didn't get to stay longer but I had a good time for the short time I was there, I'm looking forward to next year...

Can I get a moment please!

Brody's newest thing is to follow you (or hunt you down) when you go to the bathroom and stand there yelling 'pee-pee, pee-pee, pee-pee' at you! It is really funny (and irritating) he yells it and looks down at himself like he has to go too! I put him on, but nothing. The other thing he does is when you grab the toilet paper he starts snorting (like he wants to blow his nose) he does this the whole time you are holding the paper (we have to hold it because he will unroll it off the roll if we have it on the holder so we keep it up high so he can't get to it). I can't wait till we have a bathroom that has a door that latches!!

Strong Boy!

One of the new favorite things to do around here is to give each other rides on the walking toy. The girls do it all the time, but I was quite impressed that Brody was pushing Kylie around!! He was doing it all by himself, she would put her feet down to turn it but that's all.

Something Old Something New

I found my old barbie head doll when I was in the barn attic looking for Christmas stuff, and I thought the girls would love it. And I was right, they loved it! I they loved it so much that I asked for one for them for Christmas (considering mine is in bad shape, most of her hair was cut off, and it is so nappy you can't even comb it, and we lost most of the things that came with it like the hair brush, I don't want my kids hair brush used on that thing! Ewww!)

(Pardon my ebay stuff on the back of the couch)

Nappy as it was they still had a fun time playing with it.

Even Brody like it and wanted to play!

Kylie was showing off her hairdo... kinda

Fixing his own hair

At some point the head came off the neck and the girls were carrying it around, Brody had fun dropping things down the neck and watching them fall out the bottom! That's the more manly way to play with it...