Star Gazers

Brett likes to go out at night so that he can see the,"lil stars" also known as, "Baby stars." The other night he begged Jon to take him out in the freezing cold and this is what my sweet boys looked like.

Study Buddy

When the kids are asleep, it is my time to get in as much studying as I can before they wake up. Well occasionally Brett is asleep and Katherine is awake. Which means I have a study buddy. So I sit her in the bumbo and she coos at me while I study. Can anyone guess how much studying I get done, when I have a little girl who looks like this staring at me

The Lord is Mindful

Sometimes when I am super overwhelmed, like with this move and all of the costs involved. I start to whine and stress about how it is all going to work. I have this great friend who constantly tells me(I can quote it cause she tells me so often. Wait, what does that say about me?), "Kathlen, the Lord is mindful of you and your needs. He will bless you with those things that you need." Now my mother and my mother in law can attest that when something is said to me that I don't want to hear, I just ignore the advice. So for many months now I have ignored my friend's comment. I mean come on, I know the Lord is mindful. It doesn't mean that anything is going to happen, when I need it to, right? I had pets growing up and I was always mindful of them, but they got fed on my schedule. Which meant that they were often neglected(please don't report me to PETA). So with that in mind, I have always felt that it was up to me to make it work. We moved in to our little place and I just wanted to die. We were going to have to pour so much money into this place, and I didn't know where we were going to get the money from. We were hoping to use our deposit form our last place. I was discouraged about that. In the past it has always taken us a month to get it and then half of the deposit is gone for sometimes legitimate reasons(only one landlord had legit reasons), but mostly for lame excuses to keep my money.

I hit that amazing garage sale and walked away with tons of loot for the house. Our deposit came with in a week of moving out. Even more amazing, we got back every single penny of it. I kept finding things on craigslist or on sale at the store. I was talking to my friend two weeks ago and we were talking about how things were going with the house. I remember feeling overcome with the Love of my Heavenly Father as I told her that I have really felt that the Lord has been mindful of us in this move. Her response to me was, "Good I am glad."

I don't think that I could even begin to express the love and gratitude that I feel right now. Sure we have still had to pour a lot of money into the house, but I know that the Lord is mindful of me. Not the kind of mindful I was with my pets growing up, but he is truly mindful of us and our situations. It makes it easier for me to go to Him when I need help and know that He is there.

Garage Sale Items

Here are my garage sale items, that I promised I would post pictures of. This was all from one garage sale.


Heavy duty shelves Retail:$80 Garage Sale:$20Curtain Rod Retail: $35 Garage Sale: $4

Sheer Curtains Retail: $40($20 per panel) Garage Sale: $5 for both
Bumbo Baby Chair Retail: $40 Garage Sale: $10
10' x 10' Carpet Retail:$350 each Garage Sale:$20 for two
Child Teddy Bear Backpack Tether Retail:$30 Garage Sale:$2
Pole Floor Lamp Retail:$130 Garage Sale:$2
2.5' x 7' carpet runner with pad Retail:$100 for runner $50 for pad Garage Sale:$25 for both
Table Water Fountain Retail:$40 Garage Sale:$2
Book Case Retail:$80 Garage Sale:$5
Wall Shelf Retail:$20 Garage Sale:$4
Kids Ball Pit Retail:$40 for pit plus $30 for 100 extra balls Garage Sale:$4
Not pictured:
Brand new pair of black sunday shoes Retail:$40(they were high end shoes) Garage Sale:$5
Pack and Play Retail:$70 Garage Sale:$10 (Only used twice)
Halloween costume for Brett Retail:$30 Garage Sale:Free
Wipe Warmer Retail:$20 Garage Sale:$2
Cute little ballerina shoes for Kate Retail:$20 Garage Sale: $5
Princess Binky Clip Retail:$20(lots of Rhinestones) Garage Sale:Free
(I know I am forgetting something, but I am not sure what)

Total: Retail: $1615 Garage Sale:$123, but I really only paid $106. As she was counting up my total she kept knocking of a few bucks here and there because, "It makes my counting easier" she said.

I think I walked away with a steal! What do you think??

Coupons

I have coupons for Formula(Similac, Enfamil, and Nestle Good Start), Nuk Pacifiers, Pictures(JCPenny, and Sears), Bottles(Gerber). If you are interested in them or want more information about them, my email address is towards the bottom of the sidebar.

Kate at 3 Months

Well even though Kate turned 4 months yesterday, here are her 3 month pictures. Better late than never right? I absolutely love her smiles, the just melt my heart. Her cute little giggle is enough to make me laugh. She has attempted to roll over many times and only been successful a few times. Kate is a very social little girl, I have no idea where she gets that from :)! We can't do anything with out her. She loves to be around people, even if they are not paying attention to her. Although she really likes people to pay attention to her. She slobbers like crazy and always has a nice collection of slobber bubbles, which she enjoys blowing. She has the best pouting lip around, just thinking about it makes me laugh. This girl is so dramatic, again I don't know where she gets it from. Enjoy the pictures! Kate is so photogenic, we had fun taking her pictures!

New House

We were finally able to move into our new house last saturday. We had the Elders Quorum come and help. We started at 9am filled a 26' Uhaul, we finished at 12pm. We are still up to our ears in boxes, mainly cause Jon and I are super busy with classes.

We love our new house, what we don't love is the moving expenses that come with moving. Our house pretty much comes with nothing. No lights, no carpet (we have hardwood floors, which are not conducive with toddlers), no curtains, no a/c (which is necessary here). So we have also been in the process of making this house into our home. I hit a fantastic yard sale(I will tell you all about it on wednesday) this weekend and got a bunch of stuff for the house, like carpets and lights. I have also found out that Craigslist is my best friend!! Craig tells me about good deals and great garage sales. the only thing that I have had to buy retail so far is one set of curtains.

Well that is our update so far, more info and pictures of the house to come!!