Before

I have zero time for blogging since we got the house. I up loaded these pictures a few days ago and haven't even had time to publish them.

There are many more before shots to come.....

here are the outside shots for now.

The house even comes with it's own shopping cart!!

We did it!

We finally found our dream home! Well.... by dream home I mean we have big dreams for the place! We found a 4 bedroom 3 bath ranch style home in a very cute little neighborhood! It is the ugly one on the block but we don't mind, we got a great deal because of it! We really were looking for a fixer. There is something so satisfying about turning the undesirable into something attractive. Our camera is at the house with Nick right now so I can't post any pictures but get ready for some lengthy posts!! We got the keys yesterday and already have made about a 200% improvement! That is, with the help of some very loyal and loving family members who aren't afraid of some hard work and unknown filth! (seriously....there is some gross stuff in there)

Pictures to follow soon.

loving spring

I've been wanting to take advantage of all of the blooming trees for a while. Last week the blossoms were still on the tree, but I kind of like the petals on the ground. It reminds me of a wedding.
Ali and I both took shots. Here are my favorites.

Lila has caught her first cold and could have used a tissue

I can't decide if I like this one better in color or not.

Which do you prefer?

Milk for me please

I had no intentions of giving Lila any table food until she was 6 months old but she was watching me eat my lunch so intently one day that I thought she might be interested.

She wasn't very interested

In fact she hated it!

Fine with me!

I'd much rather continue to nurse her than make even more messes for myself to clean up!

My Artist

Clovis Unified celebrates Art in the month of March. Two pieces of artwork are selected per grade, per school and Aaron was one of the lucky ones!

He was very proud and wanted to look just like an artist.....so he tucked in his shirt and put on a belt. "So that I can look like an Art-Man!"


Here is his master piece, I especially love his hair.
I was helping in his classroom the day they painted these faces and I thought that maybe Art wasn't his strength....some of the other ones were really good.....but I guess I was wrong, maybe I just don't have an eye for good art!

He was so scared to talk into the microphone (he has yet to give a prayer at church, much less a talk) but he actually did it!!! He said "Aaron Cabiness, Kindergarten" and then took a huge sigh of relief when he was done. i was so proud of him that I made him a huge delicious Carrot cake that was better than I could have imagined. Seriously this cake was amazing. It just became our new favorite.

The Wall of Art.

If you want to see it in Person it will be hanging in the Clovis Unified building all year.

(I wonder if we will get it back?)