Holy Summer Batman!

It's been the summer of many headaches. To start I went back to our deep freezer to grab some meat for dinner, only to find that no power had been getting to the freezer. So as I balled, I threw away around $800 worth of meat, and all of the Jam that I had finished about 4 weeks earlier. To say i was upset about this is an understatement, seeing as most of you know i don't cry very much. So below is my now empty freezer after it's been cloroxed to death.

But our fun had only just begun. Gregg called me from work and told me an interesting story. One his way to work that morning, he had a semi truck full of rocks pass him going the other direction. That's when he heard what sounded like a gun shot ring through his car, and saw the small crater the giant rock made in his windshield. We know that we were blessed cause if the rock had hit any harder, it would have come right threw the glass and smashed into Gregg's head. I was very revealed that all i have to replace now is a windshield, and not a husband.

And if we thought that we were done with all the excitement, we were way wrong! I was cleaning the kids's bathroom (yes I know it's shocking that i was cleaning) and as i was scrubbing the floor i found my hand suddenly inside a wall. I figured it would be an easy fix, so i took off the vinyl covering that was one that wall, only to find extensive water damage and mold from a water leak we never knew about. And thus started the 3rd remodel job we have done in this trailer since the summer began.

But we have found sometime between all the madness to have fun. MaKayla and Brenix have been spending lots of time out in the little pool we have.

Ignore the black spot on Brenix cheek, MaKayla through some mud at him.
All and all it's been an interesting summer so far. But with the family safe sound and having fun, it's all been worth it.

Ta Da !!!

The light was at the end of the tunnel and we have made it! Yahoo!

So the one above is with the cupboards in but we had to finish wireing for the stove and dishwasher. Yes WE HAVE A DISHWASHER!!! And below we have worker Brenix. He did really well and helping us make an even bigger mess....

And now the moment you have all been waiting for.

Isn't it great! And now the fun begins, cleaning up and moving back it! Yahoo for a finished project!

the saga continues....

After almost two weeks of solid hard work, the kitchen is finally starting to resemble, well, a kitchen! Bring in the floor guy and the cabinet maker!

Grandpa picked the flooring and the color for the cabinets.

It's more put together now, but these are the only pics i have taken so far. Stay tuned to see how this whole thing turns out!

More kitchen fun

Have you ever wondered what's behind your walls? Well neither have we, but we found out anyway. At first we weren't going to mess with the walls, cause we thought we could move the outlets without taking down the sheet rock. But we were wrong, and down the sheet rock came.

It took us most of the day, but we got all the electrical moved around, and then it was time to put the sheet rock back up.

And here's Gregg holding up the first sheet so i can take a picture. We really did have fun working together.

We got the last sheet up around 10 on Saturday night, and by that time the kids had had it. So we took them down the Sue's to get some sleep.

Once the kids were out cold I came up and taped and mudded the whole thing. It still doesn't look much like a kitchen yet but we're getting there.

Let it begin!

You all remember how we had a leak under our kitchen sink but we replaced our bathroom vanity instead? Well I finally got around to looking at the kitchen sink problem, and found that the leak had been so bad that it rusted threw the faucet and i couldn't get any of the water lines off. When we told Grandpa Coleman he said " Well lets just replace the whole kitchen!"

So that's what we're doing!

We start with our lovely model Brenix showing off our perfectly out dated and broken down kitchen in its original state.

Yes this is the actual size of kitchen we have been living with for the past 3 1/2 years, and boy was it fun ripping it out!

It only took me about 20 mins. to take out all the upper cabinets. I started by using a screw driver, but decided that a hammer was much faster and more fun.

But the real fun happened when i started to take out the lowers. I forgot to turn off the power and i arched a wire. If you haven't done that, I wouldn't suggest you try it. It hurts.

And this is what we are left with. No cabinets and a really dirty floor. It's been a real stress reveler to be able to destroy my own kitchen, But now that that's over, the real work will begin!

Spring in Idaho!

So the Pic's are a little bigger then i intended, but i guess it will have to work. This spring has been crazy with the whole Mother Nature thing. First it snowed, in late April.

Snowed alot!

So the kids and i figured we would just plant all our veggies inside. MaKayla and Brenix worked well together until they had to plant the pumpkins. There were just not enough seeds to keep World War III from braking out.

Despite the coldness, we have enjoyed going on walks as a family. Brenix got cold and asked to wear Dad's coat. We had a blast. I love this picture of my boys

It's been a crazy spring. I hope it warms up soon and stays warm!

Random fun stuff

We've been doing a lot of work on the trailer the past few weeks, and when we pull out our tools, so does Brenix.

I love this one of Mak that we took at my Mom and Dad's house. Isn't this just a face that says "I didn't do it!"

All in a Saturday Afternoon

So this afternoon, I decided I need to clean out under my kitchen sink cause i noticed it had been leaking. But before I got to it, I wanted to get all my cleaning rags (the really heavy ones) out from under my bathroom sink to use to clean under my kitchen sink. As i started moving things around under the bathroom sink, I noticed everything was all wet.... and what do you know, we have a leak there too! And a bad one, we're talking the "mold" bad. So the whole vanity had to go.

Let's face it, it wasn't the prettiest thing ever anyway, so what with the mold and all it was time to say bye, bye to mister ugly!

Between Gregg and I was had it all out in about 10 min. I love the wallpaper we found behind it, doesn't it scream "Please cover me back up!"

And in the end we have a decent, didn't take too long to put in, new vanity and sink! And most important it doesn't leak!

I love that we knew enough about what we were doing that it didn't take to long. But it still means the the kitchen is yet to come.....

Family Night

Last night was Family Night, and MaKayla got to chose the activity. So we made sugar cookies!

We had a great time, and the kids loved having Daddy show them how to roll out and cut the cookies!

And below we have the Diva herself. MaKayla's Grandma Sue took her out shopping for a new dress, and they came back with a dark pink shirt, dark pink tutu, and jewelry. She is definitely hot stuff.

And life wouldn't be complete with out the cat in the hat! At school Brenix's class celebrated the Cat in the Hat's birthday, and he came home looking like this. Just so you know, he tried to sleep in his hat. I love my kids. Everyday they find new ways to make me laugh.

It's the hard knock life for us

Life down Miller lane has been pretty hard the last month. Our 3 year old cousin Thomas James Coleman, was taken to live with his Heavenly Father on Feb. 6 2011. He was a sweet happy and fun loving boy, and Brenix's best friend. Tom was like a son to me and a brother to MaKayla and Brenix. We have felt his absents greatly. We have had a lot more tears and not so much laughter, but we know that we will see our special Tom Tom again, and that Brenix will always have a really good friend and cousin looking after him.

Below is a pic of Tom's mom, Aunt Michele, his brother and one of his sisters, Mike and Sarah. We love the Coleman's very much.

I have struggled for weeks on how to write out this blog, and words fail me (Which as most of you know is a rarity). I wish i had a gift for words, that i could describe how amazing Michele's family is, and what great parents, her and David are. I wish i could tell you all the awesome feelings and emotions that come to mind and heart when i think of our Tom Tom. But when i write them down, the words sound hollow and flat. So i will end by just saying, that we have Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that Families are forever, that we will See Tom Tom again! And with a loving heart and streaming eyes, I'll leave it at that.

Oh yeah!

Sitting with Dad, holding Buzz and listening to Pandora.

What more can a boy ask for.