Ode to My Passat

Good-bye faithful blue Passat! Oh, how I loved this car! This is the first car Jordan and I bought together. We had only been married a month when we bought it. I'm so glad that it finally sold! Since we are building our house we need the money more than we need our 4 cars. So, my car had to go. I get to drive the Jeep now, I know it won't have the gas mileage but that's okay. One great thing about the Passat being gone is that the payment goes with it!
So, fairwell my cute little car! I'll miss you!

Jordan's project

For almost a year now Jordan has been working on a VW Bus (or Westfalia). It's been kind of hard to find time with work and spending time with us. But, finally, it is out of our garage and painted! Jordan does all the work himself. I wish I would have been taking pictures of it the whole time, but, it had a big dent in the front and a small one in the back. It had one rust spot and it just needed to be painted and needed the interior put together. So, he's not done yet but here are some pictures of it right now.
This is not the color he chose. The guy he's fixing it up for wanted to keep it the original color. It makes it easier on Jordan because then he didn't have to paint the inside or the door jams. Hopefully, just a little bit more time and he will be done and it will be up for sale! Anyone interested? You can go camping in it!

Our house!

Some of you probably know that Jordan and I have been trying to build or buy a house for some time now. Well, it is finally happening! We signed a contract with Kartchner homes and we are building a house in Henderson Subdivision in our ward. We are only going to be a few blocks away from where we live now. We are so excited to be living next door to the Hymas' families! Our house started yesterday and according to Kartchner it will take about 90 days.
They told us the house will be done at the end of August or the beginning of Sept. So, basically when I'm in labor our house will be finishing up. Here are some pictures of "our hole."I don't really know what the strange island is in the middle of our house but I guess it will be fun later, right?


Here is our backyard. Sorry, Raygon I was walking on your grass. Now, you'll never want to be neighbors!

Madsen Bikes

I was reading Shelly's blog today about her sister getting this new bike. I want one! They look awesome! The only problem is they are about $1,200. That's totally out of my price range! So, they are having a give away in July. I need everyone's help. Please click on the link on the side so that they will see that I am sending traffic their way (don't worry you don't have to buy anything). I just want to be entered into the drawing for the bike. Just picture it! I could be cruising around town on it. It would be pretty fun!!

It's a Girl!

Today has been very busy! After work today, Jordan, Shelby and I went up to the doctor's to find out what the baby is. We were very excited to find out that we are having a girl! We're both a little relieved that we won't have to buy very much stuff. Jordan said that if it was a boy it would have to go naked so it's a good thing it's a girl! I will post a picture of the ultrasound in just a little bit.

Pinching my pennies!

Last night I went to a "class" on this website called Pinching Your Pennies. It's not a very user friendly website so when I found out about this class I had to go.

The way I found out about this lady was very strange. I was watching the 10:00 news last month, saw a lady in Pocatello talking about this free class that she teaches. It had her email address so I decided, "what the heck?" I emailed her. I told her I would be happy to come all the way down for this class, then she said that there was someone who taught the class in Idaho Falls.

So, last night I got in my car and drove down to Idaho Falls not really sure what to expect. The whole time I was freaking myself out with different things that could happen to me. I didn't know this lady at ALL! I'd never even seen her!

This is what I was thinking during the 1/2 hour drive. . . What if I'm the only one there? What if she lives in a bad neighborhood? What if she steals all my money (not that I had much to steal)? What if she smokes? What if she has a cat (I'm allergic)? What if she hurts me?

Okay, now I'm starting to think that I'm paranoid. Anyway, I get to her house (in a good neighborhood). There are like 10 cars outside so I know I'm in the right place. She is obviously LDS. She has pictures of Christ and total Mormon sayings. Needless to say she didn't steal my money or beat me up. She is just a mom of 4 that wants to help others save money. Isn't that cool? If anyone is interested I highly recommend her class. It was two hours of my time, but I think it will be worth it in the long run!

Oh . . .and she didn't have a cat.

Super long post of Shelby

I forgot that some of these pictures were on my camera. First we have my project on Saturday. I guess I can't get all the credit. Jordan sanded and painted the bed on Friday evening and then finished putting it together for me on Saturday before the Priesthood Session.
This is when I remembered to get out my camera to take a picture of the crib being taken apart. Shelby was so excited she could hardly stand it. She had to get right in there with a screwdriver to help me get the screws out.

Here is Shelby getting in the way of my work, but she is having so much fun!
This is her bed all put together, I promise I did rotate the picture but Blogger didn't get the memo. Anyway, That night it took an hour to get her down and the next night it took about half the time but we were awakened at about 10 to 7 this morning by cries. She had fallen out of bed! Luckily it was only a foot off the ground. If you ask her what happened she will say, "I fell down! Out of Bed!" She is napping in it right now so I guess there is no permanent damage.

This picture I thought was too cute to past on. It is a very tired Daddy and a pretend sleeping Shelby. She is having the time of her life teasing her dad. I just love that cute little bum in the air (Shelby's that is).


This last picture is something I caught Shelby doing one day while walking through the living room. I was putting something in the freezer, as I walked by she said "Ohhh Baby!" I thought there was a baby on TV. Then when I walked back through I noticed she was hard at work. She had changed several icon names to whatever she wanted. This is how you know you spend way too much time on the computer in this position! I'm just surprised she got the computer open.