House updates!

Well I told everyone I would put up pictures of the fireplace! well it is almost finished! It has been to cold to paint it but it is up and finished! I want to make it dark brown/black like the bookcase we have next to it. I want to paint the walls a Brown and then get a dark teal accessories. That will be some day soon I hope! I was going to be over the holidays but then we all got the stomach flu:( Yuck!! So anyways here is the fire place!

Next was the kitchen sink- we had gotten a new sink a while ago but our faucet was ok- but now it was time for a new one the old one had a broken handle and was starting to leak a little bit. So after much negotiations between Billy and I we picked one out. I went to the store to get it and of course I could not find it. The guy who came to help was very "Gruff" and not a lot of help- he told me what was up there was wrong- they did not have anything like that for that price. So I said "well that is not my Fault, that is the one I want for that Price" so he handed me a torn piece of notebook paper that said $138.00 And his initials. So I got a $208 faucet for $138!! Sometimes it pays to stand up for what is right- well I think it is right they had their signs wrong!! So the good news is it took longer to get it home then it did to get it installed thanks to

Billy! I love how little things can make you like your house again!!

Congratulations!!

Congratulations Sierra, Ryan and Jaden!

Now you have the perfect little family:)

Get some sleep, if you can and let us know if you need anything:)

Thank you for letting me be a part of it! She is perfect!

Love you all,

Gressa, Billy, Mikayla and Seth

As of yesterday afternoon they had not decided on a name yet. They were leaning towards Addison Sage Chartier! She was 5.5 ounces, 17.75 inches long and lots of dark hair!

I just want to add that I knew it was going to be a girl:) They waited to find out and already have a 3 1/2 year old Little boy so I knew they wanted a girl! I know every pregnancy id different but her pregnancy with Jaden was very similar to mine with Seth and then this last one was very similar to my one with Mikayla! I am so excited for them and can't wait for her to join the monsters already running around! The 4 of them are going to be such great friends:)

Happy Birthday Uncle!

Happy Birthday to you Uncle!!

Hope you have a great day and stay warm!!
Mikayla says "do you still have that mustache Gramps? Happy Birthday"
Love,
Billy, Gressa, Mikayla and Seth

Happy Birthday Auntie

Happy Birthday Auntie, Grandma Auntie!

Hope you have a great day!

We love you-

Billy, Gressa, Mikayla and Seth!!

Here is another quick update!

I can not believe it is December already! Well what I have learned about winter is that both of my children LOVE the snow! They both love to see it out the window first thing and they run to put their snow clothes on so they can go play. Seth throws the biggest fit if it takes me longer than 3 seconds to get all of his gear- so of course it is a task to get him dressed! Once we are out they both run to the slide and need help getting up the stairs because they have to much stuff on! Then for the rest of the time they eat the snow. They love it no matter how cold and red their nose gets they still scoop up handfuls of fresh white snow! It reminds me of when I was little and I had a teacher that said not to eat it because all of the pollutYou can eat snow just not yellow ants in the air came in the snow! I said it then and I say it now- "snow or snow from a car or the street!"

Inside we have been doing some home improvements. I repainted our small bathroom downstairs and right now we are redoing the fireplace. We tore out the nasty brick and are putting in black/gray tile all we have left to do is fut in the grout and build a new mantel. It is looking really nice. Next on my List is painting the living room! My big project is to tear down a wall from our kitchen to our dining room! I don't think that will happen too soon!

Mikayla has reached a new level of artistry! She can make people with bodies! It is so cute. already she is better than me- she got Aunt Britt, Britt and Papa's talent! She has also started gymnastics and is loving it. At first she did not want to go- I told her she only has to go one time and if she didn't like it we would never go again. She came out and said "I love it can we come back tomorrow?" Then the next week we took her in she kicked off her shoes and ran in with out even saying good bye!