Another Announcement!!!!

December 22, 2014

Maden and Annie are going to have a new sibling! 

Brian invited us all to Skype or FaceTime on Monday, December 22nd to open presents.  Blake, Randy, Courtney, Jared, Nikelle and I all met at Randy and Courtney's house to Skype, Cindy was on FaceTime. Brian's family opened their presents from us, and we were supposed to open our presents from them....but their package didn't make it. So Brian had to improvise and just show us the picture and announced that they were going to have another baby, due on June 21st! We got the package on the 24th and it had these darling ornaments! So excited for our family to keep on growing!

It's a Boy!

December 12, 2014

Randy and Courtney are having a boy! Can't wait to meet this little man in June!

It's a Girl!

November 21, 2014

Jared and Nikelle are having a girl! Nikelle's friend made a cake with a pink center so they could cut the cake to reveal that it's a girl! So excited to meet this little one in April!

Mini Vacation to Salt Lake

November 15-16, 2014

Brian told us that we could sign up online to drive a brand new 2015 Ford F150 pickup . The pickup has been totally redesigned inside and out, even under the hood, and it is not available to buy yet.  Blake, Randy and Jared all signed up to drive it on November 15 in Midvale, UT.  We decided to make it a little vacation. So, Blake, Randy, Courtney, Jared, Nikelle and I all loaded up in Red about 10:00am on the 15th. We got to the Sportsmans Wearhouse where they had the pickups about 2.  

This is the one that Blake drove, it was a very short ride, about 6 minutes, but it was a very nice truck.  The room in the back seat was amazing! Blake really liked the power and how it handled.

After our rides, we went to Iggy's, downtown Salt Lake.  We love Iggy's! We stayed at the Residence Inn, Downtown. We got a movie to watch and just relaxed.  

Sunday morning, Jared, Nikelle and Blake and I braved the freezing weather and went to the Tabernacle for the broadcast.  Then, we headed back to the hotel to check out and head for home.  It was a fun little mini vacation.

Transformation Continues - Master Bedroom

Well, we have another room completed! I absolutely love the changes to our bedroom, it is so calm and peaceful.

Before:

I had been a long time since this room had been updated!

Once again, I went to Pinterest for some ideas, here's the picture I used for inspiration.

I love the tall baseboard, and the extended crown molding, and the paint color.

We moved our bed and all the furniture out on Sept. 15th. We put the bed in the small bedroom, it just barely fit!

Randy changed the size of the doorway into the closet, turns out to be a very good decision.  We had to remove all the wallpaper, that is really a difficult process.  We started this process on Sept 26th. My mom brought her little steamer, it worked pretty well, but just did a small area at a time. Blake rented a larger one and it worked better, he was very patient and finally got all the layers off.

Courtney came and helped strip the wallpaper. After the wallpaper was removed, Randy textured the walls. Then the Randy's and Blake started installing the crown molding.

Then, the painting began on Oct. 1st. I know the color is very similar to the wallpaper that was removed, but I love the color! It is a little darker, kind of a teal tint to it. It's a Behr paint called Blue Fox. The carpet was layed on Oct. 13th, and we moved our bed back in on Oct. 16th.  It was very nice to be out of the tiny bedroom. Blake and Randy got the barn door hardware for the closet door hung today, Nov. 13th! I love it!

Now for the after pictures!

I love the tall baseboard that is the same height as the heaters. Randy really had think hard to figure out how to put that all together to make it that tall. I also love the crown molding with the beadboard wallpaper, then the trim below it. I think it looks a lot like the the picture from Pinterest!

Because the bathroom door was moved over about 18 inches, the dresser and TV fit much better. 

I love the barn door idea for the closet door, much better than the bifold doors we had before.  And the closet seems bigger because Randy made the doorway smaller. I was able to hang all my necklaces on the new closet wall behind the door.  I love all the white doors. I am so pleased with this room, it is so peaceful and calm and functional too. Thank you, Randy for working your magic and helping make this room exactly what I wanted.

Another Announcement!

Randy and Courtney have made a terrific announcement! Baby coming June 4th 2015! Yay!!! So exciting!!!

Transformations Begin Again, Part 1

Once again we are taking advantage of my brother, Randy Chambers' rotten luck and terrific talents. He's found himself needing work again, and we need some work done.  We have decided to do some remodeling, starting with the master bathroom. We needed to take the bathtub out and make a walk in shower. We started the process on September 15th, and the master bath was finished today! We have been using it for two weeks without the glass shower doors, we used a shower curtain until the doors could be installed.

Here are the before pictures:

It really did need some major updating! I really was not sad to see that yellow tub go! 

Now for the demolition and rebuilding process:

Everything was removed, clear down to the studs. Blake and Randy and Randy C. worked hard. The hardest part was getting the heavy tub out! Pretty much filled the horse trailer with all the mess.

Jared came and wired for the new lights and put a new fan in. My dad came and helped with the sheet rock mudding one day. The huge cupboard that would go behind the door was not going to make the turn into the bedroom, so Blake had the idea to put it through the bedroom window. It had maybe an inch clearance on the top of the window. The Randys and Blake really used their muscles that day.  We decided to have Mickelsen Marble do our huge new shower, and we had to wait for them to come. They also had trouble getting one of the big pieces in and then turned right in the shower. They had to cut it a little, then come back 4 days later to finish.  It all turned into a huge process and waiting game.  

Here's a picture I found on Pinterest that I used for inspiration for the sink and cupboard next to it:

Now here are the pictures of the final product! It turned out wonderful! I love it! The huge shower is amazing! I think it all turned out so well, and is so pretty and functional too. I love the tile, and the lights and the color of the shower. I'm not very good at visualizing what it will look like from samples, but I think it turned out great!

It's really hard to get good pictures. These pictures really don't do justice to it.

I love the cubby in the shower for the shampoos and soaps, I also love the bench. I feel like I'm in an upscale hotel! Thank you Randy C. for helping our dream become reality!

Stay tuned, there are plenty more transformations in the works!

General Conference Activity

Courtney and Nikelle decided we needed to get some pumpkins and carve them for a conference activity. So, that's what we did during the afternoon session. We found some patterns online. I think they all turned out really great!

Getting started...

Everybody's working hard...

Finished!

Birthday Boy

September 19 and 21, 2014

Blake turned 59 on Sept. 21st! Holy cow, he's getting old! On Friday, the 19th, his mother and sister Natillie met us at Texas Roadhouse for a birthday dinner.  Blake has always said that he doesn't want a big deal made of his birthday, and not to tell people at the restaurants that it's his big day.  Well, his mom told them, and they came and made him sit on the saddle, while they sang to him.  He was a good sport and even smiled! He told them that he was 60!

Courtney and Nikelle helped make his birthday cake! It's an ice cream cake made with ice cream sandwiches. Sure do love you Blake, even if you are old!

Another trip to Boise

September 6&7, 2014

Blake and I kind of horned in on a trip to Boise with Jared and Nikelle.  They had tickets to the BSU Football game, and we just went along. We left early in the morning and went to the Boise temple when we got there. Then we went to Cheesecake Factory to eat.  Blake and I just stayed at the Shilo Inn while Jared and Nikelle went to see her Grandma and to the game. We got up early Sunday morning and drove home in time for church. Fun little road trip!