Hard Work Will Pay Off!

Well I finally have a moment to sit down and rest. Zach and I have been extremely busy with our new house. It really will make us proud once we are in and we will definitely have pride of ownership! Thanks to the help of our family and friends we have knocked out the wall of mirrors that covered a full wall in the living room, put up new baseboards throughout the house, chair rails in the bedrooms, spackled a gazillion holes and sanded them down, ripped out old carpet and the painter is there painting as I type this. Then we're re-tiling the hall bath floor and shower and putting in new marble countertops in the kitchen!!! Whheewww, it exhaustes me just thinking about it. The kids have been awesome through this whole thing...its hard not having a schedule, pulling late nights and not having toys everywhere at the house! Paint will be done this week, new carpet laid Friday and we move in this coming weekend!!! I am planning on making a "before and after album" of all the changes we've made. The house is in such a cute court where all the house are well taken care of and lawns are nicely manicured (which if you know me and Zach thats a big thing!) We have met almost all the neighbors and they seem very nice and welcoming. Cant wait til we are all moved in and settled!!!

Rainy Day Activities.....

It's raining today so its always a challenge finding things to entertain the kids throughout the day. We've watched cartoons, danced to Christmas music, made a big breakfast, played with toys and then Daddy joined the kids in coloring! (Dont mind the bare ugly walls in the background...were almost all the way packed!)Riley wanted to color a picture for Auntie Jess who is coming next week to celebrate an early Christmas with us!

Polar Bears!

I have been really thinking about a theme for Christmas. After a lot of pondering I have decided on Polar Bears! I think they are so cute and love the all white of their fur. I think it's something different too rather then Santa or snowmen, something you kinda have to search for. A package was left on my doorstep last week from UPS. All excited, I opened it up and to my surprise it was my first polar bear sent by my mom!!! Thanks so much Mom I love it!!

Let's Pretend....

Okay since we haven't been able to decorate for Christmas and decorate our tree due to packing/moving I found a tree I love and will just pretend for now that this is our tree! Isn't it beautiful??

Sick Ducklings

Well to say the least.....Zach and I are physically and mentally exahusted! Last Friday I felt a cold coming on and within hours was all stuffed up, runny nose and feeling icky! Next thing ya know Riley, Trevor and Ireland all have runny noses and Ireland has a major cough that is so low and deep. Over the weekend it consistently got worse and worse so first thing Monday morning I took her to her AWESOME doctor.....if you live in Sac and are looking for a great pediatrician I highly reccommend Dr. Warden with Sutter Health! Anyways, he thoroughly checked her and said she has a respiratory virus. He was happy I had brought her in when I did because it could have turned into RSV or pnemonia!! I was surprised but relieved! Poor thing is on a breathing treatment every 4 hours but the sweetheart that she is she smiles through the whole thing :) Riley and Trevor have passed back and forth a slight fever and slight cough but all in all I think we are getting rid of the bug.

The mental part comes in because we have been anxiously waiting for our keys to our new house!!! We signed a week ago today and still dont have our keys! The bank is just taking their time and poor Bob has tried everything he can to move it along but its up to them.....we were hoping on getting in there this weekend and doing some demo to put in our new marble countertops, tiling the hall bath and fireplace, and putting up baseboards throughout so the painter could come in Mon and Tues and carpet could be laid Wed and Thurs and we could move all in with that stuff being done! Its been so hard not being able to put lights up and decorating our Christmas tree we've had for almost 2 weeks now. Riley and Trevor are so into christmas this year and keep asking why we dont have lights up :( Cross your fingers we get keys on Monday!!

Lucas Michael Lindberg

Zach's cousin Jenny and her husband Chris welcomed a beautiful baby boy on December 8,2008! We are so excited and happy for them. We heard it was a tough journey but Im sure well worth it in the end. Congrats guys....he is so cute!! We cant wait to meet Lucas and have him meet his 3 cousins out here on the West coast!

Sutter Street Fun!

We had such a fun Friday night! We went to Hacienda in Folsom with my dad and sister and Zachs parents. After a great meal and a few margaritas (I highly recommend the Raspberry Sherbert Margaritas!!) that my dad treated everyone too, we walked along Sutter Street. It is so beautiful this time of year with all the lights and lit horse carriages. They also put a snow machine on top of a roof and the kids go crazy for it! It was so packed this year and I think its because of the new ice skating rink!! It was so fun to watch people. Riley got a Santa painted on her hand and Mikayla got a xmas tree on her face. We went and saw the huge Christmas tree they decorate every year as well and ended with a piece of chocolate from Snooks. What a nice way to end the week!

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