The New Van!!

I can't believe we have had the van for more than a month now. How easy life has become with the van. It is a 2006 Saturn Relay and we bought it Aug 18. It has a self opening door on one side and a dvd player with many more fun things. I love the ease of getting Emmy into and out of the van. We couldn't be happier and are VERY excited to drive it to Pa for Christmas this year. Here are some pics!

I love the interior!

The DVD player that will get plenty of use in Dec.

The back seat which Adam says could easily fit 3 car seats....ha!

The captain seats, the door on the other side is the self opening door. Emmy loves the new van too!!

We can take out the storage thing in the back for more room for luggage.

Emmy loves to "drive" the van!!

The Apartment

Ok here they are...this blog post is more for mom! She wants to see the apartment. You'll have to pardon the mess in the pics...it's just how we are. :)

The outside view...we're on the top floor!

The view when you walk in the front door

The view to the right of the door...the master bedroom with walk in closet and large bathroom

The master bedroom...

The master bath..

With a garden tub...awesome for bubble baths or relaxing after the gym :)

The kitchen off to the left of the front door

The dinning room

The Kitchen

The kitchen with the island

The living room view from the dinning area

The living room from the back of the living room looking towards the front door

The back of the living room...still full of unpacked boxes.

The hallway looking back towards the girls rooms..the bathroom on the right and the wash closet on the left.

The opposite view of the hall...looking back towards the living room

The wash closet in the hallway.

The girls/guest bathroom

Another view of the girls/guest bath

Emmy's room..aka storage area!

Emmy's walk-in closet....ha ha ha ha!! I dare anyone to walk in there!

Maddy's room


Maddy's walk in closet...a little more organized.

The balcony

So that's it...hope you enjoyed the tour and didn't get too confused...We love our new home!

Maddy's Garden

When we moved into our new apartment...pics coming soon (i promise) Maddy wanted to plant flowers on the balcony. I love planting things and watching them grow so I said yes. Shortly after we moved in we bought some flower boxes, dirt and seeds for Marigolds and Bachelor Buttons. Both Maddy and Emmy helped plant them and had fun getting dirty. Maddy helps water them and care for them. This was our adventure in May...

The supplies..Maddy was more excited about the water can than planting the seeds

Help from sis

Pat it down

Dig the holes..

Plant the seeds....

Plenty of water

More water...

The potted plant that Maddy loved and just had to have

The finished product...

This all took place on May 12th and then on May 16th we went out to water the plants and this is what we found!!

The Marigolds

The Bachelor Buttons

Then when we came home from Utah, on June 21st we found these..

Bachelor Buttons

Marigolds!!!

Sunning

Then when Poppy came out to visit in July he got Maddy two tomato plants...that have yet to do anything...it may have been too late in the season. And a sister in my ward was giving away Plumeria "plants". I went to get my Plumeria "plant" and was surprised to find a tree. They are beautiful plants and give such beautiful flowers that smell so good. So Maddy's garden is well and flourishing. She finally got some Bachelor Button blooms the other day. I was afraid they weren't going to bloom at all. Maddy was very pleased they were purple blooms. Emmy loves to go out and smell and water the flowers everyday. It has brought such beauty to our home to have a balcony garden. Maddy is very pleased with the fruits of her labor!

Our happy little garden!

A Bachelor Button

I love how they are vine like and stick out over the edge of the balcony

The Plumeria flower...I wish there was a way to let you smell these through the blog...it's like heaven