Flower beds!

Drum roll please....My flowerbeds are done! Jonathan & I went Friday night and picked out all the flowers. (After MUCH helpful advice from Kim Werner!) Anyway....then came the hard part. Planting them all. Somehow in my mind I was thinking it would take 2-3 hrs. I was outside for 7 HOURS!!!!! Yes, I am burnt to a crisp! Here are a few pics. (Disclaimer: I know it is far from perfect and even now when I look at it, I see different places I should have put things, or moved things over a few inches one way or the other, but it is not changing for a long while! :-)

Before





After





I know it looks a little empty right now, but the shrubs will grow so it will look more full later. Thank you so much Kim for all your advice! I have to admit I am quite proud of my accomplishment....my first flowerbed! :-)

Quick Update

Well, WE HAVE MOVED!!!!!!! That is about all I have for now because it is 12:36 am Thursday morning, and I am at IHOP trying to catch up on the internet because we still don't have any at the new house. But, we are getting settled in. I think the girls are getting used to it, slowly. I don't know if they are getting used to sharing a room yet though...they have yet to fall asleep before 11pm. Usually Savanna is the one up the latest. I think Jasmine eventually falls asleep inspite of Savanna's chatter. It will get really quiet for a few minutes, and then I will hear Savanna.... "Hi! Hi! Hi!" and then getting louder and more urgent when Jasmine does not respond. I think she would stay up and talk all night if she could and Jasmine would... :-) Anyway, as soon as we get internet up at the house, I will try to post some pictures.

Hope you all are having a wonderful week!

~Kristina

Wow, once again I have neglected my blog. But in all fairness, I have had a lot going on! First, house update...it is almost finished!!!!! We are still planning on closing on Friday, May 1. :-) If I can get everything packed, (big IF) we will try to move that weekend. We have so much going on though because Jonathan has a busy couple of weeks at work, I am still working every night, we need to finish the inserts that we do for Dad's business, I need to clean the houses I clean monthly, we need to pack, we need to clean this house, and somewhere in there we have to find time for our two little ones! (and I'm sure I forgot something in there!) Anyway...(deep breath)...this morning I squeezed in some time to take a few pics of the girls with the help of my mom, because it looks so beautiful right now here in "Tuterville". I don't have time to post many, but I wanted to post a few. And for those of you looking for house pics, Im sorry, but I have either forgotten my camera or the battery has been dead the last few times. I should go by there on Friday and will try to take some, but for now, here are my sweeties! :-)

Jazzi loves to swing!




Sisterly love...need I say more! :-) This picture makes me laugh!

Jasmine flashing her smile on the slide.




Savanna loves to swing!


aww..Jasmine is such a good big sister.




Sweet Savanna Skye


Well, I hope you enjoyed the pictures...it will probably be a few weeks before I post anything new, unless I get some pictures of the house Friday, then I will try to put them on here!

Have a great week!

~Kristina

Girls Night Out

A couple weeks ago I was able to have a girls night out with my good friend Erin. We went to a David Archuletta concert. (If you don't know who he is, he was the runner up on American Idol last season.) It was a lot of fun, but it was a very cold windy day and I stood outside in line for about 45 minutes!

All ready to go have fun! :-)


This is the line I was waiting in, and it was SO windy & cold!









....but the cold and wind was worth it, it was a great concert!


On a different note....it looks like we should be closing on our house on May 1. We have already locked into our interest rate. We got a great rate, so we are excited about that! Let the packing begin! :-) I will post new house pics soon.

House update

So it has been over a month since I posted on here, as my sister so lovingly pointed out to me. :-) These last few weeks have been a whirlwind. Anyway...the house is looking great! We are thinking we will be moving sometime in May. Here are some pictures of the brick going up.

In addition to the stone around the vent, there is now stone across the top of the garage, and over the entry way. I need to go by and get some more pics! They also will be doing a light smear over all the brick to lighten it up just a bit.

Here are some pics of the tile.







I think the floor tile looks a bit darker in person. It is the same tile that you see on the master bath shower and tub. Here a couple pics of my black/creme tile in the main bath, not grouted yet though....I think I am going to LOVE it!

I plan to get some picture this weekend of the cabinets & trim. They had them in last weekend, but still had to paint/stain.
Well, I think that's about it for now....I have a couple more things to post so I will try to do that ASAP! (Like the girls birthday :-)

Be Blessed. :-)

Savanna's rough day

Savanna had a rough day today. I had to take her to the doctor because she has not been feeling well. They decided to do some tests for allergies, so they had to draw blood....I was not mentally prepared for this! All you moms out there know how it is when you are taking your baby in for vaccines, you mentally prepare yourself. Well, I wasn't able to do that, and it was horrible! So much worse than vaccines. I had to lean over her body, and hold both of her shoulders down and she screamed the whole time. I didn't think that little tube would ever fill up with blood! But, we both survived.....here are a few pics of her after the doctor visit.

Of course, Jasmine was the ever so helpful big sister today! She did a great job helping me comfort Savanna. :-)

Hope everyone had a great week and is looking forward to a good weekend!

~Kristina

My Precious Jasmine Daphne Small

Happy 3rd Birthday Jasmine! (mommy's a couple days late... =)

Is it possible that it has been 3 years since I gave birth to my precious Jazzi? Wow, time flies! But you all know that already, especially those of you that are parents. Jasmine has been and continues to be such a blessing in my life and in the life of our family. She is such a light! She brightens up even the darkest day with her beautiful contagious smile, and her positive outlook on life.

She is quick to forgive mommy when I wrong her, and loves me no matter what!

She definetely has made her share of messes.......like this example with the chocolate milk! :)

She is a fantastic big sister! She loves Savanna sooo much and would do anything to protect her. She gets upset if someone she doesn't know is holding her. She will tell them don't hold Savanna!

Jasmine, you are such a beautiful person, and I love you so much! You have blessed my life so much, and I look forward to being a part of yours, and watching you grow into a beautiful, loving, young lady....you are well on your way! I am so blessed to know you, and even more blessed to be your mom. I love you.