The Girls' Bedroom

With the arrival of twins looming soon in the future, I have been very busy the last few weeks getting the downstairs bedroom ready for the older girls to move down into. I spent a lot of time scraping wallpaper off the wall. Then I spent the last 3-4 days painting. That job is finished!

Recall how the room looked when we bought the house:

The wallpaper you see here is the 3rd layer. It came right off but the bright red and gold wallpaper that matched this carpet had really good glue. That is what I spent about 11 total hours scraping off.

This is the bottom layer of wallpaper that is coving drywall that is neither mudded or taped. Therefore, I decided to leave this layer on since it was destroying the drywall taking it off.

The carpet was an immediate improvement!

Here is the room after painting but missing all the trim that will go up soon. I haven't got to that point yet.

The wallpaper walls I sanded down, textured, primed (well), then painted. I really like the color!

Chair rail will go up between the white and pink

And a new curtain will be made for the window

My girls claim that "they love it" which is the whole point. Therefore, it is a success! It is a lot brighter and cheerful than the rest of the basement. I am still considering painting all the paneling to brighten it up. However, it will definitely all be ONE color! Three colors takes a lot of work. It turned out very cute!

Random picture

Last fall the girls wanted to build a snowman. However, the snow wasn't ideal for making except that on the porch. So we scooped it all together and topped it with our Halloween pumpkin to make our snowman. They were so proud of it!

Boys or Girls?

Last week we had an ultrasound appointment to find out the gender of our twins. The girls were so excited and they'd been counting down for days! We are getting a BOY and a GIRL!!! I am really excited. The girls were a little disappointed that they aren't both boys. Jason is relieved that there is at least one. So am I! Now we are faced with the near-impossible tasks of coming up with names. At least the pressure is taking off of dressing them alike, right? I have grown quite a bit in size in the last two weeks. I should have been taking pictures just so you all can see. However, I never took pictures with my other pregnancies, so I'm not so inclined to do it now. There are many things I "should" do that I just don't get to. I'll get over it! =)

Regional Rally 2011

I love my job as a Premier Designs jeweler! It has been the biggest blessing for our family! It is currently paying for Jason's ENTIRE Master's program in cash, along with other bills and emergencies that come along. Plus, it is so much fun! In January, I took off for sunny Ontario, California (75 degree sunny weather was awesome!) for Regional Rally. Jason did not go with me. My mom watched the girls for the weekend and they thought that was great! They don't get to visit Grandma a whole lot since Elena started school. I learned a lot and I was pleased that three of my "daughters" went with me. It was a great experience.

Having breakfast the first day.

With Judi and Rachel, two of my Premier daughters

Plus Amanda

Six generations of Premier: Back row l-r: Amber Arnold (Grandma), Judi Barton (daughter), Theresa Garrett (Great Great Grandma), Melanie Weir (Mom), Front row l-r: Debbie Myer (Great Grandma), Rachel Hanson (daughter), me, Amanda Bohnman (daughter).

Love these women!!!

We were supposed to announce where we were from for Crown Jewel. I'm not yelling at the crowd. =)

Amber and I both got Sapphire in Crown Jewel

Breakfast the second day with my 3-level upline.

Walking for making it to Designer!

Even though I was pregnant, I felt pretty good the whole time. I look a little sick in this picture, but I think I was just tired from late nights and early mornings!

Our founder, Andy Horner. This man reminds me some of President Hinckley. He's an amazing person who strives to serve others! It was great to see and hear him. His wife, Joan (an incredible woman!!!) passed away the beginning of December. This was the first time Andy had appeared without her. She will be missed!

Not that you really want to know, but for my own record keeping: On the flight home, my stomach was very unsettled. I made it to about 3 minutes before landing in Salt Lake. Then I had to grab Melanie's barf bag (mine was stuck shut with gum) because I couldn't stop it. It was very embarrassing! She was so nice and to find me a tissue while the guy in front of me did too. At least I was only on the plane for about 10 more minutes. I was mortified! It was hard to leave the warm California weather to come back to freezing snowy Utah. But, Jason and I will be going to San Diego the end of April so I'll return to it!

Christmas 2010

I know I am super late and lazy when it comes to blogging. But better late than never! I will do some "Blog barfing" over the next few days, so just be prepared. Here are some pictures from Christmas. We stayed home this year and it was nice!

The girls Christmas morning

Showing off the movies they got

Look at that mess!

Jason opening his big gift

The girls with their stash

For New Years we spent several days at my parent's house. Here are the girls holding their newest cousin, Austin.

Mckenzie couldn't get enough of him!

Becca hanging with a tired Grandpa

Some of the grandkids playing a jumping game with the uncles. This was when Jason hurt his knee.

The girls in their matching Princess PJs

Finally, here is a picture of the dresses I made for Christmas. I was finishing Mckenzie's on Christmas Eve, but I got them done. They turned out so buggin' cute!