Little time and little money

When we bought our first house, the previous owner left a big freezer in the garage. It was full of mold and rust but could be cleaned out pretty easy. And for the past 3 years I have put off cleaning it. It has come with us to our new home and still hasnt been cleaned. So today I decided I was going to tackle this thing because I need more freezer space. I put on the ugliest clothes I could find, latex gloves, and a face mask and went to work. It took me a total of about 1 hour and 15 minutes to get this thing cleaned and another 30 minutes to paint. Not long at all and only cost about $8.00. I hate when I put off things like this for so long, when I know that it won't take me very long to do it. It is just pure laziness and complete lack of motivation. Moral of this story...if you have been putting off ANYTHING for ANY reason, JUST DO IT!!!

The before shot. Pretty Disgusting huh!

This is the after scrubbing and scrapping off old paint and all the gross stuff. It doesn't look very clean, but at this point, it smelt like bleach and soap, trust me it was clean just very dinged up.

And here is the finished product. Pretty good huh! I was surprised at how well it cleaned up.

Donkey Basketball

Well, I was talking to my cousin Megan the other day and she got on me about how I don't post enough. Like I have said before, I just like looking at other peoples blogs. It is completely addicting. But, our lives just aren't that interesting right now, so there is not a lot to blog about. However, tonight we watched donkey basketball at the university. Shiloh is in the marketing association and they entered as a group. So I got the pleasure of watching Shiloh ride a donkey. I had never heard of it before but it was really fun. I was actually pretty jealous because I wanted to be out there with them. The announcer thought he was pretty funny, he kept throwing little comments in like, "players, get off your butts and go sit on your "ass"! I have to admit it was pretty funny. Well as soon as I can figure out how to put our video on here I will, but in the meantime here are a few pictures of our night.

Our Bowling Night

A couple weeks ago we decided to take Hannah bowling for the first time and it was so much fun. We were the only ones in the bowling alley and Hannah was having a ton of fun just running around. After we went bowling Hannah, Shiloh and my dad and brothers went hot tubbing and of course Hannah loved that too.

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MY HANNAH GIRL!!!!

Hannah's hair is getting so long and it is really deceiving because it just curls so much...so I decided to straighten her hair just for kicks. She looks completely different with straight hair but it was fun.

Little Treasures

WHAT WE HAVE ONCE ENJOYED WE CAN NEVER LOSE, ALL THAT WE LOVE BECOMES A PART OF US. - Helen Keller -
BECKY... this reminding me of our little boys so I thought I would share this with you. I hope you like it.

Winter Wonderland

Here are some more pictures of Christmas Break in Island Park.

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Christmas Vacation

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Well this Christmas was really fun but it definitely felt different this year. This year has been a really fun but challenging year. As hard as it was, it was probably the best year of my life so far and I am sure Shiloh would say the same. We celebrated Hannah's first birthday, she had a whole bunch of firsts this year. Shiloh got in a car accident at the beginning of the year. We got pregnant with Cameron this year. We went to Cancun, Mexico,and we went to Island Park A TON. I took a trip with my mom and Hannah to Washington to visit family. Shiloh finished two more semesters of school and only has one left, HURRAY!!! We were sent our little Cameron and were lucky enough to have our Heavenly Father take him in his arms once again. You know, I got to tell you, the older Hannah gets I really thank Heavenly Father for taking him now so if I fail as a mother, we at least got one back to him :) Also, Shiloh's brother Nate left on his mission on New Years Eve, he is going to Brisbane, Australia...that lucky son of a gun. To sum it up, this year has been pretty darn good. I truly can't complain about anything, other than I now have a really ugly scar on my belly, but it is just another reminder of my many blessings. I would like to thank anyone who is reading this blog, we are so blessed to have such great friends and families. I am really excited to see what the year 2009 will bring...I am hoping it will bring a new home, a new baby, stronger testimonies, less complaining (from me), less crying (from Hannah... and me sometimes)lots of family outings, healthier eating habits, cleaner home and lots and lots of love.