Holy moly we made it

We have been in our house for a week now!! We passed final inspection last Monday, the 14, and Paul decided to unload everything that night. Then we got the certificate of occupancy and moved in official on the 15th. We worked to get aizys room ready first. Paul hung blinds as the room became livable haha

We have so much stuff. I still can't park in the garage. It all goes to the basement but the upstairs isn't perfect yet so- one thing at a time!!

I'm just glad to be in. I love it. I live that Paul is so talented and worked so hard to make this happen for us. Aizy loves it too! She has so much room to run and cupboard to explore. Luckily she can't open these door knobs or we would be in trouble! 

4th of July

The Fourth of July is a big deal in the Stanger family. There's a camp out the night before with BBQ and s'mores. In the morning there's breakfast over the fire. The past few years, since they got the boat, the day is spent boating. It was excellent weather for it and the river wasn't as crowded as we thought it would be. Paul got up early to wakeboard with his friends. Aizy and I spent like 4 hours on the boat. She likes it and brings me her life jacket sometimes and says, "boating." 

That night we have a potluck dinner at the Norris's and fireworks. We had $900 worth this year! I was a little worried Aizy wouldn't like the fireworks but she did. She started clapping after each one :)

Love them!

Paul has been very busy with the house these days and we haven't been able to see him much. But when we do, we love it! Aizy loves her daddy. Yesterday, I was showing Brittney and Steele the house and Paul stopped by. They said "Bye Paul" and so did Aizy! Haha it was pretty funny and she thought so too. 

She was making a dirty yesterday ad I asked her if that's what she was doing. She said no. Brittney said, "Why do kids always lie about that?" And Aizy said, "I dunno." Haha too funny!

We went to steadmans yesterday with pretty much all of pauls family (minus the menfolk) and romys family. Brittney and Steele came too. I thought the slides were way fun! Aizy, however, said "all done!" the whole way down haha. It was nap time... So maybe next time she will like it. 

Last night Paul was brushing his teeth and I went into the bathroom to brush mine too. He said "babe. I'm brushing my teeth having so much fun but I never let the water run :)" oh the things we sing now that we watch Barney haha

The house is finally coming together. Carpet goes in a week from yesterday. Paul is over there right now doing the backsplash around the tub. Hvac is done. Electrical is done. Plumbing is tomorrow. Hopefully we can be in next weekend!

Sweet little Aizy moments

Aizy is at a fun age. Yes, she can be naughty, but I have a lot of fun with her. Now that it's always warm outside, we've been outside a lot, especially with cousins. But the other day it was just the 2 of us. She wanted to swing so I put her on one. Then she pointed to the other swing and said, "mama!" Haha so cute she wanted to swing next to me :)

San Francisco

Aizy and I went to Boise on May 30 so I could go the Kenny Chesney concert with my mom.  Summer and Dad watched Aizy and we had a great time! Our seats weren't as good as for Brad Paisley, but it was a good concert. 

Saturday morning, we flew from Boise to Oakland. Aizy did a pretty good job on the plane! Thanks to a portable, charged DVD player and some Barney DVDs :) It was kind of an early flight so she was pretty wiggly but not too bad!

We stayed with Brittney & Steele in their apartment.  Aizy found the air pump for the blow up air mattress and was walking around saying "Cheese!" haha she thought it was a camera! And she sure liked taking pictures with it. 

Brittney & Steele have an 8 month old dog named Goldie. She was so good with Aizy and Aizy loved her.  She called her "Gold gold" and liked to give her treats.  Scroll down to see what else she liked to do...

Since we flew, there wasn't a car that legally fit all 6 of us.  Luckily, Brittney's backseat was roomy enough that with the passenger seat scooted forward, someone could sit on the floor! Not safe but it was how we did most of our traveling. 

On Sunday we did some sightseeing around San Fransicso

Then we went to Muir Forrest and saw some beautiful redwoods! I really think it was the most beautiful, non-tropical place I've ever been.

Of course we did some shopping! Aizy thought this was a "guck guck" (quack quack)

We went to the Winchester Mystery house. This is a to-scale replica made out of gingerbread! It was huge.

The Winchester Mystery house has 160 rooms and the last addition/remodel was done in 1922.  It was a neat place but I would have liked to see more of it furnished and redone as if she were still living there.

We went to the Oakland Zoo on Wednesday.  Aizy really liked it! She was at a good age because she cared about the animals and knew what some of them were.  She also really wanted to play at the areas made for kids to climb.  

When we were at the elephants, Mom said, "Aizy, what's the elephant doing?" Her response was, "I dunno!" Clear as day! So cute!

We went back to San Fran on Thursday and went to Alcatraz.  I didn't take pictures because my phone camera is just terrible.  I will have to get those from Mom.  After Alcatraz, we went to Ghirardelli Square and had some yummy Sundays! Then we did more sightseeing while Aizy and Brittney slept in the car (Brittney was on the floor..)

Grandma and Grandpa Jones drove up from Hemet to see us.  They were headed to Truckee and then on to Meridian.  Grandma made lots of bows for Aizy and Aizy wanted to put them all on!

Friday we went to a beach in Alameda.  It was a beach on the bay so the waves were nice and little and it was pretty shallow.  It wasn't as cold as I thought it would be! Aizy ate a little sand (not as much as last year) and really liked digging in it. 

Aizy loooved walking Goldie! This only happened once but BOY! She threw a fit when I took the leash from her.  Such a good dog haha

The last day there we went to a pool at Brittney's apartment complex.  I'll have to get those pictures from Mom too.

Headed home! Summer got a See's sucker and since she didn't want to share with Aizy (by that I mean give it to her) we got her one.  So messy! I took it away about 1/2 through the sucker, before the plane even took off! But her white shirt is still white!

Time for more pictures

I have a weird thing about deleting photos on my phone! I save them on my computer and then on CDs but I still am weird about it. I try to keep it under 200 photos/ videos. And when I have too many, it's time to do a blog post and upload some! 

Our house is painted :) Paul did a great job and with some help from Clint they got it all taped off and painted. I need to touch up some spots but that can wait. 

While Paul was finishing the paint, a few of his cousins/friends helped to lay the backer in the kitchen for the tile. 

The backing is all down, lights are mostly in, outlets and switches are in. Paul has tiled the shower floor, entry floor, and is currently over there doing the guest bathroom floor. Poor guy is getting burnt out and wants to be done! But the kitchen tile will be the hardest...

Aizy and I are going to Boise for the Kenney Chesney concert then on to CA with my mom and Summer to see Brittney. Aizy's first plane ride! I'm a little nervous but luckily I will have 2 helpers :)

Daddy's been busy

Paul is working hard on the house these days! There have always been little things but recently it's been big things. He installed all the doors and all the trim. He primed the whole house and now has painted all the trim. He has to tape it off, paint the walls, and do all the tile! Needless to say, we don't see him at home until dark. But we jog on over almost everyday and see him working. 

We are supposed to get our cabinets Tuesday!! And I ordered the carpet and backsplash today. Yay! All that we have left to buy are door knobs and stair railing. Nothing fun anymore haha 

Aizy loves to be outside. Possibly te biggest fit she has ever thrown took place when I brought her inside earlier this week. She just loves it! And all the "meows" around here. And the trampoline. 

Playing with Sophia.