We are loving it here in Lehi, UT. We feel like it is all pretty perfect for our family right now and I am so grateful for that. The past week has been so busy with unpacking, and a few minor and some major home improvement projects. (well, major to us) Here is a list of our accomplishments so far . . .
1) Unpacking has been a huge undertaking that is still underway.
2) Here is one for Taylor--a couple days after we moved in our garage door opener gave out. This was especially devastating to Taylor since the garage is, far and away, his favorite thing about our house. So, like the determined and afraid of next to nothing guy he is, he bought a new garage door opener and installed (a word we like to use a lot lately) it in less than four hours. I was very impressed.
3) I installed shelves in our pantry with the help of our power drill, which is actually, technically Taylor's but is becoming very dear to me as well. And also with the help of a nice man from Lowe's, who cut wood down to ridiculously precise sizes for me while answering all my questions about home improvement.
4) We installed a door on the pantry. But it won't close because (as we realize now) our pantry is shaped more like a rhombus than a rectangle. That project is still underway.
5) I installed shelves in our closets as well, again with the power drill.
6) I assembled a table with six drawers from IKEA, with the power drill.
7) Taylor took out the range hood and tried to install a microwave above our stove, but found that he first needs to cut a hole in the cupboard, then a hole in the wall, and then make a new electrical outlet. He says he knows how because of an Elder's Quorum activity, which doesn't really allay my fears of my husband getting electrocuted. So we are waiting for the microwave till Taylor's uncle is here to supervise. For now we are dealing with the square of retro wallpaper in our kitchen.
8) I scrubbed (safely, thanks to great advice from the nice man at Lowe's) about 10 square feet of mold off the cement wall in the unfinished room in our basement. It was possibly the most unpleasant cleaning experience of my life.
Anyway, there is also a long list of projects yet to be tackled, but that is just fine with us since we love it here so much. The following slide show includes some, actually many, many Easter pictures of Anna and Max, but none of our new house yet--I'll post those as soon as things around here are looking semi-orderly. Happy spring to everyone!
