Our New House

here is our new house!

and the other half of it!

the upstairs bathroom - the shower has doors on it so no more shower curtain - the border might come down - i don't really think it looks good in the bathroom

the view from the front door into the diningroom - the frontroom is off to the right and Chad's room, the computer room and our room are down the hall to the left. The frontroom has carpet and hardwood floors. the hallway is hardwood floors, the three bedroom upstairs have a dark green carpet. The kitchen has 18' tile and so does the bathroom - it's done in a cream color.

looking out the sliding glass door on to the deck. The sliding glass door is going to be replaced with french doors with a white grill pattern to match the rest of the windows.

the other half of the deck. there are also stairs going off the deck on the right

this is the view from the kitchen door looking into the kitchen and diningroom - I love the wallpaper!

this is the view from the diningroom into the frontroom - never mind the mess!

this is the other half of the frontroom

storage in the upstairs hallway - i love old houses - they have such character!
this house was built in 1958

here is Ryan's room - it's completely done in the wooden walls - it's not paneling - but tongue and groove knotty pine - but without the shallac!

this is the girl's room - it was white walls before and ugly orange-brown carpet, it's being redone in a varigated truffle based carpet - kind of light brown with green and blues mixed in. The baseboards - you can see one down on the left will be put in after the carpet and a wooden border about 2 1/2 inches wide with a vine pattern carved in to will be painted a cute light green - "secret garden" - it's called, will go between the two colors - it look kind of pink in these pictures, but it's two shades of lavendar

the girls room again

all along the hallway downstairs are shelves behind these blue and white striped curtains - very nice storage!

This is one half of our livingroom downstairs - I love the wood walls!

this is the other half with a wood burning fireplace

our laundryroom

kid's bathroom downstairs - it was already painted

here is Chad's room - going to be painted dark blue on the bottom and white on the top with a sports theme border around the middle

another one of Chad's room - note the pink bunny border - definitely coming down!

our bedroom - going to be painted - "sand between your toes' brown

our computer/sewing room - it's going to be sand between your toes brown and white

Chad with his new bunny

All of the kids with Aunt Kim and their findings

Craig and Val watch the tackle football game after dinner

kids looking for Easter eggs

Here are the kids at the cabin with their Easter baskets

Waiting in line, youngest to oldest to go out and find the Easter eggs in the backyard.

Ruby with her new bunny

Well we found a house in Pocatello! It's way cute! It's got 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen, diningroom and kitchen on the main floor. The basement has 2 bedrooms, 1 bedroom, living room, laundry room. It's got a nice deck off the diningroom and 2 sheds in the backyard. It's close to shopping (Fred Meyer is my backyard neighbor), restaurants, orthodontist (it's 3 blocks up - Ryan is walking up there - no more hour drive for a 20 minute appointment!), and it's close to Craig's work - 5 minutes - he timed it!
And we sold our house here in Dayton to a really nice family from Heber, Utah.
We closed on this house the 16th and then the next week on the house in Pocatello.
We're not moving until the end of school - the end of May - so the kids can stay in school here.
Ryan has started driver's education - SCARY!!! He loves it though - they have classtime on Monday's and drive on Thursdays. Chad got his cast off earlier this month, but he can't quit straighten it all the way out, it's getting better every day. Ryan, Courtney and Joslyn performed in their piano recital on the 10th. The theme was Disney, so they each had to play a song from their regular book and pick one Disney song - really fun!
We thought Spring had arrived but then it snowed!!! And the wind has blown for 2 days straight with at least one more day for bad weather. The kids' spring break is April 2nd - 6th. We are planning 2 trips - Boise and St. George and moving some things to our new house.

February was a busy month!!!
Chad McKay broke his left elbow in 2 places on the 17th of January. He was jumping off the couch and landed on it just right. A trip to the emergency room and a molded fiberglass splint for 2 weeks, 2 trips to the pediatrician, 2 trips to the othopeadic specialist and 5 weeks in a green cast! I can hardly wait to get all the bills!
Ryan had wrestling in Aberdeen and Soda Springs, then Districts here at West Side. State was held in Pocatello this year, he didn't qualify though. But he got to go with the team.
Chad and I got to go to sunny St. George and hepl out with Valentine's Day. Lots of fun!
Craig and I celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary on the 23rd with dinner in Idaho Falls and a night's stay at the Black Swan Inn in Pocatello. We topped it off with a movie on Saturday, Ghost Rider - it was really good!
We sold our house! we're just waiting to close this week or next, and looking at new ones to buy - lots of fun!

Joslyn's Baptism - Papa Val, Grandma Nila, Chad, Joslyn, Ryan, Courtney, Craig, Jessica, Peggy, Ralph 

The Ockerman's - or some of them anyway - Back row - Kevin, Craig, Scott, Jake, Dean, Samantha, Josh. Middle Row - Sharlene, Ryan, Jessica, Whitney, David, Deanna, Courtney. Front Row - Peggy with Chad, Joslyn, Ralph with Stephanie 

Joslyn's GREAT aunts - Velene and Myrna we were so happy they came up to share this special day - they also picked out her and dress and it was gorgeous!
Aunt Benn, Joslyn and Stephanie Joslyn and her uncles - Kevin, Craig - dad, Scott and Dean

Sharlene, Kevin, Craig, Scott, Jessica, Deanna, Dean, Joslyn and Stephanie 

Joslyn's Baptism day - she was baptized the 6th, the day after her birthday
Our family
FRED!
4 generations - Grandma Anne, Val, Jessica and Joslyn