Plumbing Don'ts, KSL Awesomeness, More Painting and the New Fence

We got a new dishwasher last week and Aaron installed it himself. That same day we also got a new fridge and had a plumber ran a water line across the bottom of the floor so we could have water and ice through the fridge door. Aaron had some trouble installing the dishwasher, but after a long a day of Aaron wrestling with it I came down the stairs to find it all installed. I had ran the dishwasher all week long. However, I went down into the basement about a week later to find the ceiling bowed. I started looking around and found a pool of water on the window sill. Uh oh. I told Aaron about it and he figured it was the water line the plumber had run inside the drywall across the ceiling of the basement. The plumber came out to take a look and found it was not the water line, but the dishwasher that was leaking. Aaron hadn't connected the water lines securely so every time the dishwasher would run it drained into the basement ceiling. After we found that out we tore through the ceiling and some water drained out. Now we are letting it dry out with a fan and replacing the drywall. Doh!! We also noticed the laminate flooring in the kitchen is also slightly warped. We borrowed a space heater from my brother and we are trying to heat the floor to dry it out. We are hoping that the floor will go back to normal after it dries out.

As for other things Aunt Jill was out for a visit this week and of course she can't come to visit without painting something :). We redid three of the four bathrooms. We painted them all and decorated them. We also replaced the light fixtures. We painted all the vanities a dark brown. i was a little nervous at first, but I think they turned out great! Here's the basement bathroom:

Here's one of the upstairs bathrooms with the new decorations, star towel hooks, and shower curtain: Here's the master bathroom with the new curtains, metal wall clock and metal towel hooks: We also replaced the light fixtures, too.I am glad we got all the bathrooms done. I also don't want to pick up a paintbrush again for a long time!! I think Jill probably feels that way too. Aaron and I figure since we aren't getting too many showings for our house we will fix it up the way we want it in case we end up staying here.

As for today (Mother's Day) Aaron let me sleep in a little bit. Then he got all the kids to help fix me breakfast in bed. I didn't get much of the breakfast because the kids grabbed all the food off my plate to feed themselves-- even Noah. Oh well it was the thought that counts!! The kids also gave me their homemade gifts--that is the highlight of my mother's day every year!! I love seeing the cute things they make at school!!The other morning the boys took a shower and got out of the bathroom to get dressed. Before I knew it Sarah had stripped down and hopped in the shower with her diaper on. She then grabbed the wet bar of soap and rubbed it all over her head and her body. At that point she actually did need a shower because she was so soapy. This week since we have had visitors Sarah had to share her room with Josh and Daniel. Josh wanted to sleep on the window seat, but Sarah threw a fit. Once Josh got off the window seat she hopped on and guarded her territory and didn't let anyone get on the window seat. That is where she eventually fell asleep.Noah fell asleep while eating his poptart the other morning. One minute he was awake the next he was completely out. I wish I could fall asleep that easy and fast!!We are getting a new vinyl fence put in, but in order to get it in we had to get the old fence out. We listed it on KSL.com classifieds for free and we had so many calls about the dilapidated free wood fence we had to finally pull the ad off. Some guy came out and dug up the whole fence (cement and all ) and hauled it off. Awesome!! However, in the yard where the old fence posts were there were some huge holes. Aaron filled them in with some dirt and he even got some extra help from Daniel. I can't wait to get the fence finished next week!!Yesterday we were out and about and the kids wanted a drink. We stopped by Sonic during happy hour and got them all slushies (they are like slurpees). Sarah loved hers as you can tell by her hands and face which are blue. After she drank some of it she then took the lid off and tried to pour it into her bubbles container. She ended up getting it all over the floor instead. Good thing I love her or else.....

Noah is getting to be such a big boy. He has started pulling himself up to things. When he does he is quite proud of himself, too. This picture he is surrounded by laundry. The laundry has been neglected all week long since we were painting so much. Now I am being swallowed up by it as you can see by all the sorted piles on the floor. I know what I will be working on this week for sure!!