Painting

We have finally painted our living room. Clint's parents, David and Janet, offered to get some paint for us and were waiting on me to pick out a color. It only took a few months but I have to say that I think it was worth the wait. We painted the room blue on Tuesday and did touch-ups Wednesday. I love the color but can't honestly say that I love putting everything back in its place. I am trying to weed things we don't use out of the room and that takes a little more time. Thanks for the paint Mom and Dad!

On another note, while Clint's parents were here they were able to bring a tiller and David (Dad) tilled up our front and side yards. We are getting ready to put grass in those areas. Clint and I need to grade the soil and compact it enough to put grass in.

Can I just say how fabulous it is to have people willing to help us?

On yet another note, my parents are also in town, intermittently. Clint and I have had a car sitting in our driveway that we haven't used for a very long time and it had fallen into even further disrepair. My Dad was kind enough to take me around today and do all kinds of things to get the car drive-able again. We went to a place and they replaced a leaky fuel line and the muffler, you could hear this car a mile away. We also had the emissions and safety tests completed, passing luckily. Now all we have to do is get insurance and get it registered again. It will be great for me to have a car during the day. If something isn't within walking distance (1-2 miles) Leslie and I just don't do it. It will be good to have the freedom to go a little further from home. Thanks Dad and Mom!

Well, there's a little bit about this week. Until next time.

Review

Here is a very basic review of the last two years in the Long household. Clint and I bought a house in September of 2006. We live in Magna, UT. We wanted to get a house because we thought it would be easier when our baby came. We would have a yard and a little more room to ourselves.

Not long afterward, Leslie was born. She was 6 lbs. 8 oz. and 19 inches long. She had the most amazing hair I've ever seen. It was long but it also looked like it had been professionally streaked. There was dark, dark hair to almost white strands. It has gotten a little lighter over time but still kept the streaking.

Here is the first picture of the Long Family.

Leslie's Grandpa Vance made her a cradle and she got to take naps in it while I rested.

We had a good winter getting used to all the crying and diaper changing and unreliable sleeping schedules.

It was amazing to watch how quickly Leslie grew. One day she couldn't roll over and then suddenly she could. She couldn't sit on her own or crawl or walk and then she could do all those things.

Summer brought the start of projects around the house. The most exciting thing, to me, was that we were able to put in a little grass in our backyard. Before we had only weeds and it is so much better to have soft grass underfoot. We spent a lot of time outside enjoying the shade of a big tree.

More to follow.

One more blog

I have been thinking about doing this for a while and decided to go ahead. Welcome to the Long family blog with Clint, Julie and Leslie. I'll post pictures of us and give updates on big and little things that are happening with us.