A Perfect Saturday Night!

For everyone who has been to our apartment it becomes very clear very quickly that law school is as expensive as we say it is! Since we can not currently afford any better housing we are working on making our place current apartment a little less cramped and cluttered! Here is one of our attempts at decluttering our bedroom!

THE TASK

Turn this bedding into a closet, using a pull up bar that was in the bathroom, to make our big winter coats more accessible. We will move the bedding to a cupboard above the closet!

This is the corner we are trying to clean up! What a disaster!

I have already improved this cupboard once, but adding the bottom, so we could put our bedding on it, but it was simply not enough to help me sleep at night

Brent was in charge of installing the bar, since I took it out of the bathroom, and it was my idea! But Brent ran into a problem with the wood early on and needed a second opinion from Sam... They almost figured it out BUT...

Really needed Caliah to take a look at it. She really is the handy on in our household! She decided they were on the right track and left us to our work!

While Brent and Sam were left the the fun part, Terri Anne and I were in charge of organizing the masses of clothing, bedding and odds and ends into keeps and DI piles. Terri Anne is the guru of organization and who knows what we would have done with out her!

Once they were done installing the bar, of course they started acting like little kids again!

YEAH!!! LOOK AT HOW PERFECT THAT FIT IS!
we are not longer wasting any space, and will finally be able to look at which jackets we want to wear!

Even through the closet looks great Terri Anne realizes the job is NOT DONE!

Yes that is still a huge pile of clothes we are sorting but brent does not seem to be in a hurry!

This is the cupboard we moved all the bedding to!

We found another job for Brent and Sam, MOVE THE DI PILE to the car. It was a big job but of course they got it done!

Finale Pictures! This is our NEW Closet, and the best part is it was completely free since we used the pull up bar that was in the bathroom!

This is our new Bedding cupboard! Everything fit perfectly and the things we need will still be fairly easy to get to!

THIS IS MY FAVORITE ONE! This is where we used to have a DI pile sitting for almost a year! WE were able to move brents book case and now our laundry baskets fit perfectly, making everything in our bedroom a little better! Out apartment may not be perfect but the brilliant ideas sure seem to help out!

WORLDS LONGEST PICTURE POST!

Many Many years ago (ok like 2 years ago) way before I got married and began blogging, we went on a little family vacation to MEHICO (This being the native way of pronouncing it). This was an extremely fun trip and as I was downloading my pictures from today I found that they were all still on my camera! So I decided to take some time to remember the past!!! So here is a picture timeline (roughly) of the vacation!

You may be asking "why did they all go swimming in their clothes?!?!?" Well we didn't! The first night we were there a thunderstorm bigger than I had ever seen. Each rain drop was like a cup of water hitting you. We were that wet from a 200 yard sprint back to our condo!

I Thought it would be nice to start with a few shots of the area, so enjoy. I have no history on any of the statues, they were just all over the place!

This is one of the many fleas markets, which we visited multiple times while we were there!
For anyone who doesn't know this is Mama Forsberg, she was responsible for bidding on the package making us able to have all these wonderful experiences!

THE GAME OF SKILL!!!! This is the Pool where we created the GAME OF SKILL, One of the hardest most skillful games in human history. The rule, you must push off the wall and without moving or kicking get to the other side of the pool. If you move your legs you are automatically disqualified. Go to the Mexico quiz to see if you can guess who was the ultimate winner!
A little family competition is good for everyone... right?!?!
Dad mid-trail... Did he make it all the way to the other side?
I can't remember why we all got to hold this bird, but I am not complaining! Look how friendly it is... Kalen looks a little more terrified!
Just put an eye-patch on blair and he is ready for the open seas! In fact I don't think I can imagine him without a parrot on his shoulder!

Being in Mexico how could we not go one a "Booze Cruise"?!?!?

Blair liked looking out as we passed the city, and who wouldn't? There was a lot of fun stuff!

Blake and Maren, that is right Blake has been in the family long enough to have taken this family vacation with us!

This is right after we went snorkling. We didn't see to much but it was still a lot of fun!

Our final stop on the "Booze Cruise" (Where we consumed no booze!) Was a hike to a waterfall. It was not a bad hike at all, and it was a pretty fun waterfall!

This is Blake, Kalen and myself swimming in the waterfall. I am not sure how sanitary it was, but I am still alive so I can only conclude it was worth it!

This was a natural water slide! You climbed up the rope and then slide down the rock, I was really scared it was hurt and most people thought I was a baby... and I was!! But I went down and not only did I live but I had a blast!

This was after the hike down and we were waiting for the boat to pick us up again! On the way down, my dad and I found a bunch of dirty gross dogs following us and peeing in a stream we had to walk through (IT WAS SOO GROSS). Take the quiz to see if you know what noteably phrased myself and papa bear coined from this!

THE HAIR CUTS!

When my mom purchased the mexico, the owner of the condo told us we had to get our hair cut by this one specific person... So we did! It was a challenge to find the person, but eventually we did! In the end none of us liked our hair and none of us knew whether the person cutting our hair was a boy or a girl... ***GO TAKE THE QUIZ TO SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS THE NAME OF THE MYSTERY STYLIST*** Here are some during and after shots!

This is Maren's After... She hated her hair about an hour later.

Kalen did not want to get her hair cut so she settled for a pedicure...

And we all know my love for being pampered, so I did both! I wanted my hair to stay long, and the first cut the person made was HUGE! I was traumatized and my eyes started to water... Luckily, I have a very observant sister who noticed and got her Spanish speaking husband to step in and tell the hairdresser to fix it!

This is my after shot, looking back now, it is ok... but I hated it right after I got it. Maren, my mom and I spent the rest of the week debating whose hair looked most like a boys... These pictures do not show the boy side as much, but trust me they were bad! ****GO TAKE THE QUIZ TO SEE IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF THE BOY/GIRL HAIRDRESSER WAS***

Being in Mexico we decided we should try some Margaritas (NON-ALCOHOLIC OF COURSE!!) But since non-alcoholic is an odd concept we were not sure it translated correctly (Luckily, it did) but here are some faked pictures of what me after 5 margaritas would look like!

Maren, Blake and I went zip lining at the famous Predator site, where the governor of California once was. The actual zip lining was a blast... the bumpy bus ride their and back, I could have done without!

This is my papa bear! I like his shirt because it looks like it belongs in a tropical place, He fit in perfectly in mexico!

This is the Fearless Foursome! We were the only four brave enough to swim with one of the most terrifying animals of all time!... THE DOLPHIN!

This is Mom and Blair getting suited up!

At the Very end the Dolphins put on a pretty amazing show for us!!!

You maybe asking "WHAT DID MAREN, BLAKE AND YOUR DAD DO?" Well here it is... relaxing in true tropical style!

Not only was there a show, but we got to ride them too! It was one of the most amazing feelings ever!

Blair and Me in a street shopping area. There is basically the same stuff where ever you go so you just get to shop around until you find the price you want!

This is us on the bus, which we took everywhere! This was a fun experience, but the buses were the worst, or one of the worst, in the world! Some of the best experiences we had on buses were a mariachi band, being pulled over by the police, and we are pretty sure we got ripped off by one of the drivers, who just took all the money my dad had in his wallet!

This is one of my favorite pictures of all time! I had a great time in MEXICO and am expecting an even better time at Lake Havasu this winter! NOW GO TAKE THE QUIZ (A SERIES OF POLLS) TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FORSBERG MEXICO TRIP!

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