Is Gracie's new favorite toy! My sister came over a couple weeks ago and as she drove past our neighborhood dumpster she saw this little rocking horse sitting there, waiting to be disposed of. At the time it was kind of sad looking...it was wood-colored, had never been painted. It's head and tail were falling off, and it wouldn't rock straight. With a little tlc we got "horsey" fixed up in no time, and now Gracie has a pet. She feeds horsey and gives her drinks...and you should see her ROCK OUT!
A coat of paint, a new modge-podged saddle and she's good as new!
A couple of quick updates on our lives:
- We were lucky enough to be in Burley last weekend when Jared's dad was put in as the new Stake President in the Burley West Stake. We had a feeling he might be the next one, and we know he'll serve wonderfully. We even get to move into the BW Stake in a couple of weeks! (I wish I had pictures of this event, but I don't!)
- We were recently told that we got the house that we put an offer on quite a while ago. It's a short-sale home, which are known to take a painfully long time to get (but a very good deal, nonetheless!) We are just waiting for our realtor to let us know when we get to sign the closing paperwork, which could be a while since we were informed yesterday of yet another bump in the road that could take weeks to iron out. We move May 14th and hope to get everything worked out by then, but I'm pretty sure we'll still be waiting :)
8 comments:
Very cool for Jared's dad! And, how awesome for you guys to get to live in that stake...
Hope everything works out QUICKLY with the house so that your move is nice and smooth.
And, love the rocking horse. You're so creative! (But, not more than me... ha!)
I love all of the pictures that you guys took they are all so cute I love the rocking horse it is so very cute I hope you guys can come home this weekend to work on the house Love, Kristi
Congratulations on the new home! And on Jared's Dad! The rocking-horese is super cute : )
The rocking horse DID turn out cute! I could see some potential sitting by that dumpster but you made it even cuter than I thought! I love it. It will be cute in Gracie/Lucy's new room!
cute rocking horse. uh, our short sale house took so so long...like 7 months from the time we put our offer in until we got it, so i'll pray for yours to go faster. but still so exciting. hope your feeling great and the move goes well
yes, we should get together for lunch or something before we move. we move home next friday or saturday and dont fly out til the next thursday-- the 13'th i think so hopefully we can meet up. let us know your plans.
such a cute horse. good luck with your house... hope everything works out.
I am jealous of your skills to look at something from the trash and make it beautiful. I would just pass it by. Grace looks like she is on cloud nine! Congrats on the house... hopefully the "bumps" of the sale will smooth out soon.
Wow! I love that rocking horse! And congrats on all the exciting changes coming up for you guys! We miss you.
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