TWINNER!!!

Some people joke about having a twin, others say that their best friends are so much like them they are basically twins. Well guess what?!? I have a twin too :)

Her name is Kaitlin Nichole... My name is Kaitlyn Nicole... Yea, we are that cool haha.

We met when we were about to enter high school. We met in Europe? Or probably a little bit before in the airport in New Jersey but technically it was Europe. We didn't know we would be twins til probably about France.

We were getting ready for our home stays and our DM said "Kaitlin Nichole...wait we have two Kaitlyn Nicoles?? will be going ..."  From that point I think we became best of friends on that trip haha. We discovered that we have so much in common it's kind of scary :)  We did just about everything together!

It has been almost 6 years since we have seen each other now. I miss her but I still love that we can pick up where we left off when we do talk to each other again :) Plus... I've got one embarrassing picture of Kailin that I can hold against her... I believe it's that one picture where we tried to straighten your massive curly hair?!? :) One day we will have to have a reunion because it's just been way too long!

At the last hotel...and probably the coolest...we got to choose our roommates. I of course picked my twin and she picked me :) So we pushed our beds together!

And stayed up all night writing in this journal for Nelly :)

Attempted straightening her hair...but just drying it scared me haha

I couldn't have asked for a better twin that lives half a country away :)

Little Warrior

I don't know how I stumble upon blogs that just make me bawl and that I can relate to all too often but I do... The other night I was looking up "families can be together forever" and found a blog from someone from the church. I read it and followed the blog she was talking about....and that blog just made me bawl.

A mother of triplets lost one of her boys, Owen, at 6 months. You'll have to read the blog yourself to get the full story and feel how strongly she loves her son. But as I was reading this blog and thinking about church the next day I started thinking "How can I be a better member missionary?" How can I share what I believe with others.

I wanted to share with this mother that she can one day see her son again and will get to raise him like she's always wanted. I wanted to say that he is with our loving Heavenly Father right now, watching them and that he is happy. I wanted to share these things with her, but didn't because sharing my testimony with others has never come easy to me.... yet.

http://bissingfamily.com/category/owens-gone/page/2/

Moving Up!!!

We finally got the house we've been wanting :) It's perfect. It's quiet outside, you can hear cows moo, watch squirrels chase each other on the fence and hear frogs and crickets.

We've been having BBQ's and working on the house almost every weekend. Thanks to out uncle and aunt (and cousins too) we've gotten a lot done. The sprinklers in the main yard are all fixed and running. The rooms upstairs are all painted, carpets pulled out and ugly curtains taken down. Thanks to Mark for doing most of the painting! All that's left to do inside is paint the kitchen and basement and redo the floors. Oh, and the bathrooms....those may be for another month lol. There really isn't much to do outside either.....just more yard work, cleaning things up, trimming trees and bushes and redoing the courtyard. The big one would be the pasture which has yet to be finished because the sprinklers out there are not working....yet.

Hopefully we will get to move in soon!!!

The "play room" where we put all the toys for cousins to play with lol

Basement!

Utility room

Other side of the basement....with the juice bar

Behind the bar that will be used for snacks!

No one's room!

Baby bro's room (all the plastic is because we spray painted)

Kitchen (which is being redone this week....we usually don't have doors or buffet tables in the dining room either...or blue carpets which is now gone)

Mud room/Pantry/Laundry room for now

We usually don't have closet doors in bathrooms either lol

Jack and Jill room with the carpet out!

How we entertain!!!

All I need in my room is an old cute couple sitting in those chairs lol

Gracie's room

M&M's room

kinda becoming a tradition now

Pink closets!!!

lots of storage in my new room!!!!

Best view in the house!!!

Better watch out on April Fool's day! I've got no screen and am more than willing to drop balloons and flour on your head.... We also don't usually have wheelbarrows with blue carpet on the porch :)

 

 

 

My camera died before I could get to the great room, the foyer, the master room, the front yard, the courtyard, the backyard or the pasture....soon to come :)