Toolson Family Adventures

In March of 2008, Lindsey turned over one of my parent’s rental properties.  At the time, the tenants who had been living there had been there for 27 years and so the “damage” done was normal wear and tear over such a long period of time.  She got it looking good again over a period of a 3-4 weeks and had it rented out in no time.  Here are before and after photos from 2 years ago.

Well the new tenants, a husband and a wife, recently moved out and upon doing so we realized it was in worse condition after their 2 years of living there than than was done with the tenants of 27 years.  But Lindsey accepted … Read the rest »

I have taken on a new job where I will no longer have to deal with a 2 hour daily commute.  No longer will it be such an effort for Lindsey and the kids to visit me in the office once a week.  My new daily commute time is 2 minutes and I couldn’t be happier.

Tyler isn’t happy about this new change though as there were times where after Lindsey and the kids would visit me in the office, Tyler would stay with me and ride the light rail home. He looked forward to this every week and it was always fun to watch how excited he would get when riding it home with me. Well to celebrate my … Read the rest »

So, I was waiting for Jake to post some of the new pictures of the kids, but he has been so crazy busy with school and work that I thought I would give you all an update myself.

Here is what we have been up to, my Bengal had kittens she had a total of five, however, there is only one left. I have never dealt with baby kittens and I didn’t know how to help her, but at least we have one!!! I was so devastated. I have decided I will breed her once more hopefully it works out better, if not I am done!

I am still working on finding a phlebotomy job, I finished the program in … Read the rest »

I start school August 25th, so I therefore met with my boss who resides in Reno last week to go over a part-time schedule for me.  We worked at a great schedule which allows me to work some days in the office, and the rest at home.  While in Reno, we took the time to throw around some dice in the Circus Circus casino, play some slots where Lindsey won $75, and play all the carnival type games with the kids.  However, the biggest event and entertainment was what is called “Hot August Nights“.  Thousands of people come to check out some of the coolest muscle cars around.  We LOVED it and it is most certainly a new … Read the rest »

So I thought I would give this a shot, as all of you know Jake has been the family blogger. So I decided to prove to Jake that I could also write creative posts. Don’t get too excited, I doubt they will be as entertaining. Maybe because I am writing this in between changing diapers, filling bottles, cups and making snacks or could be that I am just not as funny! I will let you be the judge! So I thought I would get you all updated on a project that i worked on for an entire month. Jakes parents own a few rental properties in the area so I help them when it’s time to turn them over and … Read the rest »