Home Renovations

For those of you who have seen my new house and know what the 'before' pics looked like, I thought I'd post the 'after' pics of the pantry, master bathroom, and laundry room. It's exciting to watch our house transform from an ugly duckling into a swan!

It's been so fun for me because I've never had a home with a dedicated laundry room or a walk-in pantry. Not to mention, we've never had a private bathroom in our bedroom. This has been such a fun house. Sure it needed a lot of work, but the potential was just amazing, and exactly what we were looking for! I'm so grateful for Cory's carpentry skills (the bathroom was the down to the studs, and the laundry room had concrete floors/walls).

Painted Nails

This is the type of afternoon I love. The weather is mild. A bit overcast, but only in the low 70's. We enjoyed a long nap, and then got a few things done around the house.

I decided it was the perfect time to paint my toenails (gotta look pretty for summer ya know?!). And don't mock me, that does count as getting things done around the house :) As soon as the girls saw me heading to the table with my basket of pedicure supplies they immediately wanted their toenails painted. As we scanned through the perfect shades of rosy brown and pale pink, the girls decided on their colors......bright orang-y red for Autumn and an illustrious purple for Cayla (that color was given to me, I did NOT buy it). Not being in the mood to argue, I set about painting their itty bitty toenails. It wasn't an easy task as some of their nails are smaller than the tip of the brush. As it turns out, kids don't stay still while you paint. They wiggled around so much it kind of looks like I had an epileptic attack while painting. Ultimately I was able to camouflage it with a clear top coat, but it took a long time (oh like 10 minutes), which might as well be 10 hours in the world of kid dom!

Anyhow, check it out above. Should we be foot models or what?!

Home Sweet Home

I just got in from the Tri-Cities about an hour ago. It is so good to be home. I'm kind of a home body as anybody who knows me can attest. I spent an hour and a half on the phone with Juli and we had a great chat. That's one of the things I love about her. No matter how long we go between conversations, we can always pick up as if we've been chatting every day! Cory surprised me by having my pantry re-shelved, and my laundry room walled in, complete with linoleum, new shelves and an updated electrical panel (yea - no more blown circuits). I should go away more often because each time I come home he's done so much to the house that it's not even recognizable. Too bad we're not rich because at the rate he's going he'd have this whole house re done from top to bottom in less than a year! Well, I'm off to pick up some items for Autumn's 5th birthday party. It's 1:30, the party's at 5:00 and I have not done a single thing to get ready. No gifts are wrapped, and I haven't even unpacked my car from my trip!

Bittersweet

Well, today was the last day of VBS at my mom's church in Richland. It was a wonderful week and I loved getting to catch up with old friends, and see familiar faces that I haven't seen in years. It's so amazing to see everyone's spouses and children and take note of how much all the kids have grown. When VBS is over it's always a little bittersweet for me. I'm relieved that it's over, yet at the same time I'm a little sad that half a year's worth of effort, collecting decor, thinking over the theme and planning have come to an end. We put a lot of work into the week and it's incredibly tiring but also very rewarding.

S L O W

Ummmm.....still learning exactly how this works!

New!!!

OK so I just created this new blog and while I have no idea who may or may not read it that's not the point. I love to write, so this will be a great venue for me to get my thoughts out of my head and onto paper, well sort of like paper!