Catch-up - part 1

February we moved into the house and the inlaws moved into their new home. I painted the girls rooms and their bathroom. Here is the mosaic I made of all my 365 project for February.

March had us settling in and being in construction with Curtis here. Which I mentioned all he did the my previous post.



Gwen had her birthday! 4 years old.



Again it was a CARS birthday complete with a Sally cake which Gwen begged for since Sally is blue and that is Gwen's favorite color.



April was alot of fun since towards the end of it my parents came down for their month stay with us.



Also there was Easter! Both the girls loved finding the eggs. Penelope was a pro. We had no idea if she would want to do it but she was so excited.





One of my favorite pictures of the month! My Mom was painting us a picture for the house and Gwen wanted to paint too so we set her up on her table to paint just like grandma! I just loved watching them as I was doing the dishes so I got the camera and took this picture through our windows.

New House - before & after

So sorry I have been gone so long but with the move to the new house and all the construction and changes we have been making has made me busy! We had my brother in law Curtis come and do tons for us:

1. Remove popcorn ceiling, texture & paint the ceiling. This place was a MESS!!

He set up scaffolding in the entry way to get to the ceiling and then he also painted the walls up there too.



2. Replace all the lighting in the house

3. Rip out both of the upstairs bathrooms which had lots of water damage & mold and re-do them.

The girls bathroom - Before









Girls bathroom - After







Master Bathroom - before








Master Bathroom - After



The Master bathroom before just had a tub with a shower and a toliet in it but Curtis suggested to us that there was plenty of room to add in a sink so we did that and we love it. There is another sink in the bedroom that I use and when we have more money we will have Curtis come back and re-do that part.



It was super hard to get a good shot of the shower since it has that huge window, but if you can tell he gave us 2 showers heads so that we can shower together and each have our own which is amazing and we are totally spoiled now.



The side yard looked like a tornado hit with all the old crap from the bathrooms.



4. Replace the side yard gate ( you can see the old one in the above picture)



He was a work horse and we couldn't have done it without him!

Dori also came down and helped me paint the whole house! She was amazing to help me and we go sooo much done.



Then a couple of months later my parents came down for a month and my amazing Mom helped me to paint the kitchen cabinets. We removed the doors, cleaned everything, sanded everything, removed the old hinges, added new hinges, add hardware. Seriously I could never have done it without her.

Kitchen - Before



In progress



Kitchen - After



Crazy what paint and hardware will do huh? It is amazing and I love it!



The view from the dining room into the kitchen and tv room.





So.... can you see how crazy it has been here? The girls love the house. Now that that HUGE post is over with I should be able to start getting back to blogging.

365 Days - A Photo Journal

Taking a picture everyday for a year. A photo journal of my life and my adventures.

1:365
To start the year off I thought I would start with something that I am grateful for. A Pool Net. Moving into a new home that has a pool can be stressful when you have young children. This was the first thing that we did when we got here was buy a pool net and it has allowed us to sleep easier and the girls to have more fun.

2: 365
I was getting so depressed starring at my unmade bed that had no quilt or bedspread on it ( remember the tragic ending to my previous King quilt?) so I figured out what I wanted and these are some of my coveted fabrics. I will be adding white but I think I will do squares within squares, log cabins or a coin quilt. I have plenty of time to decide since my sewing room won't be ready for a couple of months, but these fabric make me cheery. Now just to find the right color of green to paint the walls in my room.



3:365
I opened the front door this morning to look outside at my new neighborhood. Looks pretty since it has been raining non stop for weeks.



4:365
Everyone is back to work today so we are all alone in the house and we didn't know what to do with ourselves that is when silliness ensues.



I won't be posting all the pictures on the blog but I will be posting them to Flickr so you can check them all out here.

Christmas 2010

Christmas was sure awesome this year. Having kids is just the best at Christmas time. Santa came and both the girls ripped, squealed, and had tons of fun opening their gifts. Gwen got a bike this year and it took alot from Brett and I to get her to look at it. Santa left the bike off to the side so she wouldn't see it when she came downstairs. She walked right to the tree with all the presents and then Brett and I told her to look by the kitchen and she looked and said nothing. We told her to go over there by the kitchen and she ran right into the kitchen walking right by the bike without saying anything. Then we pointed the bike out to her and she was like " This is for me???" She loved it!

It was funny each time Gwen opened a gift I told her to open another one and she was like " Is it for me?" She was so hesitant thinking the presents were not for her. Such a sweetie.



Penelope was excited to get her own purse and so was Gwen since Penelope always took hers to use.



Penelope was really into all the present opening but once we started getting a good amount of wrapping paper all on the floor she decided she just wanted to eat it. I swear this girl eats anything she can get her hands on.



Cinderella Gwen's favorite princess, mainly because she has blue clothes.



After all of that Gwen just wanted to go and ride her bike outside. It took alittle bit for her to get the hang of it, but she now is a pro.



Then we got dressed and went to Brett's parents to open all the gifts there. Gwen got a crash kart from Kami to add to all the Doctor stuff she has and loves.





Gwen was so giddy when she opened Winnie the Pooh in a blanket from Grandma. She was sad when Santa didn't bring it.



Penelope just wanted Kami or Papa.



Penelope's favorite was this ball machine that Grandma gave her. She screams with excitement whenever a ball comes out.



The girls got a whole toy store between Santa, Brett & I and Grandma and Papa.



Brett got this awesome shirt from Kami which was great since we all love Arrested Development. Mr. Manager.



Brett's parents are always buying us kitchen things since I hate buying them. I would rather spend my money on other things. They all laugh since I call it " kitchen crap". It is great to have new pots & pans we really needed them.



Christmas was huge this year and I wouldn't have it any other way!