Another project....check, check, and check!

Last week I was able to scratch off  the last project off my home improvement list I started 6 years ago! My list has been hanging inside one of my laundry room cupboards and as we tore them out it was hard to throw my list away.  We have done so much and it's been a fun process (at least for me, Troy may beg to differ....). So the last item was to replace the cupboards and countertops in all 3 bathrooms and the laundry room, and to tear out the wet bar in the living room and replace it with a built in bookcase.  
David Kerksiek from Beaver redid my sisters kitchen/bathrooms and he also did the cabinets for the addition on my parent's house, so I asked him if he would come and give us a bid and some options for what we could do.  Everything turned out so great and we love it.  The bookshelf is amazing and so much more than I expected, and David was excited at the finished product, as he had just purchased some new equipment and wanted to try out the patterns.  I was just glad that with our extremely uneven, not even close to being square walls, that everything fit just right.  So if anyone needs new woodworking done...here is my shameless plug for Kerksiek Wood Design, they are awesome!!

Laundry room

One of the bathrooms

bookshelf

Love the detail.  David's newest design.

The plumbing in the bathrooms has been a bit of a challenge getting them hooked back up, since they raised the counters up, Troy has had to replace pretty much everything underneath because now it's too short.  Also all the mirrors had to be cut shorter, and we had to move the plug and jetted tub timer up a few inches so that the mirror in our bathroom would fit. 
This leads us to really the very last project, that wasn't on the list but, it's time to replace the tubs and showers.  We had Rebath come and give us a quote, and I think that's where we end our thoughts of using Rebath....I'd rather hire someone else than deal with that JERK!  But that project will have to wait until next year perhaps! 

I also just have to throw in a few extra pictures.  This one of the newest addition to our family.  She came cheap at just $2.99 from the Dollar Store, and calls me 'grandma'.  Camrie loves 'Baby W' as she has named her.  Baby W goes everywhere with us, and there is drama if she is left behind.  She is so cute with her and it's fun to watch her be the momma.  

The next is of Tanner's body being traced so he can decorate it for this week's celebration of the young child  at DRMC's Child Development Center.  Both he and Camrie, (and ultimately mom) had fun scribbling and decorating their sillouettes to hang on the walls outside their classrooms.  The kids always have such fun projects at school and are so proud of them.

 Tonight for FHE, we talked about testimonies and why it's so important to share them.  We set up our 'audience' and each one of us took a turn bearing our testimonies, over our fantastic pulpit.  The kids thought this was fun, and it was a great chance, especially for Braxton, to learn what is appropriate to say, and practice without being totally intimidated by a chapel full of people.
On another note, we are yet in the midst of another home improvement project (yes, we are almost done!). We are getting new cabinets and countertops in the bathrooms, new cabinets in the laundry room, and a new built in bookshelf in the living room to replace the existing cabinets and wet bar (really who puts a wet bar in the living room?). We are having a guy from Beaver do the job, he has done both my mom's and my sister's kitchens/bathrooms and they are beautiful so we are excited to get them installed tomorrow. So out with the old, and I will post with the new later.

Braxton

Tanner

Camrie

our audience

Kason

Love this little guy!

Things to remember about Kason at 2 months:

~ 9 lbs 8 oz  21.5 inches long

~ he is losing the 'newborn' cry :(
~ newborn clothes finally fit just right
~ he has grown into his 'old man' wrinkley forehead
~ more awake and alert during the day
~ most playful and smiley at 4 am
~ pretty sure he will have BLUE eyes (and mom's quite happy about that!)
~ not as sleepy of an eater
~ has the cutest dimples when he smiles
~ loves to snuggle with mom and dad
~ likes to hang out in his swing
~ starting to turn head and look toward noise and voices
~ can hold head up for about a minute
~ prefers to lay on his back
~ makes the funniest 'sigh' after sneezing hard
~ was a great trooper while having RSV at 6 weeks

open up and say AHH!