Feels like home!

Our home finally feels like us. After living with army brown/green walls for too long, we finally tackled the biggest painting job yet...the main level. The entire entryway, living room, kitchen dining room, and stairway have a new look. We replaced all the molding and painted all the walls a light taupe and the trim a bright white! We love it!

Living Room

The chair we got for Christmas!

Entryway


Kitchen

Dining Room

Stairs

My kids were completely neglected for two days straight! Thank Goodness for movies and Lego Star Wars! They just hung out in the family room, in pajamas, jumping on all the furniture with no supervision! They loved it!
Painting 20 foot ceilings was not fun. We were on very tall ladders for two days straight. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone! We only had a few minor injuries along the way. Michael gave us all the fright of our lives when he fell off the ladder. He was removing one of the recessed lights when the ladder slipped on wood floor. He came crashing down and luckily only received minor scraps and bruises. The wall wasn't so lucky. We are still patching the mess and hope to have the wall back to new soon!
We could have never got all of this done without help! Thanks to Seth, Melinda and Cliff for risking their lives on ladders and painting with us! Sorry for all the soreness and muscle strains! We owe you a big steak dinner!

A visit from Floyd

Floyd and Betty(photo from Floyd)

I love the holiday break because we have time to meet up with old friends. Floyd and his family came for a visit after Christmas. It was so good to see him again after a very long time! For those of you who don't know, Floyd is Michael's best friend from High School.

A lot has happened since we saw him last! He married Betty about a year ago and they have a new baby boy, Ender. We also met his stepdaughter, Leslie, who was so great with the kids! We had a yummy dinner and of course had to play Rock Band. It was fun to see Leslie LAUGHING at her parents play! We are so happy for Floyd--it's great to see him happy! We love Betty! She is so good for Floyd and we hope to get to know her better. Thanks for the visit--and next time let's not let 2 years go by before we see you again!

2009 So Far....

I have had no motivation to do anything...blog...get my pictures off my camera to blog...bad way to start off the new year! So I'm kicking myself in the butt to get caught up! First off New Years Eve!
We had a bunch of family over and had a very laid back, eat a ton of food kind of party! The kids all played upstairs while the "grown ups" played a little Rock Band--okay a lot of Rock Band!

Michael's mad drum skills, Ian passed out on the floor--too much partying for him, Sarah tries her hand at the drums and John sings "Livin' on a Prayer" just like a rock star!

Check out Michael rocking out on the drums...look for the tongue!



Then it was out in the cold for fireworks, climbing our snow mountain and lots and lots of noise. It was freezing but fun!