The kids bedroom

Once again I forgot to take a before picture of the kid's room so this is it before we owned it :-)

The first phase of remodel on this room was done several years ago so this will be a blast from the past :-) We pulled up the carpet and ripped off the wallpaper. Can you believe that baby is Isaac! Madison is the little chef and my youngest sister Karmen is holding Isaac!!

There were layers and layers of wallpaper and then we ended up with a wall board of some sort.

We didn't really intend to do the ceiling also but we just kept going :-) We were now in way too too deep so we were glad we had Karmen as bait to lure my parents over for a visit :-)

Brock getting the sheet rock done so my dad can come and tape and texture

This is a little storage room that we are going to close off and access it from our room instead (our room is on the other side of where Brock is. He is getting lights and outlets wired in for our soon to be closet)

Now my multi talented guy is going to get the sheet rocking done :-)

My dad getting some taping done in the closet - he had his work cut out for him and we are so blessed that he is always ready to jump in and help :-)

The kids room Part 2

The old closet is now closed in and ready to be primed

Here is the wall now - it is great having a full wall not an awkward door :-)

The view from the hallway

The kid's new bunk beds - they love sharing a room and love their new beds!

Can I Do That Too?

This morning Hannah and I were the only ones up. I was sitting on the couch reading my Bible and she was just playing nearby. Pretty soon she went over to her book shelf and then came walking over. She climbed up next to me with her book - her Bible! What a smart girl!!Of course I know that she didn't try to get the Bible but it was sure cute and a good reminder to me that kids copy what you do . . . we need to make sure it is the stuff we want them to copy.

Hannah was sick this last weekend and still crabby the past few days. She had a high fever for 2 days (got up to 104.5!) and was real stuffed up but that was it. Yesterday when I was playing with her I noticed she had 2 molars on the top, just about out. That could explain it :-) This morning she was so chipper and happy - it was great to have the "real Hannah" back!

This is an emergency mom!

Hannah did what I have been fearing she might do . . . she called 911.

"Who me?? Well I figured only a fire hose could get all this cereal off of me!"

"Mom, don't get mad . . . I love you so much"

"Come on, it's not like they came racing to our house with lights flashing - they simply called you back to check on us. Now can you please clean me up - this cereal in my hair is really cramping my style"

Note: Although Hannah loves to play with the phone I'm usually good at keeping it out of her reach. Unfortunately, she found it! Thankfully as Hannah "told" you they just called me back to check on us. It scared me though because it was shortly after Brock left for work and I thought it was an accident or something. I will be better at keeping it UP!

More Rearranging

We didn't do much in the living room except take the big desk out and make a sitting area instead. Brock's mom is so good at finding things throughout our house and reusing them in another area. We felt like we had our own HGTV host. We couldn't have done much without her, I don't have the vision to "see" a room and decorate it accordingly.

the new sitting area - it is amazing how much more spacious it is without the big desk :-)

All we did in the dining room was some decorating (and lots of eating of course) :-)

Another House Project

One of the many projects we worked on while Brock's mom was here was the new office/school room. This room used to be the guest room and our office/school area was in the living room. I love having a separate space for all of Madison's school stuff as well as arts and crafts stuff. Also, Isaac is thrilled to have his OWN desk, where he can put his OWN stuff :-)

When this desk was in our living room it was quite the mess magnet! In addition to the mess Madison made in it, it has such a great surface to stick stuff on when you are in a hurry :-) It is now completely organized with totes for arts and crafts and shelves for all school books.

Friends and Food

The kids and I had a fun day with Denise, Andi, Izyk and Berlin while the guys were riding for the weekend
Hannah is a little too busy guarding her chip to give a real smile (she and Berlin like to steal food from each other) :-)






Andi stayed the night and the girls were thrilled to make pancakes for dinner. At first Andi said, "pancakes . . . for dinner????" but was quickly game. Hmm. . . maybe everyone doesn't eat this for dinner every once and awhile.












They crack me up - such concentration pouring the batter out. You should have seen them flip the pancakes :-)















Even Isaac got to help - his form isn't quite perfected yet.