Laundry Room Updates

This was our laundry room when we moved in

(not pictured - brown shutter doors).

 It was very dark.
So I took the shelf out and painted the walls.
This was also as we were ripping out old floors to lay a new one.
(see brown shutter doors?)

I eventually added some shelves and a place to hang clothes

(I believe this was the last update you had).

And now...

the brown shutter doors are white!

There are still a few things I want to do:
add a fun light cover
add a rug
hang some hooks for my ironing board, mop and broom
add baseboards...

There is always something!
But it love how much lighter the room and hallway are!

Fireworks!

We were in NM over the July 4th holiday.

Once I knew we would be there, I asked my sister to help my kiddos with fireworks.

That is not my department :)

Of course she said yes...because she is awesome!

Well, my boys got a surprise that night - 

not only did my sister help them, her son (Brennen) hung out with them as well!!!

They were thrilled.

We started our fireworks a little early - because I don’t let my kids stay up super late,

but it was perfect!

Enjoy the pics….

Living Room Updates

We have recently done some updates in our living room - yea!

Thanks to our friends Rusty and Diane...
they encouraged us and then helped us get started again!

We finally have crown molding...

(before)

 

(after)

and baseboards....

(before)

(after)

a transition to the kitchen...

(before)

(after)

a little clean-up trim was done around the built-ins...

(before)                                                             (after)

bottom of the fireplace has been painted...

(during)

(after)

and we added a coffee table and rug!

Things still to do.....

Paint to top of the fireplace

Purchase an oversize fire grate

Purchase a fire screen

Hide TV cords

Purchase new pillow covers

Purchase a few more electrical outlet covers

Finish painting beams

Paint ceiling

Paint walls with a more textured roller (and possibly one shade lighter)

It's really coming along!

Remember this?!

I'll be taking a little break from the blog, due to some traveling -
but I'll be back and tell you all the fun we've been up to :)

Sunday Adventure

We went on a little adventure Sunday after church and had a great time!

Our church is taking place right now, outside, and we attend the 8:30am service.

It's early, yes, but when your kids are already awake - it makes sense to attend that early.

Plus, it's cooler and you have the whole day ahead of you.

So after a wonderful church service, we headed to a park in the area.

The boys enjoyed playing at this fun playground.

After, we went "adventuring" through this little creek than runs into a lake at the park.

(We did not take it all the way to the lake).

My boys love doing this stuff.

It's easy, free and cools us all off on a hot day!

My two favorite pics from the day!

I sure do love having big and little adventures with this cutie :)