light at the end of the tunnel

The kitchen remodel is really coming along thanks to Simon. He worked so hard this weekend to give us a more workable kitchen. When the kids & I left on Thursday we left sheetrocked walls, appliances sitting atop a subfloor and no cabinets. What a difference we came home too. Here are some photos of how the kitchen stands now. (can click on photos to see a larger view of them)

Island (backside, as if you are facing the living room)  

(never mind the 3 drawer on the right side in the bottom photo that is suppose to be on a wall)

 3 cute kids in a sink base

 North wall prior to appliances & west wall  

So as you can see we have come a long way but still have a ways to go.  Countertop, new sink & back splash here we come!

Valentine's Day 2011

For Valentine's Day we went out to dinner.  One thing the girls are always asking to do is eat at McDonald's. They are so disappointed when we use the drive-thru, so for Valentine's Day we went out to McDonald's. Ha Ha! Not exactly a romantic meal but the kids were beyond excited.

Gretta had her Valentine's Day party last Thursday. She was so excited!  She got a lot of yummy valentines!  Mari's party was on Monday. She too got a lot of  neat valentines.  Here are some photos of them with their valentines and then some photos of Tate on Valentine's Day.

"New" room

For Christmas Gretta gave Mari paint & supplies for mini bedroom make over!  Gretta picked out 3 paint colors- pink (I say light purple, Simon says pink), medium purple & green.  

The girls were awesome painters!  They did so well staying between the tape lines & were very interested in helping!  Here are some pics of remodel!

  

now onto our next project......the kitchen :)