Cross fit kids

My sister started taking O to the cross fit kids class again. He loves it!

My brother in law sent me this picture yesterday so I was asking Owen about it. He told me that the owner, my brother in laws brother took the picture of him. And I said how cool it was and then asked why he took it, and Owen said it was because he had perfect form. So I followed it up with asking him if that's what the owner said, and he said no he didn't say anything, but why else would he take a picture of me?! My boy has no lack in confidence!!!




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Dining room update

We also tackled the dining room at the end of last year. It's not exactly how I want it but it such a difference that I'm leaving it alone for now until I decide what more I want to do in there. It has been nice for us to have this space. Kris and I have been utilizing it as a work station for my work and his lesson plans. And we have been entertaining a lot so this space is used more than we thought it would be.

Before at our inspection. I'm pretty sure every light fixture was brass. I spray painted them rubbed bronze the night we got the keys.



And the color was really fine but just not much to it. A little yellowy beige for my liking.


And after paint....this picture doesn't do it much justice. I recently got a new phone so my pictures should be much better. Anyway, color was good but that light fixture was driving me bonkers.


Here is the latest picture from today. I showed the light fixture to kris thinking he was going to say absolutely not. But to this day I think he likes it more than I do.


Another angle of the room. Such a difference.


Let's see that one more time shall we?!

Before



After




Plans for this room include new hardwood floors, board and baton on lower half of chair rail,new window, larger mirror, some additional artwork for the room to complete the space. Also I would love to paint my furniture black, but I'm not sure I'll win that argument at the moment. One day!!

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Wyatt he cookie helper

Last week kris decided to make cookies from scratch. He asked both boys to help but Owen didn't want anything to do with it, nor did I really but we DID want to eat the cookies!! But Wyatt was by daddy's side the entire time and helped him make these delicious cookies. Yum!


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Fireplace update

It's been a long time since I posted any pictures of our fireplace transformation. Since that time we got a new couch and some other stuff has changed as well. Below are the before, during and after photos.

This picture was taken at our inspection so don't mind the nasty kitchen, it's since been updated. I am not a fan of oak, so was mostly thankful that our new foreclosed house had maple in the kitchen and baths, however the mantle and banister were oak, so they had to go.


When kris was on a work trip I gel stained the mantle....it was better than the oak, but it was still hideous.


Then I decided to paint the wall.....gray! It wasn't until after I painted the wall gray that I hated the newly stained brown mantle. It needed a change.



It made the wall look green instead of gray.....but we kept it because I didn't know how easy it would be to just paint it white.


Fast forward a few months.....I painted the mantle white when I painted our new board and baton wall. It looked great but made the tile look really yellow and outdated. And that brass......ugh!


So naturally we had to redo it. We also painted the brass on the fireplace enclosure black....that made an impressive difference!


And here is how it looks today.


And our comfy new couch that we love!!!

Once more for the road. Before



After




Still lots to do but slowly we will get there. We both have so many things that we want to do, mine are all cosmetic of course, so I have to fit mine in when we can.

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Jill

My brother got married

Last weekend my brother got married. It is the second marriage for both of them and they are blending their two sweet families together. It was a beautiful ceremony and fun reception. After only ever having boys in the family, we are ecstatic that we now have an adorable little girl to spoil.


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Owen's artwork

My brother recently got married and Owen made him and his new wife the coolest picture.....it is hilariously awesome and adorable. I didn't know my boy had it in him.

Here the picture we was drawing from...


And here is his picture.


Here is a self portrait that he did a few days ago.


He's also been working on a floor plan of our house that is all color coded. Pretty neat stuff!!!

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Crazy hair day

There isn't much creativity when it comes to doing hair for boys..... But somehow we managed this look. They thought it was pretty cool!!


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Color day

After three years Owen finally won color day during his most recent spirit week. He was so happy that he won and I was too. He bought his mask and hat with his own money. Looking good bud!


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Jill