rest time random pictures

I posted a video of the kids during rest time which was fun especially because I got to learn about my camera and apparently I can still take pictures while recording video :)  

During rest time Mason builds with his magnets or Legos or kinetics.  Some times he plays with his cars and his favorite stuffed animals.  I have him go to our room so Lily can have rest time in their room.  I don't trust her in our room yet, you should see what she does to her room ha.  Mason is really good at cleaning up all his toys before he comes downstairs.  What a sweet kid!

Lily usually takes care of her babies or dolls in her room.  I take down the latter to Mason's bed so that she doesn't go up there and destroy his nest.  Often the latter on the floor is the "car" or "train" and she will fill it up with stuffed animals.  She stuffs her dolls all over in the room and in the closet to put them to bed which is super cute.  She also likes to make stacks of books and tie up all bows to her dresses together

This cute little stinker just learned how to pull himself up in the crib so I guess that means that we are going to have to put the crib all the way down which always makes me sad.  I can't believe how big he is getting!

And this is just a picture of Mason and Lily playing, I think it is really cute that the set the table up for them to eat dinner and Mason made sure they said a prayer first, cute kids!

Kitchen Remodel part 3

Here are some final pictures of our kitchen remodel, there are still a few things we need to do but for now we are good!  And I am so happy with the way things turned out :)  Click to see part 1 and part 2 of the kitchen remodel.

Looking into the kitchen before:

And after:

Standing by the window before:

And after:

Things that still need to be done:
A new stove!
Stainless steel cover for the dishwasher
New blinds for the window
New windows (eventually)
New table and chairs :)
New light fixtures
Doors on the new big pantry
White outlet covers

Some of those items may not happen but for the most part all the big projects in the room are done, hallelujah!

Kitchen Remodel Part 2

After Kristi left from her first little visit the beginning of October (kitchen remodel part 1), Danny and I kept working on the kitchen so we could get some of it put back together.  We finished priming all the cupboards and got them all painted white, put the doors put back on with new hinges and painted the rest of the walls (sea salt on top, white on the bottom).  All in preparation for the free labor to arrive over Thanksgiving :). Jon, Kent and Danny did a great job of putting in a new floor, yay, and building an awesome pantry so I could get some of the stuff off the top of the cupboards and off the counters.  Here are some pictures of their labors :)

White trim, and white cupboards (bad lighting) the wall is primed but the final color is the pretty sea salt (a light bluish, grey, green)

Here you can see the color on the walls and the old microwave cabinet, soon to be replaced by the pantry.  Also the boxes of the new floor on top of the old floor.

New floor left, old floor right.

The boys building the pantry, luckily for them it was a beautiful weekend in NY!

Oh Jon, he is so funny and super patient.  I had to plug my ears every time Danny and his dad started getting technical about the pantry, and Jon patiently hung around them almost the whole time :)

Mason liked playing in the saw dust, until he realized it stuck to his gloves :)

Mason and Lily liked to help and watch the men work!

Yay getting closer :)  eeeep!

Stay tuned for part 3 and the finished product!!!

Kitchen remodel part 1

While Kristi was visiting we decided to take advantage of the free labor :)  It started while Danny was at work and Kristi and I took down the wall paper.  Haha, what a surprise for Danny when he got home.  Later that day we sprayed down the walls so we could remove the glue part of the paper and see what was underneath, luckily nothing too scary!  Mason really really loved spraying water all over the walls, he is such a great helper!

Then we took off the doors to all the cupboards so we could start turning the cupboards white and change the color of the walls.  Danny and Kristi did a great job priming everything in the kitchen!

Our new refrigerator! I am so happy we don't have to defrost this one once a week to keep it working :)

This is what we did in the evenings after the kids went to sleep, priming and painting the cupboard doors :)

We had to bring the pack and play upstairs when this one was awake and we were working because he is a mischievous little one year old that likes to get into everything!

We decided that Lily is just as naughty so we threw her in the pack and play with Judah :) 

This is part one of many parts of the kitchen remodel, it looks prettier each time!