Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Funny Faces!!
Anyone who knows my kids, knows that they can produce some of the most silliest faces in the world. We were trying to be professional photographers. My kids were just not cooperating, not to mention Isabelle falling asleep. We could always get one kid to smile and the other to goof around. There is a story behind the soccor jersey Eli is wearing in the picture. There is sometimes a week that goes by that he refuses to take it off. It is blue and white and very old, so old that it was mine growing up when I played soccer.
Isabelle's Blessing
Tearin' up the bathroom!!!
Ever since we moved into our home, it has been our goal to replace our bathroom. This bathroom was hideously ugly. It had a blue tub, no shower, blue toilet, and a blue sink. One fine day, back in November, we got wild and decided to start by ripping out the bathtub. Our decision was so random to start. However, thus started our wonderful journey on remodeling our bathroom.
I had a friend over who was more than happy to sledgehammer into my walls. It took a lot of hard work, but eventually we heaved the 650lb cast iron tub out of the walls and into the back of the pickup. We are now just about finished with the project (23 trips to Ace Hardware and 56 trips to Home Depot). The project has had a lot of bumps and bruises...ie: tearing out the wall to the left to fit the tub surround in; getting the tub and surround cemented and sealed in, only to rip it out due to a plumbing error, leaking pipes resulting in tearing it out a 3rd time, sticky bolts resulting in sawzall through the toilet. All in all, if I had to do it again, I would hire a plumber, but I will appreciate this bathroom more than any room in the house when it is finished. We are in the process of painting and doing the floor. I will post more pictures when we finish.
I had a friend over who was more than happy to sledgehammer into my walls. It took a lot of hard work, but eventually we heaved the 650lb cast iron tub out of the walls and into the back of the pickup. We are now just about finished with the project (23 trips to Ace Hardware and 56 trips to Home Depot). The project has had a lot of bumps and bruises...ie: tearing out the wall to the left to fit the tub surround in; getting the tub and surround cemented and sealed in, only to rip it out due to a plumbing error, leaking pipes resulting in tearing it out a 3rd time, sticky bolts resulting in sawzall through the toilet. All in all, if I had to do it again, I would hire a plumber, but I will appreciate this bathroom more than any room in the house when it is finished. We are in the process of painting and doing the floor. I will post more pictures when we finish.
Putting up the Christmas Tree
I know that this is kind of weird, but I found my SD Card from our camera and I wanted to get back into this blog thing. One of the reasons I started this blog was to keep it as a journal. So I will post several things, with the last one being the most current. This was Christmas 2008. Our kids had a lot of fun setting up the tree. Eli wanted to do almost the whole project. He is getting so big.
Isabelle is just chillin' in her chair, watching her brothers make a mess. She is less than a month old here!
Isabelle is just chillin' in her chair, watching her brothers make a mess. She is less than a month old here!
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