2009 Family Pictures

Everyone on facebook is begging me for pictures of myself because of my weight loss, but I am making them wait until I am totally done in about 10 days. But for those of you who follow my blog you get a sneak preview. Here are the family pictures we did this year. I did them all by myself with the help of a tripod. Enjoy!

And didn't even get it!

So we found this in our garage one night when we were getting ready for a yard sale. It totally creeped me out! We took a couple pictures and it ran away. I told T.J. to get it and went inside when I came back out he said he couldn't get it. I then went to work trying to find soem spray or something to kill it with without having direct contact. I found some of Tom's Perma guard and sprinkled that all over the place. T.J. said he didn't know what I was so worried about. He didn't even get it! Luckily a few nights later I went to get something from the car and sure enough there it was in the same spot and of course, I GOT IT!

Happy Father's and Birthday Dad

We took my Dad to dinner for moth Father's day and his Birthday (July 1st). We had such fun time. I hope the kids make him more happy then they drive him crazy we still had fun either way. We love my Dad so much and really never get to spend enough time with him so it is nice when we do.

And the Results are....

Here are the wonderful results of all our problems/projects. They turned out really good I think.

Gardening done!

Waterbed Full and Comfy!

T.J. got the whole workshop sided!

Bathroom Ceiling finally done! WooHoo! We added a trim to the top and then I antiqued the trim and the cupboards. I like the way the turned out.

A place to put all the stuff from the cupboard T.J. tore out.

And the kitchen cupboards, dishwasher, and disposal done! We got the dishwasher put in and I started painting the trim and stuff we had to use for the repair and didn't realize until after I was half way done that the paint I was using was not the same as the paint I was trying to match. Therefore I had to paint the whole cupboard. I never really liked the original color and the color I had started to use was even worse. Think Pepto Bismol throw up color. So I brought a whole bunch of swatches home and the best looking ones were dark. To my mom's dismay. She also likes a gloss finish that is not my favorite so I compromised with brown and a semi-gloss top coat. I did a faux finish on them called colorwashing and I love them. I hope my mom does too.

So that is why I haven't posted much lately. We have been a bit busy.

Braxton Graduates

Braxton had Kindergarten Graduation and I didn't even shed a tear. I can't believe he is already a first grader. It was a cute program they sang songs and then had an official graduation where the principal handed them there "diplomas".

I made Braxton a special candy necklace for graduating because that is the big thing now at regular graduations. He found it that morning and of course wanted to know who it was for. He asked if it was for his teacher and I said yes just to throw him off. So when I gave it to him he immediately said I'll go give it to my teacher and I said no silly it is for you and he was so surprised and excited. He was really cute.

Doesn't he look so proud.

He had the greatest teacher. Her name is Mrs. Cool and she really did a great job. I am so glad he had her and got such a great start in his school career.

Real Game May 16, 2009

Both boys got to go on the Real field at the May 16th Game. There way more kids there this time so it wasn't as fun but at least the big one took care of the little one.

After the game Tyelr and I waited and were able to get a few of the player's autograph's. We had a really fun time.

Oh yeah...

Did you know Tyler is blonde?

The Time Capsule

While demolitioning the cupboards we found som old toys behind the wall it was really kind of fun. There were blocks, baby socks and a few other things. We immediately called mom and she thought it was real weird.

During this process we had put Braxton to sleep and he kept yelling, "Mom! Mom! Mom!" Finally I said, "Braxton go to sleep." and he said, "But I need to talk to you." I said, "We'll talk in the morning." Then he said, "But what if the Golden Plates are back there?" He sure is on one lately.

Problems become projects.

Boy once again if it's not one thing it's another. Right as we are finally finishing up the bathroom ceiling the dishwasher goes out! As long as I have lived here (since 1990) we have had a portable dishwasher that you have to wheel over and attatch to the sink to run it. I never really thought about it because that is just how it was but T.J. has hated it from day one. Therfore, when the dishwasher went out we could not just replace it with another portable we have to tear out cupboards and install a built in one. We started that project last night. (Bathroom ceiling still not totally complete.) And then, because it was Mother's Day I spent most of it laying in bed when all of the sudden I sat up and my butt was wet. Our lovely waterbed has a leak!! so now not only do I have pots and pans and cereal lying all over my house I have wet towells, dry towells, sheets and bedspreads. On top of all that I am dieting and doing really well but man with all the stress I sure want to eat and eat and eat and because I can't I am not the most pleasant woman to be around. So to sum up our projects going on right now: T.J. is siding the workshop, Bathroom ceiling has been installed but is waiting for T.J. to install the trim so AdriAnne can paint it, Cupboards have been torn out in anticipation for dishwasher installation in another week when the electrician friend can help, T.J. is also installing a garbage disposal just to do it at the same time as the dishwasher (why not?), Need to figure out where all the stuff that went in the cupboards that T.J. tore out will go, and Hole in waterbed prevents AdriAnne and T.J. from having a place to sleep. Oh yah and no matter how many times I do the dishes ( by hand) each day there are still more on the counter. AGHHHHHH! Enjoy the pics! Someday I sure hope I will be able to post the finished product pics.

T.J. says you can't smile when you are working.