The Kitchen Remodel

Our small kitchen is getting a little transformation.

This is how it started.

Then the half wall came out, the dust exploded all over the house and sheet rock went everywhere.

But Jeff didn't stop there, he took the whole kitchen enclosure out.

We ordered appliances Monday, now we just need to order cabinets and counters and can lights and take the rest of the ceiling down, and paint and install new appliances and etc etc etc.

By "we" I mean Jeff.

House Painting

Here's a before and after of our quick last week project,

if only the kitchen could be remodeled in 1 day.

Weekend at Buttonwillow

Family photo after a great weekend at Convention in California.

Shadows of Camden and Mommy.

Carter loves a road trip, it means he gets to use his Elmo potty on the side of the road, in the middle of nowhere . . . .

Cam looking at the spring "fowerds"

Auntie Shanda and Carter after lunch.

Uncle Loren carrying a heavy "take-out" bag after lunch at California Pizza Kitchen. 

{Which, you can see, was located right next to another favorite, the elephant Bar.}

Clowning around.

It was a learning experience. . . .

Mother's Day weekend, Carter learns to ride his Thomas the Train "BIG BOY" bike. 

Both boys learn to actually LOOK at the camera and say "CHEESE!"

Camden learns the Mommy always sneaks in a kiss. 

Nora learns that it isn't hard to pull yourself up on a chair and STILL look adorable.

and then Nora learned that Carter LOVES to give high fives!

When the clothes come off. . .

We had another fun night at the Anderson's.

But after a yummy meal, Carter decided he wanted to go in their little pool. I Brought swim trunks as we were going to go to the water park after dinner, but they decided the pool was good enough and so was being naked.

Little buns

Fig leaves for added modesty.

Streaking

This weekend so far . . .

Camden having a good nap in Mommy's bed. This never happens but as Carter is starting to refuse to take naps Camden tries too and eventually loses the battle. Today they played in their room for an hour. Jeff told them they could come out. Camden was so fussy that I picked him up and cuddled him for 3 minutes and he was out. . . for 2 hours.

Morning in the sprinklers. It was 90 by 10:00am.

Come on Over. . . The door is open

We are replacing the front door in an effort to get ready to repaint the house. Nothing too exciting, just another Saturday project. So come on over . . . . no need to knock.

Pool Time

Three Generations of Shepherd Men.

This is what happens after the pool.

Jeff's Birthday weekend

Another year gone by, Jeff turned 31 and we celebrated the usual way.

Boston Creme Cake

Carter opened Daddy's present when he wasn't looking

Grandma entertained the kids while we played Rook.

Happy Birthday Cupcakes with the Boys.

The 51's game

We took the boys to a 51's game with the Andersons last night. it was perfect weather, Mike always gets good seats and we got to spend time with the ones we love.

Mike, Amanda, Dane and Nora.

Our happy family.

Great picture of the girls!

Nora loves the activity!  (Amanda, I think those jeans make her butt look big, don't you?)

Cam looks pretty good a s a baseball player.

Carter too.