Painting Marathon Completed

If there was a kitchen painting marathon, I would have medaled for sure. I painted the walls three times to get the color right, and I primed and painted all of the cabinets. Whew! Here are some shots from along the way...

I started with the island. I painted it a bright aqua blue and then used 3 different glazes.


Here is the kitchen in all stages...some finished, some primed, some not. There is also a row of cabinets along the sink and across the way by the little bar. That's a lot of paint.


Here is the finished product! I think I'm going to have glass panels put into the cabinet doors over the microwave to break up all the cream. And we haven't put the hardware on yet. But much better, don't you think? I wish I had a "before" pic with the wallpaper...I forgot to mention that part.


And just for fun, here are the kids with their cousins dancing to Michael Jackson! :)

Happy Birthday to Grant!

Last night was Grant's 9th birthday party. We had a pool party at my parents' house and set up a projector to watch a movie outside. The kids loved it, and it was super easy, so a big success all the way around! He wanted a BIG party with tons of kids, but being born around July 4th, that doesn't happen easily. It's the plight of a summer baby. At least there's no school, though, right? We had about 10 kiddos (which is plenty!), ate cake and snacks, swam, shot water guns, and watched Kung Fu Panda. What better way to ring in number 9!
His birthday isn't until the 6th, so there is more fun to come...gotta stretch it out as long as possible, right? :)

Baby Addisyn

Last week, our new cousin, Addisyn Grace was born! The kids and I hopped on a plane to Amarillo to welcome her to the world. What a little beauty she is!


Halle Grace LOVED holding her (no surprise there).


We had fun taking Addisyn and her mommy to the Soda Shop. Yummm!