Welcome, Cheyenne!

Now that you have met Andy I would like to introduce the next member of my family, Cheyenne. 

Cheyenne was born Jan. 2, 1999.  I think she was the most beautiful baby I have ever seen (of course I’m a little bias)!  She was sleeping through the night almost right away.  As she grew she was the most well behaved child I have ever seen. In fact my cousin told me that she was exceptional and that she wished a “normal child” on me for my next 1! 

Cheyenne is now 12 years old.  She loves to read, ride her bike, roller skate & so many other active things.  She used to be quite the girly-girl but has settled into being kind of a mixture of girly-girl and tomboy.  It has been an adventure watching her grow into the beautiful young lady she now is.  She has a generous loving heart & is very responsible for her age.  She is hoping to start baby-sitting soon & I can't believe that she is old enough to even consider it!

I am a very proud parent!!

And to wrap things up a few pics to watch Cheyenne grow....

and she def. knows how to pout

Andy

I finished the bathroom project and was at a loss as to what to blog about then I thought that I need to introduce my family.  I should have started with this but somehow I managed to skip it & start with the bathroom. 

The first member of my family I want to introduce to you is Andy (the book nut).  Andy is my loving husband; as some of you know.  Andy & I have been married for 12 ½ years.  He & I went on our first date Feb. 15, 1998; that day changed our lives.  We spent every day together after that & were married on July 24, 1998. 

Andy loves books, computers & model trains, but most of all he loves us, his family.  The kids & I are #1 above everything and he lets us know that every day in so many ways. 

Andy is always in a good mood!  We have been married for many years & I can count on 1 hand the times I have seen him in a bad mood & even when he has been upset he doesn’t let it affect me & the kids.  We have a friend that told us that she couldn’t picture him mad because every time she looks at him she sees “puppy dogs & rainbows”.   

This is only a small glimpse of who Andy is.  

Here are a few more pics to show a little of who he is....

he LOVES maple syrup!

reading, of course

we went to "The BIG Apple"

maybe a little tired but never grumpy

I won an award!!!

I won an award!!! I have only done a few blog posts so far & I am truly honored! Thank you Jane (country bumpkin) for this award!  

With the Liebster award I am supposed to pass it on to one other little known but deserving blog.

I am passing this award on to:

 

Cheilsea at the Brownings 

 

 

 

BATHROOM!!! BEFORE & AFTER!!!!

Here are some before & after shots of the bathroom project for comparison!!! 

Enjoy!

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BATHROOM!!! CONCLUSION!!!!!!

Well as you could probably tell by the name of this blog, I am finished with the bathroom! I really enjoyed this project & I am very happy with the result.  Andy was impressed that I did as good of job as I did & finished it as quickly as I have. I am sorry it took so long to get this wrote but I was waiting until I could get everything back in place.  I replaced the nobs on the vanity & the screws that came with them were too short so I had to wait for Andy to bring me some longer ones. During the time I was waiting for new screws I hurt my back & had to wait a little longer before completing the project. 

I think that my favorite part of the whole experience was when I had finished the painting & was able to turn the toilet back on & we were again able to use this bathroom; my son went to take a shower & he loves to sing in the shower made up his own little rock song about "the bathroom being back in business"! I loved it, I laughed so hard! I had no idea how much a project in the bathroom was going to affect my kids lives, but it was so worth it just to hear Wesley's song.

Here are some pics of the final result, & thank you everyone for the support & ideas & for just following along with me through this! I should also add that this entire project cost us about $7 total!!!

Unfortunately during the cleaning process of the glass doors on the cabinets I broke one of the doors.  I have not yet decided what to do about it yet but for now I'm not too concerned about it.  

BATHROOM!!! part 3

I know I said that I was going to wait to blog again until the project was finished but I decided that considering today's happenings I should update the situation. :-) 

Today I painted the first coat on the walls only to realize that the color I have is way darker than I wanted! 

Here are a few pics......

So now my bathroom looks like a cloudy day, but at least all the walls match!

I am now planning to switch gears and use a much lighter paint.  Changing colors means that I have just added a couple more days to my project. So I am now hoping that it will be completely done with all the stuff back in place by the end of next week! It is kind of disappointing but not extremely because I know that in the end I will really like the change!

:-)

BATHROOM!!! part 2

I think things are going pretty good so far! Andy was surprised that I have gotten as much done as I have so far. At this point I have primed everything and have completely finished painting all the trim! YAY! So, here are a few pictures to show my progress.......

this is where the white cabinets were but they have been painted also but you'll have to wait for pics of them

Tomorrow I will put the first coat of paint on the walls. The next post hopefully will be the finished product!