You never know what you might find us doing these days! I actually love routine and a "normal" schedule in life but these days you won't find that here. Part of it because of the time of year...it's the fall and there are LOTS of fun things to do, it's the beginning of another school year (not for our kids because they're not in school yet) but for the athletes we have the privilege of getting to know at CSU,and we have only been in our house for a month....oh the list goes on.
One of the "new" things for the kids has been moving up a class at church. Cooper really had no clue although he now is in a room with lots more toys he likes. Ava on the other hand was nervous (she went from being downstairs to upstairs which is kind of scary for her). After several weeks she LOVES it. There is a lot more interaction and she went from a room of about 15 kids to a room of about 6! Here she is after church posing in her "coat of many colors" that she made....any thoughts on what to do with all these crafts????
We also have had tons of "projects" to do around the house. A few weeks ago we finally decided to paint the dreaded mud room. As you can see it's a very tall ceiling and of course the ceiling needed to be done too! Oh, and on top of that the texture is really rough...kind of stucco like..which is hard to paint! Thankfully it's finished! Now on to the next project....here's what our kitchen looked like today....
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Matt worked hard last night pulling out the countertops and sink (thanks to a friend as well who came over to help when my muscles couldn't do the deed)! Anyway....I don't have an after picture but it is done...new countertops! It looks great..changed the whole look....of course it would when the old ones were a really bad shade of blue.
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Don't worry we aren't all work and no play around here....we made it out to Young's Dairy on Saturday...they had a festival going on with all the fun and flair...oh and one of my favorites, pumpkin ice cream!! I didn't realize I uploaded the pic below but I'll just keep it here...the kids have really started to enjoy making cookies so we decided to make cookies one morning and send them to grandparents....you have to notice of course not just the aprons but the tutu's underneath:) Who knows what tomorrow has in store???
We always seem to talk about getting away with good friends but it rarely seems to happen probably for lots of reasons...one of which just being our season of life with young ones. But, thanks to our friend who picked a weekend, invited us, booked this AMAZING cabin...we actually did it!!! (THANKS too to our parents who loved on and took incredible delight in watching our kiddos:)
This cabin was incredible and a great price to top it off...because we went one weekend before the peek season it was so much cheaper! Anyway....3 stories, 3 big bedrooms all with wrap around porches, hot tub, full kitchen!! Definitely a keeper!
We were really only there a short time but we were able to do so much plus relax and get rich time with friends!! The only bummer was the extra 2 hours in the car heading out of Gatlinburg sitting in traffic.....oops, next time we'll know everyone leaves Sunday morning at the same time! It was a great weekend and a good reminder that we need to do this more often!
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