KaYdEn TurNs 8

Kayden turned 8 on January 24th...I can't believe he's that old. He is such an awesome kid. He is always wanting to help and most of the time he looks out for his little brother:) He does awesome in school and has turned into a great reader. He is very excited to start Cub Scouts. We love this kid a ton! We are lucky to have him as our son and brother. Happy Birthday Charlie Brown!

Living Room Makeover

Last weekend I decided I was tired of the ugly walls in my living room. All the walls were a weird beige-pink color except the wall with the windows it was a barn red color. On top of that there was a bunch of holes and chips in the walls and missing pieces of floor trim.

So I had Thursday and Friday off and John had the weekend off. Thursday morning when John was getting ready to leave for work I told him that I wanted to paint the living room this weekend because he was off. He told me that I might as well start that day. Of course I did not let grass grow under my feet :). It took us Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to finish it. I love it! I went to get the paint at Lowe's and the lady said, "You want black for the trim?" She acted kind of disgusted by it. But it looks so clean and classy I love it. The walls are cream soda, the trim cracked pepper, and the ceiling white. I couldn't believe how bright and open it made the room look. It look wonderful and now I can't wait to finish the rest of the upstairs(Hopefully in the next couple weeks)

2011

I am kind of excited/nervous to see what 2011 will bring. 2010 was full of change-most of it good. Just a quick run down of what the last year has brought our family...new house(wonderful), new vehicle(fun), new job(a little stressful), new dog(a great dane-what was I thinking! jk), and a new hobby(Fun and great for our family)-we have started going on jeep trails and 4 wheeling with our boys on Johns days off. I am hoping we will not have so much change because there is not much left to change:). I am looking forward to spending a lot of time with my hubby and boys doing fun things and some remodeling on our house. Hope the New Year is great for everyone!

Holidays 2010

The holidays were great this year! It was so fun to watch my boys be so excited. I think this was the most excited they had ever been. It was fun to have a new house for the holidays too. I could actually have some of them at our house. We had Christmas eve at our house this year with my family. We always eat snacks while watching Christmas Vacation. It was fun to have everyone over and have enough room for everyone.Christmas day we woke up the boys as usual(funny boys). Santa brought some fun toys for them to play with. Then we went to my parents house to open more presents and have dinner. New Years eve we went to my parents again for snacks and to play games. John could only stay a little while and then he went home early because he had to get up early to go to work the next day. New Year's day we had my family over for dinner. I made a prime rib for the 1st time (yummy!). The best part of the holidays was spending time with family!