More Updates

So, James and I gave in and hired someone to help us with some of the painting. He gave us a great price!

Here is the bedroom before. 

   

After

Here is the middle bedroom, what will one day be the nursery. Right now, it is one of the boarding rooms for when family visits since Wes and Shelly no longer have a spare room. Thankfully, they were very generous and donated the bed and book shelf for the room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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After

Yes, it is blue, but that is where Noah's Ark will be. :-)

In the Master bathroom, there was yellow cheetah wallpaper.

Before

After

After

Updated Bathroom

Here is the updated bathroom!!! So glad the painting is finally finished! We still need to take down the shower doors, fix the drain, and change out the shower head. All in good time as I am told :-)

Before

After

Finished Projects

Remember when we took Hannah to the Pottery Cafe? Well, here are the final products!

Isn't Uncle James TALENTED?!?

An artist in the making! Look at the use of color!

We finally finished the kitchen today. Thanks, Shelly, for being the tie breaker! I am glad we went with brown on top! I must say I am very happy with the results!

Before

 

 

The cheetah print is gone!

Stay tuned... bathroom pics soon!

Date Night with Hannah

Hannah came to play while Shelly and Wes went out on a date! Here are some pictures of our time together. I love living so close to Wes and Shelly! It is really a blessing watch Miss Hannah grow up!

Since Hannah ate all her dinner (a rarity!), we gave her Jello!

I think she enjoys it!

Cooking with Uncle James... All was going well until... Uncle James suggested Hannah taste her cooking!

Bite...  Look at how good she is getting with a spoon!

What exactly am I supposed to do?!?

Paper is so fun!!!

It's raining snow!

Making cookies, but not as good as Granny!

Hannah decided she would show James how it is done!

All worn out!

It's Snowing!!!

James had to work on Sunday while it was snowing, but once we got home we headed out to play in it!



Our home with snow covering it!

Baxter LOVED the snow! He loved hiding his ball in the snow! It was the best game ever!
Look at the face!

Date Day with Hannah

James and I stole Hannah for the afternoon. We started our morning at the Brookshire's park. It is amazing how much she has grown. She can tell us what she wants now. Today it was the swing.
After the park, we headed to the Pottery Cafe. Hannah painted a pumpkin. She had more fun playing with the water and brushes.



What a great uncle! He painted Hannah a plate :-) We used her thumbprint to make ladybugs.

The final product. Ya... pumpkins are usually orange, BUT Hannah loves pink!

All of us with our projects.

What outing would be complete without a stop at McDonald's!

After eating our meal, we headed to the playground! She absolutely had a blast!
Boo! We see you!
All smiles!


Thanks Wes and Shelly for sharing your sweet girl with us!

New York

The plane ride


The room... Very hard bed :-(
The Rockefeller Tree



Eating at Rockefeller Center.... if this counts as eating... maybe not with manners


Our first production to see!

The stage



Our view... we sat three rows back from the front of the stage! The seats were remarkable!



This is the BEST show ever! My honey sure knows how to pick shows!

We went to the balloon blow up... bad idea... very bad!

Alana showed us where to get excellent pizza... did I mention it was in Brooklyn. But it was really awesome to wall over the bridge and see the town.


The end of the parade. My wonderful hubby braved the cold and crowds to get a front row spot. we left our hotel at 5:30.

This was our favorite park, Bryant Park. We watched the ice skaters, drank hot chocolate, and bought ornaments.

One of our many adventures on the subway!



My stepdad treated us to a very nice Thanksgiving Dinner. We ate at a French restaurant. James got t


Enjoying the best steak and potatoes I have ever eaten!

At Central Park

Night out to the Nutcracker. Very different version then the one we grew up with.


James with the other woman.. Lady Liberty

Our last production to go see, Chicago

On top of the Empire State Building

Here are a couple of pics from New York :-)