Unfortunately, in the next picture Isaac is spitting. Lovely, I know.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Linda and Abby
Linda' first day of preschool this fall:
Abby's definitely part of the family, eh?
Abby in home improvement mode:
Abby loves to wear swimsuits, especially Mary's. This time she looked so much like Pebbles, I had to do up her hair so she could foot pedal her bike around.
Abby's definitely part of the family, eh?
Abby in home improvement mode:
Abby loves to wear swimsuits, especially Mary's. This time she looked so much like Pebbles, I had to do up her hair so she could foot pedal her bike around.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Home Improvement: Summer 2011
Here's the new family room. The cabinets still have a ways to go: the four sections on the middle bottom will have doors, and the center section will have a white back to hang the paintings on, maybe eventually to have shelves in. It was supposed to house the flat screen TV, but we didn't want to pay for a TV that big (60 inches was the smallest that wouldn't look ridiculous). So Ed solved that problem by buying a projector, mounted by the back wall, and installing a motorized screen. So now we have a movie screen. And let me tell you, it is ridiculously huge. We love it.
I've also included a picture of the upper right corner of the molding so you could see Ed's super-creativity. All the speakers, DVD, projector, etc. wires all run behind the wall unit, out the side by the wall behind the molding, through the hollowed out crown molding and around the room. Isn't my husband awesome?
We inherited the couch and tables from Ed's maternal grandparents this year, and Rachel is in the process of stripping the tables so we can paint them a matching wood color. We picked up the chairs secondhand and were pleased with how well they seem to go with the set. It's all a bit more ornate than we had planned (we were originally planning to go modern), but it's starting to grow on us. Some day we'll reupholster, but we figure we'll go ahead and let the kids destroy this fabric first. We also won't have the large cabinet in there long term--right now it's a bit crowded.
Here's our new garage door. We had a lot of fun knocking down walls for this one. And for the first time in my adult life, I don't have to take my kids out into the rain to get them into the car. It's so fantastic.
I've also included a picture of the upper right corner of the molding so you could see Ed's super-creativity. All the speakers, DVD, projector, etc. wires all run behind the wall unit, out the side by the wall behind the molding, through the hollowed out crown molding and around the room. Isn't my husband awesome?
We inherited the couch and tables from Ed's maternal grandparents this year, and Rachel is in the process of stripping the tables so we can paint them a matching wood color. We picked up the chairs secondhand and were pleased with how well they seem to go with the set. It's all a bit more ornate than we had planned (we were originally planning to go modern), but it's starting to grow on us. Some day we'll reupholster, but we figure we'll go ahead and let the kids destroy this fabric first. We also won't have the large cabinet in there long term--right now it's a bit crowded.
Here's our new garage door. We had a lot of fun knocking down walls for this one. And for the first time in my adult life, I don't have to take my kids out into the rain to get them into the car. It's so fantastic.
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