Friday, December 17, 2010

Christmas is in the air...

 The last few weeks have been busy and fun! Here are the kids at the ward Christmas party with Santa. We were thrilled when Park wanted to actually sit on his lap. Last year he wouldn't even think about it. Indie...well, let's just say we didn't even try with Indie.

 This last Monday we had a combined family home evening with our next door neighbors making "gingerbread" houses with graham crackers.

 This is one of our neighbor boys, Sam. I just had to put this one up, it was one of the best pictures I took that night.
 And then the other day it was pretty warm outside, and being the terrible parents we are, we let Indie out into the backyard while Scott was grilling up some steaks. That's right, he is shoeless AND coatless. Scott came in the house for a few minutes and when he came back out Indie had settled himself into the snow and was shivering and eating to his heart's content. Let me just say, while this was happening I was out doing some of my Relief Society president responsibilities. To be fair I was the one who let Indie out, but Scott was in charge of watching him after I left.

Friday, December 3, 2010

It is finished.

 Our basement is officially finished! We got new carpet in yesterday and we even decided to replace the carpet and paint upstairs as well! We've been working hard over the last several months and we are thrilled with the outcome. Here are some of the before pictures:


 And the after! We are working on getting new furniture for the living room upstairs and once that is all decorated in a few months I will post those pictures.


The carpet is a chocolate brown flecked with tan and it is amazingly plush and comfy on the feet! A far cry from the cheap carpet the builders put in. We have an additional three bedrooms, a bathroom and this ginormous family room. We have lots of plans for this room including surround sound and a pool/ping pong table...but that is a little down the road for now. Right now the most exciting thing for me is that ALL of the toys are now in the basement! I couldn't be happier!