The New Kelsey

Here are some pics of Kelsey's new hairdo. She is really cute!!

30th Wedding Anniversary

Here are a few pictures of our 3oth wedding anniversary. I gave Kaylin 3 knock-out roses(1 for each decade) and she gave me 30 small gifts... We also bought each other a new vacuum cleaner. We splurged for a dyson!

Kitchen updates

Here are the latest pictures of the Kitchen redo. All that is left is to paint the pantry door an trim around the door. The whole project was a job. The worst thing was when the sand colored grout dried almost white. I had to remove the grout and redo it. We got about the same color, but bought a different brand. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

More Kitchen pictures

Pictures of the new dishwasher and the tiled floor.

Kitchen Update

Here are 4 pictures of the kitchen. After many hours of cutting a pasting I have finished laying the tile on the back-splash. I still have to grout the tile so it isn't completely finished yet and will look much better after the grouting is done. But wanted you all to see the work in progress.

kitchen update

Here are a few pictures of the continuing remake of our kitchen. I spent most of July 4th and 5th tearing out the old counter tops and sink and installing the new ones. Saturday I build the knee wall and installed the bar top. I did make the requisite 3 trips to Home Depot on Friday, but only 2 trips on Saturday. I would have only been 1 trip on Saturday, but I didn't follow the builders code of measure twice and cut once. I measured 3 times and still the boards too short. Next step is to finish the back below the bar top with oak plywood, and the side part as well. I hope that only entails 1 trip to the HD. After that will be to install tile on the back splash up to the bottom of the cupboards. Once that is done, all that will be left is to install a new floor. So as you can see we are still "im bau".

the Grandkids!!!

I made a trip out west a couple of weeks ago and got these great pic of the cutest grandkids.

Here are some pictures of the refinished cabinets in the kitchen. It was 2 1/2 days of lots of work, but we got it done. We haven't finished yet. Still have to put on some moulding around the top of the cabinets. Next will be new counter tops. We decided to just replace them with laminate again. Corian, marble and granite are just too expensive for this home. After the counter tops are installed we are then going to tile the back splash. the last thing will be to tile the floor and get a new dishwasher.

Spring has Sprung

There is currently some debate about our drought conditions. Lake Allatoona is at full pool which usually doesn't happen until sometime in May. So we have been blessed with lots of rain in the past month or so. We are not complaining! So Kelsey and I went for a stroll between conference session today and I took a few pictures of the springing of spring.

Today on the way home from work it began to snow. By 5p I bet there wasn't a loaf of bread or gallon of milk to be had in the Atlanta Metro area. So I went out and made a diminutive snowman with the little bit of snow that we had. Tomorrow morning will be fun getting to work.

Winter Wonderland - we can wish anyway

Here are a few pictures of the family at Christmas. All 14 of us were together for a week. We had a great time and everyone was happy. We loved having everyone together and especially enjoyed the grandkids. We are so blessed with a fantastic family. Kaylin made all of the pajama bottoms and we bought the red tee shirts. It makes for a very red picture. I really like the picture of Kaitlyn and Santa checking each other out. I wish I could have gotten closer, but the Elves limit how close you can be if you want to take your own pictures. We also had some family pictures taken. Still waiting to get the professional ones back.