Playing with the Blocks

Here are a couple of pictures I would like to share of the girls playing with their blocks. They love building tall towers and having someone take a picture.

Sorry It has Been So Long!!

Sorry it has been so long since we have posted anything here. Life has just become so busy! This is a picture of the girls in their Halloween costumes!

Kitchen Remodel - May 26 Part 2

It has been a long time since we updated the progress on the kitchen. We have most of it done now, but I will show you the progress in the pictures over the next few days.

Here we have finished taking the old laundry/pantry out. The wall is gone. Already it has opened up the kitchen even more.

After finishing some of the demolition, it was nice to hang a few cabinets. Putting in a few cabinets really makes the kitchen look a lot better. I love the new cabinets.

Kitchen Remodel - May 26

We emptied the pantry closet. The girls were a big help.
It was finally time to start demolishing the wall. Cassidy and Callie wanted to get in on the action. They got to hit the wall with a hammer and try to get pieces of the drywall down.

I always thought knocking down a wall looked like fun when I saw it on tv. It was not as much fun as it looks. :)

Kitchen Remodel - May 25

On the first official day, we removed the cabinets above the stove and along the east wall.
We installed the corner cabinet and saw a glimpse of how the kitchen might look.

Kitchen Remodel - Before

We recently started remodeling our kitchen. I thought I would share some before pictures. You can see the dark outdated cabinets. Our new cabinets are a lighted color. I will be sharing more pictures as the remodel progresses.

Chloe's First Haircut

Chloe is over 2 years old and has never had her hair cut. Last time I got my hair cut, I tried to have Chloe's cut, but she would not sit still. I decided to just trim it myself. Today, she was willing to sit on the stool and allow me to cut her hair.
Chloe is sitting still while I trim the back. I showed her the hair after I cut it off. She wasn't sure what to think about it. Doesn't she look pretty?

Picture A Day - February 1

I wanted to start posting to the blog again, so I decided to take a picture every day in February and post it.
This is a picture of Cassidy & Callie watching TV before bed. They were very tired. I am not sure why Callie decided she needed to lay on Cassidy, but it made for a sweet picture.

3 Days Until Christmas

3 Days until Christmas: Cassidy got stacking spinning tops, Callie got a couple of Handy Manny's tools, and Chloe got a play camera.

Our Sad Gingerbread House

Last year we bought a gingerbread house kit and made a house. I don't think we took pictures. It turned out pretty good. It didn't look as good as the picture on the box, but it never does. Well this year I (Amy) decided to make a gingerbread house with the girls (from a kit). Ryan made it look so easy last year. I glued the pieces together and we waited. It came apart. I glued it again and again, it kept coming apart. I decided to go ahead and let the girls decorate it. I thought it might stay together for a while.

As you can see, we took the picture and the house was starting to fall apart. You can see the icing dripping and the candies falling off. In the first picture, it doesn't look that bad, but in the second picture, you can see the other side of the roof has broken and is falling off. A few minutes after we took these pictures, it fell completely apart. It was fun and we laughed a lot. Maybe we will take a new approach next time.