Building the Braid Castle - Painting

Justin and I primed the bright colors of red, green, coral, and battleship grey in preparation of my pretty pastels.

My Mom-in-love Kathy helped paint the girls room a super soft pink.

This is what I looked like after painting the ceilings. The girls called them my white freckles.

  

My friend Jolene came over and helped me paint.

Building the Braid Castle - A good start

The girls think rolling up old carpet is great fun!

The "before" kitchen. Notice the black sponged soffits, black painted countertops and carpeted floors. 

Nathan removing the cabinets for reconfiguring, refacing and painting.

Nathan removing the soffits with a pick ax. (They were covered in wire mesh and concrete) This took hours.

Me removing the tiny grey mosaic tile backsplash- one by one!

Demo is complete! 

Stripping the cabinet drawers and doors - all 48 of them! (Even the garage was painted colorfully! Peach walls with bright orange storage cabinets and some casino carpet)

Nathan framing in the former door opening to enclose Liam's future bedroom from the dining area. Notice the beautiful color scheme. : P

Nathan and his Dad planning out the flooring (The filled in wall behind them)

Nathan with his dad Bill and brother Justin installing the new high efficiency boiler for the radiant floor heating system.

Our "New" old house

Well, we did it! (Not really, He did it) 

In our efforts to glorify God in our finances and be debt free, we bit the bullet and got a fixer upper for less than half the price of our current home! (Thanks be to God!) 

It is a cement block construction rancher on about 1/2 acre in the valley. It has 3 bedrooms and 1 bath and about 1300+ sqft. (plenty of room to add onto) We plan to paint the entire interior (including the kitchen cabinets, which we will rearrange) and replace all the floors, windows and doors. That's just to start so that we can get moved in. :) 

(Next will be landscaping)

No, we have not lost our minds, just our free time. So if you are ever wondering what we'll be doing on the weekends, now you know. And you'll also know where to find us if you want to come hang out with us - just don't forget your paintbrush!! ;)

Easter Festivities

Decorating Eggs

Our Easter Yummies. My first attempt at dying sugar and coconut. :P 

Easter Baskets!!!!

Easter cuddles

Our little man isn't sure what all the fuss is about.

The girls in their sugar coma

Easter Egg Hunt Round 1(Home)

Easter Egg Squabble

Easter Egg Hunt Round 2 (Granny's Park)

Momma in her Easter Best

Family Bath!

Liam's first bath with his sisters. 

Can't wait to show his future girlfriend this someday!! 

(As you can see, he's thrilled about the idea)