The End

We finished up our time in Washington!! We squeezed in a few more things before we left ...
Temple visit:

And, yep, my hair is brown again. A little darker than intended, but whatever :)
Then some last min visits to some friends, and the rest of the projects!!

Here are the last of the befores and afters...
Bathroom Before:

Errosion on mirror.... needed to be covered just like first bathroom :)

After...

Bran-spaning-new toilet :)

Hallway Before:

Hallway After:

Family Room Before:

some durring:

Family room After:

Yep... These boys went crazy and killed themselves everyday. I think both Grandpa and Adam will be glad to be done with projects. Although, Grandpa did just start on his bathroom... maybe he's not done ;) And for that matter, neither are we! We'll get to Pocatelo and start right on our addition and bathroom! Ug. Too much rennovation for me. Oh, well. The after is what is worth it for me!!
Goodbye Washington, for now!!

Seattle Visit and (of course) More Projects!

A couple weekends ago we got to travel up to Seattle to visit Matt and Jeralyn Brewer! It was fun to get to go spend a fun filled day with them. We visited a park right on the edge of the Puget Sound where you could cross a bridge over some railroad tracks and walk along a beach. William was scared of the very loud, fast, and close trains. He clinged to Daddy for dear life :)

Cousin Grant!

Enjoying a view of the Space Needle . . .

. . .From the carseat. (William got quite upset whenever we drove through tunnels, lol)

Then we went to the Seattle Temple and walked around the grounds.
This is us outside the distribution center with cousin Leah.

Us walking around the grounds.

Then we got to go on a favorite walk of theirs near the University of Washington.

And now for some more project pictures!
Big Bedroom before:

(sorry for the mess of rolled up carpet and everything... that makes it look worse!!)

After:

hmm... You can't tell the difference in the carpet at all, but it's very different, believe me. Anyway, everything is turning out nice, and the bathroom and laundry room are on their way now. Our time is running short, we've only got a week and a half left here!! We'll see what we can get done in that time.

Birthday-ness, Date-ness, and Project-ness

Adam and his mom have very close birthdays (May 31st and June 3rd) and have celebrated together on many occasions. This year we half celebrated Adam's on his birthday by having him open his preasents, but saved cake and ice-cream for Mom's birthday.

Adam got a new sander from his dad, and some new sandal/ slippers from me :)

We had Aunt Kate, Uncle Mark and Aaron, Hoku and kids over for the birthday fun!!

Adam lighting the candles...

Allie wasn't feel'n like picture taking so we included her nonchalantly...



Now for some date fun! Adam and I doubled with Aaron and Hoku for a super date. We left Grandma and Grandpa in charge and headed out for some bowling, a movie, and some dinner (over-kill? I think not!). It was great! Oh, and Hoku Whooped at bowling...

Nice form ;)


As for projects, we've started tackling the basement. Ceiling, walls, doors, floor, baseboards and all. In EVERY room. They started in the craft room/ William's room for the time-being, and then moved on to the big bed-room. Currently they are working on the family room (as in right this second..) and then they will attack the bathroom and laundry room.
Here is the before/ in the middle of ... Craft room (that's green padding, not the carpet. The carpet just looked like the other pictures that you will see of the basement).

Here are Dad and Adam painting away...


And, of course, William always gets in on the action :)

And here is the new and improved Sewing/ guest-room!! (well, except they're still going to make a box to go over the hole/shut-off valve to the water.)







Stay tuned for more exciting improvement pictures...

Springtime in Vancouver

Vancouver is a beautiful place all the time, but especially in the spring time :) And we've been enjoying our visit here a lot!!
One of the highlights has been getting to see some old favorite places :)
We went to Klineline lake for a fun water experience for William and memories sake for us! In Adam's words "William is a stud in the water." He splashed and laughed and seemed to really enjoy it.

With William teething again and fighting naps, we decided to spend Memorial Day outside the house having a picnic lunch, walking along the water front, watching boats and planes, and visiting our "first kiss" spot ;) It was a fun outing and a much needed get away from those teething problems...

And of course there is fun around the house too!

PS: here are some of the finished projects in the house.
The Main floor bathroom...
Before (well, kind of. it's the mid-way):

After:

New flooring, paint, trim/ molding, door, caulk, decor, and we "framed" the mirror :)

Adam sanding and painting the eves:

And they are currently replacing all the doors on the main floor (sanding and painting and caulking etc...) it's been quite the job for them, but they have so much more to do before our time is up here!