Nothing much...

We don't have much news to share since our last post. Things have been pretty quiet here - just the usual work routine. We hope to have some new house updates in the coming weeks! In the meantime, please keep posting on your blogs so we actually have something to look forward to when we come home from work! Haha!

4th of July

Well, everyone had great posts about their exciting parties they attended during the 4th of July holiday and we were feeling a bit left out. So here we go...our exciting 4th of July tale!!

From the time we got out of work on Thursday, we painted and sanded and drilled and painted and cleaned...and did I mention we painted?! Before we knew it, it was Saturday night and almost time for the famed Fair Haven fireworks. And where was Meg? On her hands and knees scrubbing and oiling that beautiful hardwood floor you see in our prior post! We stopped for but a moment to attempt watching the State Fair fireworks from an upstairs bedroom window, only to be disappointed by a rather large tree that was directly in our line of sight. So...back to work we went! Painting and scrubbing and sanding and, well you know the rest! There you have it...our most exciting 4th of July ever! Is this what we have to look forward to as homeowners for the rest of our lives??

**P.S. - It was so lame that I had to find a sample photo of fireworks because I didn't get any of my own pictures to post! Haha!

Family Fun - Part Two

Next it was off to the Rigby-Vitale party! Micah was home from Chicago and it was great to visit with him. He, of course, managed to get in on a game of ping pong! It was pretty rainy outside, so no bocce ball this time around. Oh well! It was a fun day!

Family Fun - Part One

Sunday was a busy day for us! We had three parties to go to, but only ended up successfully attending two! Oh well - they were the two most important! These are some pictures from my cousin Kaylie's grad party. She's heading off to the Air Force soon, so it was really important to spend some quality time together. Tyler loves his cousin so much...I love the shot I got of him with Kaylie! Emma also discovered a new talent at the party (yes, there's more this girl can do!!). She is apparently quite the ladder golf player! She won the game for the girls team!

I almost forgot....

Sorry - I know whoever is reading this is probably tired of my 4 posts on one day! TOO BAD! I've got lots to share since it's been a month! Look what we found under our carpet upstairs in the bedrooms!! There are beautifully finished hardwoods that we've brought back to life. It took some elbow grease and lots of Murphy's Oil Soap, but they look fantastic and it really brightens up the rooms! We can't wait for you all to come visit and see our hard work!

Work Hard...Play Hard!

Emma and Gwynn in all their glory!

These are the "Kung Fu Panda" girls being crazy!

After all the hard work we've been putting in to the house, I took advantage of my vacation time to play! The Hartford offers each employee volunteer hours during the year, so this year I used some of that time to go help out at my old elementary school. I'm sure you all know that's where my mom and sister both teach, and Emma attends school I went during what was supposed to be field days, but it was a little rainy so they had the class talent shows instead. Emma's class did a cute dance to "Monster Mash" and she had her hair all teased and her face painted! Here she is with some of her friends just being silly! It was so great to play and be a kid again for a day!

Everything Old Is New Again...well, almost

YUCK! I can't believe how ugly this kitchen was!


Here's what we've done with the kitchen to date...cabinets are nearly all painted and we're beginning to install the hardware. The floor remains undone and we need some new lighting fixtures and counter tops, but other than that we're making great progress! And I've even managed to keep it clean enough to keep cooking and entertaining in! I'm quite proud of that! My curtains still don't match, but I'm hoping my wonderful mother-in-law will help me with that soon!

When one door closes...

Hah!! Do you love my "safety" glasses?!


We all know the old saying, but this time we didn't close any doors...just opened new ones! Our house is oddly laid out and even though we have two rooms that are back to back, you can't get to one without walking around the entire house. It was becoming a huge pain, so we decided to open up the walls. It was quite invigorating to say the least! I'd had a rough few weeks at work, so taking a sledgehammer to the wall was just what I needed! Hopefully by next week or so we'll have the door installed (or whenever our privacy glass door gets here!!) Here's some pictures to prove that we really do work hard : )

Takin' My Time

Sorry we haven't posted in a while...it's been pretty crazy around here with house projects! Hope you enjoy the new pics!