Josh, Kate and M all hard at work preparing the downstairs family room for painting...
The finished product is what Josh likes to call his "Man Cave"...
...but there is still plenty of room for a very large Barbie house. We were taking this box out to the recycling pile but M claimed it. I guess we'll let her keep it there for a week or 2. The small holes in the wall are windows to an under-the-stairs cubby. M is a big fan of Harry Potter right now, so she loves having her own room under the stairs.
This before shot of the master bedroom was taken before we moved in.
It's a little sparsely furnished right now, but we're at least happy to have our bed - we only just got it on Friday!
This kitchen shot was also taken before we moved in.
We decided to put in a microwave above the stove and we have Jack to thank for doing that for us. It turned out to be a bigger job than anticipated. Thanks Jack!
This is M's bathroom (one of the perks of being an only child is you get your own bathroom!). We didn't decorate it, but M has added her own touch.
My favourite is the Barbie drying rack. They slot in there nicely!
Another shot from before we moved in...this is the dining area. The light shade definitely had to go!
Another thank you to Jack for turning that ugly lamp shade into these recessed lights. He also installed 4 other recessed lights in the family room that connects to this room, which didn't have any ceiling lights.
The front of our house. The nicely trimmed hedges are compliments of Maureen. We are really grateful to all of our parents for all of the work they did to help get our house ready for us to move in. We love living here!
Back of house.
Sausage rolls...
Meat pies...
A very flat but still tasty pavlova...
M got the Annie DVD and soundtrack last Christmas. Most of her free time since Christmas has been spent singing (at fully capacity) and dancing to the songs from Annie. As a result, Josh and I have the Annie songs constantly running through our heads. Last week the Annie tour came to Logan, Utah so we took M as an early birthday present. It was a great show and M loved every minute of it (so did Josh and I). The next day she wanted me to take photos of her performing and then later asked Josh to film her acting/dancing/singing some of the songs. Below is her scrubbing the floor in the song "It's the Hard-knock Life."
As much as we love Annie, we were happy today when she started listening to the Wicked soundtrack - it will be good to have some different songs in the house!
The finished product is what Josh likes to call his "Man Cave"...
...but there is still plenty of room for a very large Barbie house. We were taking this box out to the recycling pile but M claimed it. I guess we'll let her keep it there for a week or 2. The small holes in the wall are windows to an under-the-stairs cubby. M is a big fan of Harry Potter right now, so she loves having her own room under the stairs.
This before shot of the master bedroom was taken before we moved in.
It's a little sparsely furnished right now, but we're at least happy to have our bed - we only just got it on Friday!
This kitchen shot was also taken before we moved in.
We decided to put in a microwave above the stove and we have Jack to thank for doing that for us. It turned out to be a bigger job than anticipated. Thanks Jack!
This is M's bathroom (one of the perks of being an only child is you get your own bathroom!). We didn't decorate it, but M has added her own touch.
My favourite is the Barbie drying rack. They slot in there nicely!
Another shot from before we moved in...this is the dining area. The light shade definitely had to go!
Another thank you to Jack for turning that ugly lamp shade into these recessed lights. He also installed 4 other recessed lights in the family room that connects to this room, which didn't have any ceiling lights.
The front of our house. The nicely trimmed hedges are compliments of Maureen. We are really grateful to all of our parents for all of the work they did to help get our house ready for us to move in. We love living here!
Back of house.
I love this photo of Josh and Jack.
When Alex came to Australia on holiday we visited the Beach House. One day for lunch Maureen asked what he would like to eat and he told her a BLT. We all got a kick out of that. So when Maureen was here Alex made her a BLT.
M and Josh on his birthday.
The soccer season is split here with 6 games in autumn and 6 games in spring. We've just finished up the first set of games and M enjoyed playing on an all-girls team (her last team in Aus was mixed).
M and Kate were in different age groups so they weren't on the same team, but they were pretty excited when they got matching uniforms!
Yep, that's a wasp nest about the size of a soccer ball!
