House Projects

Here are some pictures of the house projects we have had done recently. A friend of ours is a trim carpenter by trade and put crown molding, shadow boxing, chair rails and window boxes on the main floor of the house. We then had the entire first floor, stairway and hallway upstairs painted including ceilings. The painter we hired had a huge crew and promised to get it all done in a week while Rob was in Germany (he has an intolerance to wet paint fumes because of his latex allergy). Well, they showed up 2 weeks ago and he said he brought the whole crew to complete it in a day. He wasn't kidding. There were 12 painters and they tarped the entire house and everyone took a wall it seemed. They worked from 8:15 to 5:15 and did indeed finish it all. It was a crazy day but it gave me the rest of the week to get the house put back together before Rob got back. The kitchen table is new too as we were still using the "temporary" table we bought the day we moved in 8 years ago.

Then a friend of mine decided to get new king size bedroom furniture and she offered us her old queen set. She had a beautiful sleigh bed and armoire and since Kelsey was still sleeping on my old bed (with a more recent mattress) that was 30 years old we decided to upgrade her. She loves her new grown up bedroom....now I just need to get her to make that big bed every day.

Snow on Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, there were actually flurries this morning. I was hoping not to see any of those white flakes after last year. Guess I am not going to be so lucky. Kelsey & Nick were quite excited and I think were hoping for a blizzard.

Fall yard work

On Sunday we cleaned the leaves up from the yard. Rob was teaching the kids to use the leaf blower. Maybe next year they can handle the job themselves?? And who couldn't resist playing in the pile of leaves..we raked up this pile 5 or 6 times but the pics are cute!

Measure Up

Sometimes it's hard to tell how big the kids are getting when you don't see them much. As we all know kids love measuring themselves up against their grandparents. So, while Grammy and Papa were here this month we had to have them all stand near each other. Keep in mind my Mom is 5'10" and my Dad is 6'3". It may not be as long as we thought until Kelsey and Nick catch up.

Nov 1st thru Nov 5th

To celebrate Rob's 40th birthday, Mom & Dad came to NJ to watch the kids for a week so Rob & I could get away and enjoy some couple time. Our favorite place to go is Disney so away we went. Being the big kids that we are we had to see Mickey. One day Rob went on a ride along in a race car at the Disney Speedway, we spent a day in Epcot and a day in the Magic Kingdom. The weather was nice and warm but a bit rainy. It was fun to get away just the two of us and Kelsey and Nick enjoyed having Grammy and Papa all to themselves. They kept busy with school 2 days and movies and games and karate class. A huge thank you to all 4 of them for giving us the time to get away.