Monday, October 20, 2008

Our semi-new kitchen

I decided to take on the huge task of painting our kitchen cabinets (which desparately needed a facelift). Boy, was it a process! After cleaning, sanding, priming, 2 coats of paint, and then antiquing, it is finally finished! And, I love it. I was afraid for the antiquing part, but it was such a piece of cake! I wish I would have taken a before picture, but this is all I have:

Before:



After:





On another note, Kevin made the kids "model" before church:





Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Finding more joy



It is hard to know what to write. We are learning to press forward and find more joy in our lives. We are thinking and praying and loving our little David everyday. This picture is from the day of the service.


The kids got a Halloween package from Uncle Joel, Aunt Robbin and family. You should have heard the squeals of delight while we were opening it. I can't get them out of their Halloween shirts that were included in the package. I got in BIG trouble yesterday because Ian's Halloween shirt was dirty and he had to wear something else.

We keep asking the kids what they want to be for Halloween. Ian's responses have included, a lightbulb, a snowman, a marshmellow, batman, and an airplane. Hmmmm . . . I'm really not one of those super creative moms, it looks like a batman suit from Walmart will be what we go with. Unless someone has a great idea of how to make a three year old look like a lightbulb!