Crafting for Christmas

We felt bad throwing our unused sugar pumpkins away, so we found another use for them!

 

 I think he turned out great!

First Snow!

The first snow is always the most exciting!

The girls were excited to play in the snow today!

They were really excited for their first hot chocolate of the season as well!

Daddy's 31st Birthday!

...which also happened to be Thanksgiving this year!

We all love you SOOO much!!

Happy 31st!

Trick-or-Treat 2012

Our neighborhood has trick-or-treating on October 31st every year.  This year it got postponed due to really, really bad weather.  The actual day for trick-or-treating was supposed to be very cold and rainy, so they postponed it to November 3rd.  I think it was a good move.  It was still pretty cold, but walking around in the rain would have been miserable!

Jocelyn wanted to be a mermaid and Reagan has continued her obsession with Super Girl.  I think they both looked absolutely adorable!

The first Trick-or-Treating stop was Andrea's house, and then they spent the rest of the night trick-or-treating together!  They all had a blast and got WAY TOO MUCH candy!

Pumpkin Pictures from the Past!

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2012

Pumpkin Pictures 2012

Kitchen Remodel: Function!

The "behind the bones" look at the new kitchen!  Just look at how we fit all the stuff we need into our little kitchen with the help of cleverly designed cabinets!

Pots and Pans

Bakeware and lids

Cups

Above the fridge

The pantry with pull-outs!

Plates and bowls

My favorite drawer of all...the Tupperware drawer.  It's so easy to find what you need!

Essentials

Silverware

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It felt silly taking a picture of the trash can, but I felt that it was necessary.  This works so much better than the old one, which was under the sink.  Someone was always in the way when you needed to throw something away.  Now it neatly tucked away and available when you need it!

Kitchen Remodel: The Final Product!!!

So the seemingly never-ending Kitchen remodel has finally come to an end.  The kitchen is complete!  Here are some photos of the final product.

I really, really love how it turned out.  The kitchen now seems bigger than it was before and the best part is that it is completely functional.  There is much more room for storage and the storage options we added make much more sense.  The drawers work so much better and allow for much more use of space.  The pantry is also amazing!!  I love everything about this kitchen!  I have to hand it to Todd, too.  He did an awesome job on the back splash!

Kitchen Remodel: Phase Seven

Finishing Touches

I made a menu board for the new kitchen!

My over-sized fork and spoon decoration.

Rugs!  :)

My way-better-than-the-old-floors floor!!  :)  :)

New door to the basement

We also got rid of the way-too-big buffet in the dining room and added this antique corner cabinet that we found on craigslist and painted to match the trim.

So, at this point in the project, all that was still needed was the window treatment and the back splash!  It's so exciting to see everything come together!