Family Pictures

On a beautiful fall day at the lake my lovely and talented sister Cate took some family pictures for us.  Here are a few.

Merry Christmas to All :)

Angels and Nerds

For our church's Christmas concert Jayme and Nicole were angels.  So cute! And the big news here is that Jayme has started wearing her hair down!  What a different look for her!

I didn't get the best pictures of Nicole, but trust me, she was adorable!

We went to our first 3D movie and the kids took their glasses home.  Jayme had nerd day at school, so she wore her glasses and of course Nicole needed to copy her big sister.  She wore this for an entire morning... cutest little nerds I've ever seen!

Dining Room Before & After

Here was our dining room the day we moved in.  Gasp... white carpet under the table!  And I have 3 not so tidy children.  And gasp... brass fixtures.   One of the funniest things about our new place is these lights in the alcove.  They are actually kind of cute...minus the brass,  and we wondered where the light switch was, and then we discovered that they are actually candle holders, so we decided to remove them, until we saw that they weren't even painted behind!  Would you believe that "Granny" had HOT PINK walls... like the nastiest dusty rose colour you will have ever seen.  So we took the holders down and I used my trusty can of spray paint and voila, no more brass.  We put our old cabinet in the alcove for now (although Mark wanted the piano to go there... gasp)  We took down the mauve valance, we removed the white carpet and put down a beautiful dark hardwood floor.  

I would still like a buffet, and some art, and eventually a different table, but for now, I'm loving it!  

The chandelier enjoyed a coat of spray paint too and the old hurricanes replaced with super cute little silver shades!  Voila... brand new and not 90's dated chandelier!