House Update

This weekend we painted the new house. Matt, Jessie, and I painted until we could paint no more! We finished everything we wanted to. We painted Anna's room, Sam's room (which had to be primed first), the dining room, the study (also had to be primed...twice), the game room, the guest bedroom, and the guest bath, the laundry room, and finally-the pantry! Also Matt has been working on the trim all week. It all looks great! Tomorrow the painters come to do the family room, entryway, half bath, master bedroom and bath, Sam and Anna's bathroom, and the kitchen. Then Thursday the wood and carpet go in. I CAN'T WAIT to see it all together. I am super excited because today the contractor agreed to put in a Texas basement which is a closet under the stairs. Yay, more storage!!

During all of this my mom has been here cooking, taking care of confused, sometimes non cooperative children, cleaning, and helping me pack. She is a rock star!! I love you mom! We could NOT have done it without you!

And thank you, thank you Jessie. She painted all weekend and never complained. Always asked what we needed her to do next. I owe ya sis!! Love you!

Here are a couple of before and after shots. Some were taken with a camera and some with my phone so they aren't the best. I will post more later when I get a chance to take real pics!

Dining Room before...

This is also a good view of the dining and study. The carpet is now gone and wood floors go in soon!

Dining Room after!

Sam's room before...

Sam's room halfway done.

New House

Soooo...We bought a new house! It is in the same neighborhood, we just needed more space! It is a foreclosure and needs a TON of work and that is why I will not be blogging for a while. We move in a couple of weeks which does not leave me much time to pack, paint the whole house, and have flooring put in, but we will get it done somehow! I will post before and after pics at the end of next week when the paint and floors are hopefully done.

Happy Mardi Gras

This weekend we took the kids to Lake Charles for their first Mardi Gras parade. They had a blast! Some friends came to watch the parade with us. We hadn't seen them in a while so it was a good visit! The kids played in the park until the parade started, then got ready to catch those beads!!

They were lined up and ready to go!

I had to add this picture at the bottom because it was hilarious to watch! Our friends have a son who is older than our kids and wanted to get on Matt's shoulders. Matt is not used to the extra weight and watching them wrestle to get Johnny on Matt's shoulders was super funny, and not very graceful!