More Projects

I realized two weeks ago as friends of ours put their house on the market, that we will be doing the same in only a year. This house is far from ready to sell, so I decided to get busy again. The latest project has been our guest bathroom. The linoleum flooring was curling up and smelled pretty bad. The walls were sponge painted pink and blue, and the window frame had never been painted.

I tore up all the linoleum and replaced it with self-adhesive vinyl tile. I painted the walls and trim and replaced the baseboards, replaced the bent mini blinds and changed the curtain.

I'm a Pretty Pony

This is Emily's new favorite toy. Our neighbor gave it to us and she sits on it all day.

Coldness

The girls begged me to let them take Emily out to play in the snow during our first good snowfall. They got her all dressed up in her snow suit and took her out.

This is what she thought of it. The line "I can't put my arms down" comes to mind.
This morning we had an ice storm bring us just enough ice to cancel school. The girls have spent the day collecting sheets of ice. I'm not sure what they plan on doing with them.

Emily's First Birthday

While the cards are blocking her face, you can see that Emily does smile once in a while, and it seems to be Sara that brings it out every time.

She loves her new pillow pet! Melissa does, too, I guess. Or she wanted to show off her teeth.
Black-bottom cupcakes--delicious and not so messy.

Happy Birthday, Emily!!!

Fondue

The traditional cheese and chocolate fondue was a big hit, once again, in our house on New Year's Eve. Ashley was invited to the church youth's New Years Eve party and she wondered why anyone would want to celebrate that holiday away from home and the fondue. Needless to say, she chose to stay home!

Christmas 2010 part 1

The girls in their new Christmas Eve pajamas.

Acting out the nativity. Melissa doubled as the star and the angel. This is her as the star. She makes me laugh!!
Jason worked on Christmas day, so we just had a movie marathon/manicure day, then celebrated Christmas day on the 26th, after 3 hours of church! My girls are champions with their ability to be patient.

Christmas 2010 part 2

Christmas isn't Christmas without some good food! Here's the traditional Danish pastry wreath we have every Christmas morning.

I made the girls this monkey bread on the morning of the 25th. Yum.
And here they are all dressed for church.