The family that paints together.....gets dirty!

Afton learns that the paint goes on the wall...not her mouth!

Nathaniel contributes his painting skills!
Preparing to paint more PINK!
Gideon shows that he can paint the wall without even looking!!
Claire carefully works on her area of the wall in the girl's bedroom.
Afton shows that there's still dust on the floor.
.....but she's cute!
Kids + paint brushes = fun!  ...and mess.
Kid's bathroom before painting.
A view of the kitchen (and just a bit of the laundry room) in progress...

new(er) house pictures

March and April stuff -

our new door to the sunroom:

these frames will be walls on either side of our island - looking toward the dining room:
new windows in our master bedroom:
skylights in the living room!:
framed out kitchen - island will be in front; a row of refrigerator, sink, dishwasher, stove along the back (R to L); and the door in the back left is to the laundry room/pantry:
MUCH has been done since these pictures - I have more to post soon!

More Random...

I know it's been awhile - and I DO have more house pictures, I promise - but to tide y'all over, here are some more random cutesy pictures...

Gideon - 5 year old watch-me-grow picture
Claire - ballet recital!
Nathaniel (sorry - I should have shifted this one) - brand new cast
Gabriel - watch out, Major Leagues, here we come!  PITCHER!
And Afton - SHE'S going to HOLLYWOOD!  Our little diva...

Lots has been done on the house, and I will post some pictures of all that when I download the pictures from our camera ... sometime...

:)

joanna

Random Cutesy-ness

SNOW!!

So Huntsville finally got a dusting of snow this winter - for a few hours, anyway.  In typical Alabama fashion, however, a week later finds us with gorgeous 70 degree, sunny, dry days!

The kids had a good time for about 20 minutes, then scurried inside for hot chocolate.  We have no endurance at all!!  :)  Poor Gabriel was too sick to go outside at all, so he missed it.  

Afton was pretty uninterested in the whole thing.  As far as she was concerned, this white stuff just made it hard to walk - VERY confusing!  And getting it on her hands?  Um, no.  When can we go back inside, Mama?? 

Nathaniel enjoys being outside, no matter WHAT the weather, but prefers to do it without all the hats and mittens and mess.  Claire, Gideon, and Nathaniel had a big ole time jumping on the snow on the trampoline, though.  For a few minutes, anyway.
And the poor daffodils ... it was pretty ironic - snow on the daffodils.  And amazingly - it didn't even phase them!   They are as pretty as ever now!

New Pictures (Finally!!)

Sorry it has been so long since we put new pictures up - but here are some from last week.  Hopefully we will get by this weekend to take some more!  More has been done even since these!!

Above is Gabriel in the new master bedroom, in front of our set of 3 windows side by side.

This is the walls and plumbing in the guest powder room.

And Afton in HER new room!  :)  (At least until #6 comes in October!)
And PART of the new roof and walls.  There is more to the roof that is on now.  

Enjoy!

Tour of the House

By the time we get ready to post pictures, they've made a ton of progress beyond what we show. The floor of the addition (top level) is already on by now!









This is our hallway that will lead to the upstairs master bedroom. There were two closets here....not anymore!
















This is our new kitchen! It's like a dream come true!! Just move in the appliances and we're good to go!











If you come to visit, you can check out our new guest bathroom. That's custom decorating at its finest!