My Dining room

O.K. So I finally woke up one morning and had the urge to paint again. Honestly, I was so sick of painting by Christmas that I didn't think I would pick up a brush again. It is motivating though when the first room people see when they walk into my home is this puke green and beige dining room. A while back Avery colored all over the walls with her crayons so needless to say, the room was awful. I picked Cinnamon apple red courtesy of Kilz. I think it turned out beautifully. With a nice rug, some window treatments and some decorations on the wall, it will be fantastic. So here is a before picture...

And an after picture...

Next project is the entryway.

Easter

We had a great time this Easter. We had Easter baskets and an egg hunt on Saturday. The girls loved finding the eggs as most children do.













Sunday, we got all dressed up and went to church. Mark and I had to teach the Easter lesson to our Sunbeams. We tried so hard to explain to them that Easter was about the Resurrection but everytime we asked them what Easter was about they said, "Finding the Easter eggs." What can you do?

A lot of Catching Up!

A lot has happened in the past week that I have been meaning to blog about. Avery got her first haircut. I think it was harder for me than for her. It actually turned out really cute.

Before and After shots

Avery displaying her my first haircut certificate.

Avery almost fell asleep during the haircut.

This Morning...

I heard Sarah crying. When I went to check on her she was saying "Momma! Tuck (Stuck)." I found her like this.

Big yawn!

Nothing terribly interesting is happening with me right now. I am enjoying the time I have to spend with Mark before the summer program starts up in May. He will be working part of the day on his current job and the rest of the day installing systems for the summer program based in Houston. Needless to say, I will not get to see him a lot. The girls and I have big plans for the summer though. We are going to be spending a lot of time with family. We have a family reunion in June I am actually going to be able to attend. We are also looking forward to spending a lot of time at our community swimming pool and a fair amount of time at the beach.

I have been busy gardening and making garden plans. Avery is very excited to help me pick out and plant some flowers for our flower beds. She feels that they should all be pink (her favorite color). I want to plant a vegetable garden but the soil here is pretty crappy. So, I will probably just be planting some lovely and delicious tomatoes in a pot. I have been told that tomatoes are one of the most cost effective vegetables to grow. It is a good thing we like them so much around here.


I am still agonizing over paint colors for our foyer and our dining room. These are the first two rooms you see when you enter our home. Right now they are partially painted (thanks to the previous owners) and partially colored on (thanks to Avery and Sarah). I wish I was good at figuring things out like this. I just don't have a great eye for design.