Monday, March 23, 2009

Doin' the happy dance.....

Finally after 8 long months of being "kicked" out of our home...we are on the down slide of being proud homeowners of a house we can actually LIVE in!!!! It's been quite the headache to redo and remove everything, but the end results have truly been worth it!!! This pic shows the new wainscoting that we added, the different type of stone I added in the hallways and my new chandeliers, which Scott can't stand, saying they are to "girly"..hello, you're married to a girly girl what do you expect!!! Get over it...hello alligator on the wall in YOUR room!!!
Brandt, in his famous AIG shirt, that he loves WITH his furry crocs on a nice 80 degree day..showing the new puck lights we added to our bookcases and the green wash as well which REALLY looks green in this pic, but it's really beautiful, I promise!!!
Standing in front of the toy room, we had to have new doors made, as the old ones where totally warped from the water damage...the painter did a fabulous job making them look like "real" barn door with his talented painting job....
The new back splash tile, which I LOVE!!! It's all hand painted, so it's not "perfect",which I love!!! They move our range back in tomorrow, so I'll be able to make a casserole in my OWN oven...gosh, it's the little things, sometimes!!!

More of the tile WITH the awesome new counter top!!! They are Scott's favorite thing in the kitchen....All in all, we are so happy with the way things have shaped up to be...we are ALL walking around filled with excitement, there is just NOTHING like home!!...There is a ton of moving to do and unpacking, but it seems like the hard stuff is over..The workers will be there a few more weeks doing touch ups, some work in our garage, hanging all our pictures and mirrors BACK up..etc...gosh, I'm going to miss them, after 8 months of seeing the crew almost everyday, they've become part of our family it seems like..BUT it will be nice to have the peace and quiet that we were once use to...

Monday, March 16, 2009

MAJOOOR...Blowout, and I don't mean tires....

Don't mistake this for something that Boden crawled into, nope, it's not paint, not pudding, Yep, you guessed it...body produced nastiness..absolutely disgusting..THIS is by far THE biggest blowout ANY of my boys have produced..not in the 5 yrs of being a Mommy have I ever encountered such a over abundance of a body fluid malfunction..
Yep, he even got the socks AND the entire rug was covered as Mr. Boden is crawling all over dragging his mess BEHIND him...AND after I took these pictures of him while I was setting the camera down, the little STINKER reached behind him and grabbed the paper towels you see in the background there and pulled off about 20 of them..maybe he was just trying to help me clean up his mess??? doubt it, we now have moved into the "let's keep Mama on her toes" stage..he's not only crawling everywhere but pulling himself onto and INTO everything...so much for the cute little baby that SITS there and goos and plays with a rattle...I'm in for it now X (3)....

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Springtime at the Ranch....

It sounds like we picked the perfect week to be gone from San Antonio this past week, as I hear the temps were well below normal for us..way down in the 40s..Yikes..AND it rained most of the week, which is a blessing for our area as we haven't had a significant amount of rain for more than a year...
Despite the cold temps, Mr. Springtime paid a visit to our yard and left some beautiful flowers for us to enjoy..There is nothing better in my opinion than that fresh smell of everything so fresh and blooming..Our entire family are big outdoors type of people which makes it extra special for us as we could spend days and days outside working in our yard while the kids play around us...
The Mountain Laurels are the South Texas version of the Midwest Lilac trees..I just love the light purple color...We had a great vacation..but are glad to be home as not only are we the outdoors type family but very much home bodies as well...Things are cooking on the outside of the house as well as the inside...stay tuned for some updated pics of our "remodel" project...it's lookin' good..

Monday, March 2, 2009

Boden's 6 month video

This was created by my awesome friend and photographer...Melody...At Rockin' A Photography...