For You- Sarah & LaNiece

I have been busy/draggingmyfeet/lazy/Christmasshopping... these past few weeks and just haven't really had a chance to sit down and post, and when I have had that chance I just don't feel like it.  So I am starting this post tonight, Christmas night... we will see when it is finished :)  BTW, hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

These last two weeks we've been staying super busy with the house and I am so excited because I feel like we are finally seeing end results.  We spent so long tearing out walls/ceilings/floors that now we are putting walls/ceilings/floors back together!!!  Drywall is done, paint is on MOST of the walls (a HUGE THANK YOU to Mallorie, Davide, Josh & Lilly!), my fun new knobs are on the vanity upstairs, lots of light fixtures are in, we are even staying in our bedroom in our own bed!!!   Over the next week we will be installing flooring, whitewashing the brick fireplace, casing windows, getting (fingers crossed) and installing the kitchen cabinets, and getting the granite templates!  I promise I will post as these things happen. ;)

 Here are pictures from the last couple of weeks.  There is actually more progress than this... but I think I will save a few of those pictures until the rooms are more complete!

Below:  Insulation in the ceiling! Yay! Now it won't be as cold and *maybe* we will turn on the heat!

Below: DRYWALL FINALLY!

Above: Goodbye ugly wallpaper!!!

Below: The (extremely dusty) wood flooring and baseboards have been installed in the master!!!

Below: The stairwell bookcases continue

Below: More cabinet painting for the main bathroom upstairs

Below: We had to move all of our boxes out of the office and into the garage/house/shed/yard while office flooring was being installed.  LOTS OF BOXES.

Below:  With their amazing help we painted the office, guest bedroom, hallway and main bath one night... Josh even started steaming off the laundry room border.  

Below:  After lots of taping and prepping Chris primed and painted the great room.  Yay!

Below:  All the leaves in the tree started falling and we had some fun in them!

Below:  While we were unpacking Jackson spotted his piggy bank and immediately wanted to give it to the kids in Africa (Advent Conspiracy)  That made my heart so happy.  I am so proud of him.

Below:  On Christmas Eve Eve Jackson got to sing with some of his friends during three different services.  He LOVED it!

Below:  We spent Christmas day with our friends Ben and Abby.  We had a lot of fun, especially when everyone opened their $ Store presents Kai and Jack picked out for them.

Above:  Santa brought Jackson a "new toy boat"  just like he asked for.

Hope you enjoyed the update and I will post more pictures soon! (I promise Sarah and LaNiece!) :)