What We're Up To

Things have changed a little at our house lately.  I recently signed up to be an independent consultant for Close to my Heart (a scrapbooking and stamping company) which has been very different for me but also has been fun [see: whatmecraft.blogspot.com].  We have also started building a bathroom for the basement!  It is very exciting- we already have been in need of 2 bathrooms with tubs/shower so it will be so nice to have that.  And with family visiting for Adam's baptism it will be even better than everyone using 1 bathroom.  Yea!

The plumber came and did all the piping then Neal took down the ceiling.  We just need to put up our walls, do the electrical work and then the plumber will come back and install the tub, toilet and vanity.

Putting up walls will also give me a laundry room which means less space, but hopefully a quieter basement.

I am also excited to actually get to decorate and plan how we want things with these 2 rooms- I haven't been too into what the previous owners decided.  While we were in California Neal put tile in our master bath which was really nice since the previous owners had purple/blue linoleum with grey/pink tile on the walls.  Who knows why they put tile on the walls and linoleum on the floors.

This is a prototype of what I'd like to do with our basement bathroom.  I redid the photo from a blog that shows you how to put up your own wainscot with the colors I want.  And I really like the shower curtain she used.  We weren't sure if we wanted to go with a dark vanity or white, but I think with 3 boys we'll end up getting dark.

So that's what we've been up to!  I'll keep posting pictures as we finish more.

Kansas City!

We were so excited for the Kansas City temple open house we headed straight down there the first weekend they started offering tours.  It was such a great experience walking through the temple with the boys.  Adam and Ryan both loved the Celestial room and loved the mirrors in there that look for "eternity".  I am so glad we were able to go there and I am so thankful that Neal and I were able to be sealed there so our family can be together forever.

We were also able to do some other fun things- like go to a model train museum, go to the zoo, and eat at Fritz's (where they have trains deliver your food).  What a fun weekend!