The Transformation...

We have lived in this house for a little over 16 years and have not painted the inside of our house (except Gabby's room and her bathroom, oh yeah and Scott's office.). The only decorating that I've done has been stencilling. And pretty much all of the house has or has had a stencil at one time. We have talked about the fact that we need to paint but haven't done anything about it until now. It started out the week before Mother's Day when my mom and I were in the fabric store looking for some ribbon for my step-sisters shower and I walked past the decorator fabric. I found this fabric that I fell in love with so I ended up going back the next day and buying enough to re-cover my dining room chairs and make a valance for the dining room window. Then of course the fabric didn't match the stencil that I had above it and it looked bad so of course I wanted to paint and since I had family coming over for Mother's Day I wanted to do it right away. So we called our friend Laurece to come over and see what she thought. We picked out some colors but of course there wasn't enough time to do the job right before Mother's Day (this conversation happened the Thursday before). So we picked out the colors and this past Friday and Saturday we painted.

We were able to complete the living room and dining room and part of the entryway. Scott did most of the painting. He started on Friday and edged the ceiling and then rolled the first coat on it then Saturday he finished the second coat on the ceiling and rolled all of the beige walls (both coats). Laurece edged all of the walls and I rolled the green on in between trips to get lunch and Starbucks :).

All in all we are pleased with it! I'm not 100% sure about the green color. It changes with the lighting so we'll see what eventually we decide. Scott was very gracious when I came out this morning and said I thought it might be too pastel. We'll finish the rest of the house and then decide if we want to change the green to a darker shade.

Enjoy the pictures and we'll post more as we make progress with the rest of the house. Also go check out Laurece's blog with pictures of the wonderful murals she has done. http://rustingawayinwashington.blogspot.com/

The last week and a half

We've been busy and relaxing or maybe that's busy relaxing. :)

Fourth of July Picnic & Fireworks at Lake Meridian

Teresa & her niece Noelani


Hanging out at Carol's enjoying Lake Morton

It's rough but somebody's got to do it!

In all fairness while most of us were enjoying the lake Scott was helping Carol out by getting her pressure worker fixed and then pressure washing several things for her.

Independence Day (a.k.a. I miss Warren day)

Warren loved to celebrate the 4th of July and always did it up BIG. For years he and Carol would have a huge picnic/barbecue and he would invite everyone that they new and then some. I miss his excitement and anticipation for this day and the fire works displays that he would prepare.
I've been thinking about him a lot and praying for his family especially this past week as I know they are missing him too. Praying that they will take comfort in knowing that we will see him again in heaven.

(I snitched the pictures from the website Chris had set up while he was battling cancer. Thanks Chris!)

Warren relaxing

Enjoying the lake
Preparing Fireworks

Trip to the other side of the Mountains

So I went to Spokane and visited my best friend Kim (and her family). I drove over and took Scott's grand niece Christina with unfortunately she ended up coming home early and so we didn't get to ride home with me. Check out Christina's blog for the whole story.

My weekend was very relaxing!! Kim and her family spoiled me as always!

Here are a few pictures that we took.

Me & Kim

Kim & Doug Megan
Britney
Our yummy strawberry shortcake dessert

Pictures of Kim's garden

(I took a lot more pictures than this because EVERYTHING was beautiful but I am just posting a few of my favorites)

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