Family

Hooray! After 4 long years I had my family all together. The time went by so quickly, and the weather was unbearable, but Ben and I enjoyed having our children and grandchildren together at last. I had grandiose visions of all the things we would do together, but when the temperature soared to 103+ and never being able to get everyone out of bed early enough to beat the heat, we were stuck at the house. But time was spent chatting, BBQ, water gun fights, video games, movies and a wading pool for the youngest.

We haven't continued remodeling the house this summer. The economy just put everything to a halt. We only have the two bathrooms left to do. Ben made the guest bathroom look so much better, he took the doors off of the vanity and linen closet (they are the same ugly cabinet style as was in the kitchen,) and stripped and painted them a high gloss black. They look really pretty and now I don't mind them at all.

This summer was more about enjoying the fruits of last summer's labor. I love my kitchen and the new hardwood floors.

We went from this

to what you see below.