26 November 2012

FLW

as you might have noticed the blog has been very quiet lately - that's because Bill & I have been really busy working on the house (aka FLW)
Before picture of the driveway ... it was like deliverance the trees were so grown in you couldn't fit down the driveway with a full sized truck without scraping the sides with branches
 After picture of the driveway - post lots of trimming and cutting

Before picture of the front of the house - notice the beautiful landscaping
Post some landscaping - still more to do

 Picture of the family room and dining room before we bought the house (with their stuff still in it) that would be my dining room table that I bought and they didn't leave me (but I'm not bitter)
Family room/dining room after (yes we know the cushion covers are getting ordered and will be changed soon)

 Kitchen before we bought it
 another "before" kitchen shot
A little cabinet removal at your service 

After....
 Bill's Den - post new paint job - unfortunately no before picture of this one
Bill's den after
Fireplace - after ;-)
Of course this is only the beginning - follow along I'm sure there's more to come 

Birthday Bonanza

hey blog readers,
I'm a little late with the post but on September 8th Kim, Jess and I celebrated Kim's 30th birthday which then rounded out our year of being 30....  actually we started on September 7th when we visited the Paw Paw wine and harvest festival to see the air dogs - it turns out air dogs is only moderately cool (think blow up pool not a lake) however it was a still a good time and we had fun people watching :-) Jess even saw some of her facebook friends but we didn't know their names... we busted out of there just in time to miss the rain and headed off to Olgas to pick up some dinner and over to see Mare for some serious euchre... then back to FLW for the night (we tried to watch Dirty Dancing but we are getting old and instead all went to bed)...
the next day - Kim's actual b-day started out with breakfast in Scotts then a trip to the spa for spa treatments and lunch and then finally off to the Maltby's house for a party with the Maltby family...
It was a great weekend overall but Jess and I did decide that Kim is clearly the creative one of the 3 of us :-)
Here's some pics of the fun...
 Does this picture look familiar?




 Little Mermaid Cake :-)
 a little arts and crafts and foot painting
the end of birthdays - good thing we will always stay 30