Lee's little project

 Scary pic here, I know!   We recently tested Lee's skills after watching HOURS of the DIY  (Do it yourself)network while stuck inside the house this Winter.  A small rent house .  A lot of blood sweat and tears, oh and some MONEY went into this but I think it shall turn into a good investment eventually.  Here a few before and after pics...The above is a shot of the DEN area.

Here is a pic of the DEN now, there is no longer a boarded door and the windows are going to be taken out to become a doorway to a small laundry room he is planning to build.

                                                             The lovely bathroom before:)

I only have a snapshot of the new shower here, but WOW does it look better! 

                          The smallest of the three bedrooms, it is a small house-built in the 50's but the ceilings are  high so it feels roomier.

 PINK!  Can you guess that the  little girl who is moving in chose this shade for her room.  The little bench is covering a pipe going against the back wall!

                                                 The second bedroom- YUCK :P  

                                        The nine year old moving in here loves it now, I think!

The third room.

                                               I'm loving it now, the color is very relaxing:)

                                      A look into the living area from the dining area..beautiful, huh?

 Here is that red wall now, after patching up a lot of holes and doing some texture, not too bad.

               Standing in the kitchen looking to the dining room after the nasty carpet was rolled up.

                                            The laminate floor really made a huge difference!

 Another shot of the back of the living room- I HATE paneling, so it came down immediately.

                                                         It looks much better white!



It is only a rent house, so we kept it simple and  inexpensive, but I think it looks pretty good for a first time project.  There are several more projects that need to be done, but renters are moved in- with all the  activities going on in this house of 6 it is hard to get to them or our own home's projects that are on a list a mile long- but it will happen..eventually, I keep telling myself that anyway:)

our Easter traditions

Most years we go to my grandma's for Easter Sunday, which we all enjoy, however this year we were unable to continue that tradition, so we started a new one!  The 17 of us, my siblings and their families and my parents were coming to my house- which is great bc I love company! ( What I don't love is cleaning house for company:( 
Saturday our day was filled from beginning to end with many activities-cleaning, coloring eggs, laundry, baking goodies, dusting, haircuts and sponge rolling,  reading our Easter story books, watching the Ten Commandments, and,  after bedtime for the little guys- filling Easter Baskets with treats and filling dozens of eggs with chocolate and jelly beans for E.B to get hidden before the kiddos wake up, which is always about 5 a.m. on Christmas and Easter, of course!
The rainy weather tried to put a damper on outside egg hunts and running off the excess chocolate candy energy- but we didn't let it.  We woke up to eggs "hidden" EVERYWHERE and to the excitement of the "best Easter EVER" bc the bunny had come to see them , even though we did forget to leave the door unlocked-    He somehow hopped on inside and helped to put 4 little smiles on some very sweet faces!  Thank YOU Easter Bunny!!

                                                           Our favorite Easter books:)

 Kayi loves me to roll her hair for special occasions, but like her daddy- she hates sitting still so long!

                                         Four baskets delivered by the big Bunny himself!

                                      MY PEEPS @   Seven a.m-  Easter morning at our house!

                                               Curly Top and her silly brothers:)

                                    Wyatt is asking Carter if he is enjoying his very FIRST Easter?!

We then got our tails hopping to church and focused on the true meaning of this blessed day:)  I love sitting in church with my husband and my children-even when they are restless.  When church was over, we proceeded to stuff ourselves full of all our Easter favorites including ham, homemade crescent rolls, potatoe casserole, corn of the cob, mac-n-cheese, layered salad, cupcakes, a trifle, angel food cake, pumpkin pie( yes, pumpkin-it's not just for Thanksgiving,ya know!)  & cookies!   Blechhh...so full it is hard to even type, especially while watching everyone around me sleeping..ahhh....Quiet time is nice but I am tired too and unfortunately Monday is on it's way...so as the preacher says,"In closing,..."(my kids favorite words)- I hope you all had a blessed and delicious Easter Sunday that included most of your favorite traditions!