Taking on Tiling

So we have been looking at our carpet for almost 2 years now knowing it needs to be replaced.  Actually we made the comment when looking to buy the house.  It was a "must".  Well now 2 years later we have actually shopped around and decided to do it.  The boys don't realize this all means no more breakfast in the living room or juice leaving the kitchen.

Before we got the carpet done though we had two areas we wanted to update.  The laundry room was half carpet and half linoleum.  We decided to lay tile there and then replace the entry way tile to match.  Erin has always wanted to learn how to tile so we figured no better time than the present.  He jumped right in and figured it all out.  It looks great and Mr. Handy Man is just adding more things to his resume.

Laundry Room

 Entry Way

He had some extra help on tearing out the old tile.  Luke was actually surprising good at getting the tiles pulled up.  Lawson just enjoyed breaking them into pieces with a hammer and throwing them in the trash.

Skyfort is Complete

Like I had mentioned in an earlier post, Lukas is one lucky little boy.  His grandparents all wanted him to have a play set in his own backyard, so for his 2nd birthday he got the Skyfort.  Now I know my mind is a little out of it lately but I do realize he isn't quite 2 yet.  What good is it though to get a play set at the end of the summer.  So he just got the present a little bit early.

After working on it for what seemed like never ending hours, day after day, it is finally complete and looks great!  Lukas runs around on it and always talks about the slide.  He is still a little unsure of the slide though, it is a little fast for him, but he will get it figured out.

My husband did an AMAZING job of getting it all organized and put together.  Thanks also to Dad, Mom, and Dustin who took the time to assist in the project.  It helped keep Erin sane :)

Everything organized and ready to be sealed.

Practicing the slide

Helping Daddy

Loghan and Lukas checking it out

Making sure it goes together right.

I hope everyone has a great week.  It is my last week this week and Erin has his last day tomorrow to just check out.  Lukas is excited to be home for SUMMER! (Although he is really confused that we keep talking about our friends' dog named Summer all the time.)

Two Weeks Left

I decided to take on the challenge of making Lukas' halloween costume this year.  I saw a pattern that I thought was adorable, so with some help from my mom (I need her reassurance constantly) it is coming together.  Here are some pictures of the process along the way.  I will show you the finished product when its done.  The countdown is on and only two weeks left to finish :)

Happy Anniversary to US!!!

It is amazing to me how quickly things go in life.  You graduate high school and everyone tells you how fast college goes.  Then four (or five) years later you are graduating college and you are trying to figure out what just happened.  You get into the "real world" and do the job thing every day and just keep pushing through to the moments that you really get to enjoy with the people you most love. 

I am very lucky to have that special person by my side now for 3 years of marriage!  Erin is a blessing that I thank God for everyday!  It is amazing to me how you just don't realize what love is until you meet that person you want to spend the rest of your life with.  You will do anything you can to make them happy.  I know it sounds all sappy, but I think it is important to take time and think about what marriage really means and how it has impacted Erin and me in life.  Don't get me wrong, we have had our ups, and downs, and all arounds, but I wouldn't want anyone else beside me through it all.  We have grown closer than I have every imagined possible, and I know it will continue that way.  On our wedding day I didn't think I could love him any more than I did then, but my heart just keeps getting bigger.

Everyone has their own special love story and we are definitely LIVING OURS :)

Home Projects

I am actually going to do a post on something other than Lukas.  My husband has been working very, very hard on a project at the house, and I am wanting to brag on him.  If you remember way back during spring break I posted a picture of a hot tub.  To make a long story short we were given the hot tub and the old owners were having problems with it working and didn't have any idea of the problem.  They were just wanting it out of their back yard.  We figured why not try and see if someone can make it work. 

Luckily, Erin had handy man Dustin helping him out to try and get this thing working.  After a week of late night electrical work, they got it up and running.  It heated and everything.  It has been awesome!

Well sitting in it one evening hanging out with some friends, Erin and Dustin came up with another idea.  They thought we needed some kind of gazebo/pergola type thing to really make it nice.  I thought yeah that would be nice, but we are not buying something like that.  They are too expensive.  Well I returned home from work one day a couple of weeks ago to find our backyard looking like a lumber yard.  I have learned not to even ask anymore and let these two just work.

To wrap this post up, to start our summer off right, the pergola is now finished!  It looks GREAT!!  I am very impressed that they built it.  Erin is learning a lot and even pulling out knowledge from his high school industrial arts class.  He really enjoys the projects and working with man tools :)

Thank you soo much Erin and Dustin!!!    Who knows what you will come up with next :)