Kitchen Update In Pictures

Demo in progress

Door opening widened - cabinet on the right is gone!

Demo complete and we are ready for cabinets

Cabinets delivered

Everyone thought the uninstalled cabinets were fun to play in, including Homer!

Layout complete - cabinets in place

Priming for color

Painted cabinets - Heavy Cream with a tobacco glaze. It is really just in the creases and little nooks

Island primed blue

Island topcoat in Asparagus - HELLO GREEN! Let's pray the distressing and antiquing tones it down. A LOT!

We are hoping for all of the painting, including the texture and paint on walls/ceiling, will be done by Tuesday. If so, our countertops will go in, along with our appliances. I will be cooking in my new kitchen if all goes right, this week. I am sooooooo excited!! Stay tuned for the final cabinet pictures and floor install later this week!

A long ride home

This happened in July , but it can't be forgotten...

Neno took Ava Grace to Uncle MeMe's to saddle up the horses for a ride from his house to ours, a little over 4 miles. They set out about 10 and made it to our house at 11:30 or so. It was a long, hot ride home, but I am pretty sure they all enjoyed it. They did decide not to make the trip back and instead went and picked up a trailer and came back for the horses.

I should also mention that Annabelle started the trip with them, but not long into it, I got a call to come pick her up. I found the most precious thing on the side of the dirt road (Neno was about 30 yards away), just waving me down. She didn't want to ride anymore. I thought maybe it was because it was too long or hot, but no, she wanted her own horse. Of course!!

What a great memory made!

Sassy 6 year old

Like so many times before, this should have been posted long ago. Oh well, at least I am getting to it now.

Ava Grace turned 6 on July 30. I CANNOT believe my baby girl is 6 - WOW! We had talked about what kind of party she wanted to have to celebrate her birthday. I suggested swimming, roller skating and some others that are escaping me now, but she had her heart set on a Sweet & Sassy Party. Sweet & Sassy is this perfectly girly salon for kids. They do hair, nails, dress-up... you name it! So fun!

So, the two of us put our heads together and came up with a plan to celebrate her, all day!!! We decided to go to the movies (Tinseltown has a summer movie club for $1 a movie), Chick-fil A for lunch and Sweet & Sassy to cap off the day. Then we needed to invite friends. She chose 3 girlfriends to share her day with, Keeley, Kourtney and Chloe. When she decided on her friends she looked at me and said, "Mommy, I am the only one who's name doesn't start with the 'kuh' sound." Smart girl, if I do say so myself.

Our fabulous friend, Monica, created these perfect invitations with a day's notice. She is the best and can be found here at You're Invited.

We set out early to pick up friends and make the movie at 9:30. Here are the precious girls in the car before the movie.

At Chick-fil A we played, ate lunch and had ice cream and cupcakes. It was so fun to just have a few friends and really get to see the interaction between the girls. They were funny!!

We even had a little time to kill before Sweet & Sassy so we played at Legacy Play Village and opened AG's presents from her precious friends.

Then it was on to get pampered. The girls were all set to get manis, pedis and dance and play a bit on the runway. Well, wouldn't you know it that the birthday girl opens the door across the top of her foot and cuts her big toe and rips part of the nail. She held it together so well until it really started bleeding. I think she was more upset that she couldn't have that toe painted than from pain. Once we were over that, the girls had a blast. They all have such unique personalities and had definite opinions about their nails. When that was all done, they hit the runway. We have some hams in the group. My daughter definitely is one of them. Check them out...