Finished!

We are finally done with our house project(s) which included opening up the wall between the kitchen and dining room, getting the kitchen and dining room repainted, redoing the lighting in the kitchen and putting in a 1/2 bath downstairs, which also meant we had to reconfigure our mudroom entrance. It's been a long time (we started in September) and it's so wonderful to finally be living without dust on a daily basis! Yeah Jon for doing such an awesome job!

The Opening/Kitchen/Dining Room:









I also already posted some pics of this earlier. Click here if you want to see those again.


The Bathroom/Mudroom:

Sophia's Birthday

Okay, so it's over a month ago, but I thought I would attempt to get caught up on my blog! Here are some pictures from Sophia's 7th birthday parties...yes, I said parties! I swore that this year we were just going to do a family event, but then I told Sophia she could invite a couple of friends to go to the movies....well, a couple of friends turned into a couple more...and then of course her brother had to come...and then he had to bring a friend! Anyway, I could NOT have pulled this off without the help of my good friend Tricia! Not only did she let me use her mini van to pick all the girls up, she also was a lifesaver when a couple of them had to go to the bathroom during the movie!!!





We went to see Monsters vs. Aliens (3D) - it was okay...the kids liked it, but it was not one of my favs.









In addition to going to the movie, Sophia had her special friend Lexie over for their first sleepover!



Then the next day, which also happened to be Easter, we had Jon's family over for dinner and a party. The cousins had a great time together! It's so much fun to watch them grow to be friends. Here are some of the favorite pics of that day.













It's so hard to believe that Sophia is already 7! She is a great girl and it's so much fun to watch her grow. This was the first birthday since Sophia's 3rd birthday that we did not have the Martys with us to celebrate - we missed you guys! Sophia was especially sad to not have Eden with her on her special day!

Happy Birthday to my baby girl!