Foto Friday - Another Bday

I must say, I'm finding this graphic design stuff quite fun!

Friday Foto - Halloween

I feel like I have missed out on every single holiday last year, so we are hitting it hard this year. Not to mention how much fun it is to get right into the spirit of things when you have a 3 yr old!

In spirit of Halloween, this is how I spent my evening last night...

(Notice how I put in the 'BEFORE' and 'AFTER', like you wouldn't know!? Duh...)

 


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They're Back... Foto Fridays

Foto Friday - 'Shoulder to Lean On'

So proud of my son and his big heart!

Foto Friday - Coins for Kenya

Remember - Foto Friday

Watercolour by 'Mister' - age 4

Foto Friday - Things that can aggravate...

When your future home (the large lot you bought on the edge of town... for peace, quiet and privacy - a.k.a. the ability to give you the freedom to have backyard fires and chickens - not to mention on a culdesac for the kids) - has developers for neighbours who decide to put up 2 duplexes... cramming 4 families in on 2 lots, right next to us and in our culdesac creating more traffic.

BOO that!

Things that can put a smile on my face...

Stumbling upon wild black berries! Yummo!

Foto Friday - Cheers to my man...

Who celebrated a birthday this week! Happy Birthday!! xoxo

Foto Friday - A Daddy's word's of wisdom...

"Don't pee in the wind."

Foto Friday - What muffin did on her birthday.

Foto Friday

A blast from Nursery past. This was Muffin's nursery... 8 years ago. I had so much fun decorating it and making the crib set. I love the African jungle theme!

Foto Friday - on Monday

Our backyard this morning. Sad to think that Feb 14th, 2010 - the crocuses were 2" out of the ground! I think we have a long way to go before we see any signs of them this year! Didn't that darn groundhog NOT see his shadow?

Foto Friday

Good gosh, our house was DANG UGLY! I was going through some old photo's and found these...
Before and afters - We got rid of the pinkish paint, installed new garage doors, concrete driveway and improved the landscaping.

Wait till you see what lingers behind that front door...
This was the kitchen. There was a wall seperating the kitchen from the other living areas as you can see in this first picture. Taking out this wall really opened it up...
The after - New cabinets, flooring, countertops, backsplash, appliances, pot lighting and an island!
Dan being a stone mason - hated the bad brick work done on the fireplace. We replaced it with my personal favorite - travertine! Notice all the ugly stencilling everywhere? Ivy... stripes... it was awful!
New blinds, new paint... rid of the railings.
This is the best transformation! Wasn't this bathroom beautiful in blue! pft ;P Who would do such a thing??? Oh... wait... you haven't seen it all yet - wait till you see what they did to the ceiling of this bathroom...
Yes, that's right - clouds on the ceiling. It only took 3 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint to cover it! This nasty picture on the right is an example of the mess these people left this house in. I had a 2 and 3 yr old - this woman, and her husband and 3 teenage children left this house in such a state... we went in with masks and gloves! I was so furious with them, and unfortunately - the taste has never left my mouth... one reason why I am so anxious to sell and move on.

The bedrooms resemble the same type of hideous paintings and stencils... which I will save for another day.
After 5 yrs, we are almost completely done all the renos!! Yay!
Have a great weekend all of you in blogger world!