A PROJECT
Before we finished our basement our front room was family central. Our TV and couches were in there and we did everything in that room. Since we finished the basement we put the TV downstairs with all the video game systems so I got to change the front room into a library/music/mudroom. It is so much nicer! The front room stays cleaner because we are not doing everything in there and the noise and screens are downstairs so yay! We did the changes to the front room ourselves. Eventually we want to change the flooring and maybe the paint color but for now we love it...
First the entryway...
BEFORE we had all our DVDs and hats and shoes collecting by the front door. I really wanted a mudroom entryway with a bench and shoe bins and hooks to hang things and a shelf to decorate. I sketched out an idea that I wanted and showed it to Danny and he said we could do it ourselves. Danny is a fabricator at his work so I knew he could make the vision in my head look good. And he had an excuse to buy new tools so he was excited ha ha!
Trip to Home Depot to buy all the supplies...
Spent an entire Saturday cutting all the wood and painting it all white and staining the top of the bench gray.
Starting to put it all together...Memphis decided to help
Exactly what I wanted!!!
Starting to decorate...
FINISHED!
WE LOVE IT!
This part of the front room was where the TV was and toys and books. I really wanted the entire wall to be bookcases to hold the millions of books I have been collecting. We looked at a store where you could have them custom build shelves to fit the space you need but that was $700! We decided to see about buying our own wood and making our own shelves but it was $600 and I would have to paint it. We were just looking at Walmart and they had a bookcase that was the color we wanted. We checked the measurements and 4 bookcases fit exactly along the wall we wanted. And they were $50 each so $200 later we saved a lot of money and time!!!
BEFORE
AFTER can you tell I LOVE to read? I have read all these books and plenty more at the library!
We use to have a couch and treadmill by the bay window but now we have a chair and the piano
We also have the couch and we put a desk for homework in the corner. WE LOVE OUR NEW FRONT ROOM!
SEPTEMBER
Our Kayzee turned 7 on the 4th! It fell on Labor Day so we celebrated as a family and she chose Pizza Pie Cafe and roller skating. Kayzee is so full of drama but oh so sweet. She is obsessed with Littlest Pet Shop, riding her bike, and playing with her friends. We love our beautiful Kayzee Lynn!
Starting to open presents from family
During the week after her birthday we had a birthday party that she could invite all her friends too. 10 girls and 2 boys showed up and it was a little crazy but she had so much fun! She decorated her own cake.
She wanted to play Just Dance with her friends first. She had a shimmer and shine theme party with lots of games.
Cake and ice cream.
Opening presents...
That weekend after Kayzee ended up with Croup. She missed 3 days of school it was so awful. She had her 7 year well-check-up already scheduled so we killed two birds with one stone and the doctor was so surprised that a 7 year old had croup because it usually hits younger kids. He gave her a shot of steroids but it still took her about a week to finally feel back to normal. We also found out she is 48 lbs and 48 inches tall...fun growth number!
We spent a lot of time in the steamy bathroom. It was the only way she could breathe easily.
Danny put on a 5K for our stake and had a bike parade for the kids. Memphis and Kayzee led the pack!
Popsicles afterwards!
We decided to tackle our garage. It had all the junk and stuff we have collected that was in the basement. I really don't want to park outside another winter so it motivated me to get it done. We took 3 truckloads to the dump, and 3 truckloads to DI to donate, and a truckload went to family. WOW we had a ton of stuff just taking up space. So glad we decluttered our house.
We have still been going on dates every weekend. One weekend I took Memphis to the arcade and out to dinner. Danny took Kayzee mini golfing and to dinner. After we all met up for ice cream.
This conversation happened while me and Memphis were on our dinner date and he got a cheese quesadilla...Memphis who loves cheese and wants it for every meal...
Me: "Memphis, is cheese your most favoritist thing in the whole world?"
Memphis: "No mom, you are!"
AWWWWW LOVE my Memphis!
LOVE my Kayzee too and her toothless grin:)
The kids had their 6th month check up. Both my kids floss, brush, and use mouthwash and yet Memphis has had 0 cavities and Kayzee is going on #16!!!!!!!! What the heck! Sometimes life just isn't fair. I feel so bad for her. In the past we did all her fillings by knocking her out she she slept through it all. But it costs so much money to do that and now that she is older the dentist suggested laughing gas instead. We go the end of October. Hopefully she does well. It makes me nervous because she has such bad anxiety. Ugh.
Danny decided to shave off all his facial hair. I hate it when he does that because it makes him look 10 years younger than me. Baby face! Glad it grows back and he doesn't do it very often.
I have Beachbody On Demand. I pay a yearly fee to access ALL the workout programs they have in their company. It's awesome! 100s of workouts from different trainers and I can access them from my TV, computer, and phone so it makes working out easy. June I finished the You V2 program. Easy program to start with. July I tried Country Heat. Easy and fun if you like country line dancing!
I took August off but September I did Turbo Jam. Favorite so far! I love kickboxing and the turbo intense minutes she works in. I definitely sweated a lot!
August was enjoying my last days of summer and then the start of school is always crazy. September my goal was to close all my fitness goal circles at least 4 days a week and eat on plan and I did it! I lost 13 pounds and 11 inches over all. Now for October I am going to shoot for 5 days a week!
Memphis and Kayzee are growing up and while it makes me sad that it's going by so fast it is kinda nice sometimes. Lately the kids have been getting up before me and they get themselves dressed and feed themselves breakfast all before I wake up. I am usually hitting my snooze a million times and then the kids are yelling at me to get up so we are not late for school. I am sure this will all change when they become teenagers right?!?
Fun at Walmart...
Nephew James turned 9 months! Wish I could see him before he grows up too fast.
Can't believe it's already October!
