Smile.

We had the opportunity at Alexis' daycare to have pictures taken of her for a fundraiser by the amazing Sophie.  As you all know I'm sure, Sophie has taken pictures of Alexis since she was 3.5 months old.  The pictures turned out great, and clearly show Alexis haha ... by this I mean all of her numerous faces that we see on a day to day basis! Here are some of the pictures Sophie was able to capture, and all of these were taken in the playground at her daycare!

Summer

Inspirational

I love this video because it is about an amazing lady named Stephanie who's blog I follow called the nie nie dialogues. This is a short video on what she has gone through - and although we are not Mormons, I think her story is inspiring and reminds me to cherish moments with my family and friends and those who are close to me. Because anything can happen.

Listen and Watch her Story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHDvxPjsm8E&feature=player_embedded#!

%$&*!!!

I have to let you know that I was really eager to post some more pictures on here the last couple of days, but have misplaced my camera battery charger somewhere in this house.  This really peeves me off as I'm usually pretty good at keeping all my stuff in the same place (hello OCD, organizational freak), but for some reason, it has gone missing.  I will continue to look for it, and hopefully there will be another post on here with pictures of the completed kitchen hallway!

U.G.L.Y. ... you ain't got no alibi you UGLY!

Oh yes, what lies behind this door, is truly grotesque and hideous!

That's what I would definitely call our main bathroom! Light sea foam green ... grayish floor ... dark grey/black counter ... seriously what was this lady thinking?

Yes its true, our bathroom is hideous! I can't stand it! Hence the reason I want to finish the kitchen so badly ... I need to get rid of the green! It drives me crazy every time I walk in there!

So here is my plan.  Paint a light airy gray (we already have this colour, however I haven't tested it on the wall ... its definitely going to take a couple coats), and I think this colour will go really well with the flooring.  We already have a new mirror and I heart it! Soooo nice and very glamorous!  Awhile back I got Derek to install the medicine cabinet because I love it as well (in fact we took it from the house because I couldn't bare leaving it there) and it looks sooo good in there. I also llllloooovvveee my shower curtain.  It took me awhile to find one that had a nice pattern and the right colour, but the Superstore pulled through and found this beauty!  

I am so eager and to get this room done. But anyways, here are some other random pictures I took ... Enjoy!!

Another House Crashing Post ...

So here is another - overdue - house crashing post on our newish house.  Can you guess what room I will be showing you today?

Bet you can guess now ???

That's right ... its our "pretty much" completed master bedroom. This room was another great space, that we were excited to have when we bought the house. Its much bigger than our last master bedroom, although it need some TLC, shall we take a look at a before picture?

Nice eh? It wasn't exactly errrr our "style" so we slapped a couple coats of a blue/grey paint on the walls.  The same colour that we had in our old master bedroom since the bedding matches the colour perfectly, and might I add how in LOVE I am with my bedding.  I have a serious bedding problem! I LOVE bedding ... it always makes me wish I just had a white room and could switch my bedding and shams on a whim and get a totally different feeling in the room.  Anyways, moving on to more pictures of our new master bedroom.  So new paint, new espresso bamboo flooring, new blind and we moved in our furniture, and the room is somewhat complete.

... and should we talk about my love for white accents? Love anything white against a lovely coloured wall!

So that's it in a nut shell ... of course there are still some things we want to do in the room, hang a mirror, get a rug to go under our bed ... all of which we have, but haven't found the time to actually get it together and put them in there.  So ... once the room is totally done, I'm sure I will do another blog post to show the complete and finished room.  Thanks for "crashing" on our master bedroom ... till next time!

So Kind ...

Our awesome real estate agent Tracey came over yesterday unexpectedly, and brought us an amazing "thank you" gift.  Its amazing ... and I'm a sucker for flowers.  We gave her a tour of the house and she was amazed (her words not mine) by how much we have gotten done here.  After she left I got the "urge" to do something else to the house ... painting something ... remove something that wasn't needed ... organize something ... however those urges were quickly put to rest as a rambunctious 14 month old came barrelling down the stairs after a much needed nap.
This weekend is pretty free so I am going to do my best to finish painting in the kitchen ... then I'm skipping painting trim and doors for now ... and heading straight to the bathroom (you will see why soon!).

So for now, after a very quiet weekend full of visiting with friends and family, here are some pictures of the beautiful flowers that our agent brought over.

Enjoy!