The BIG Reveal

Our Kitchen is a complete transformation. I am amazed how different it looks when I look at these old pictures. Austin did the majority of the work. I am so lucky to have a husband is so talented and who is willing to attack the projects I throw at him.

Kitchen Before

Knock a wall Back...

And Wallah!

Kitchen After

Floral Arrangement I made

It's amazing how repainting and rearranging/adding certain cabinets & crown molding changes the way the Kitchen looks all together!!
I LOVE how my Cabinets turned out.

Soooo much Work, BUT oh SOO WORTH IT!!!

LOVE my Plate Rack!

Now I get to display my cute Black & White Polk a Dot & Damask Plates!!

I really wanted something to go over the window to connect the cabinets. This is the Design Austin came up with..

This house did not have a microwave above the stove and I really wanted that. Austin moved this cabinet up so that I could get the "Staggered" look and we got this beauty. Eventually I will get a Stainless Stove...

We changed out the old Track Lighting and put these ones in.

LOVE THEM!!! We also got a new Stainless Fridge.

Well that's my Kitchen. Next stop will be my

Down Stairs Bath!

Did you know...

That one of these....

Could result in this????

No Seriously. My Husband yesterday was eating a hamburger and chipped his front tooth!!! There have been a couple of recent "accidents" happen to a couple of people in Austin's family that involved front teeth falling out.

It's a total "U" thing!

Home Sweet Home

I have had many requests for pictures of my house. Austin and I have spent countless hours improving the inside of this home. With his expertness in construction and my passion for decorating we make a pretty dang good team! I'm excited to share my home with you. Hope you enjoy!

Outside Before

Outside After

The front of our house will someday look even more different. When we have money, we are going to re-landscape the front yard. Also I want to repaint the front door. Pictures of all that to come later....

When you walk through my front door. There was a big formal dining and living room. We have made changes to that but I'm not quite done with those rooms. So we will skip those for now and move straight on in to our family room.

Family Room Before

Before I show you the After pictures, I'm going to show you our entertainment center, since that is a piece of furniture in the Family Room. We got this beauty for FREE from one of my dad's customers. I wish I would have gotten a picture of it before Austin started taking it apart to refinish. It had glass doors on the side and you know roll top desks the part you pull down to cover the desk?? Well there was one of those things you would pull around to hide the t.v.

Entertainment Center Before

Entertainment Center After

Family Room After

We repainted & replaced the carpet. Curtains will someday go up. I haven't found the perfect ones yet. I have had so much fun decorating this room. I LOVE everything about it! Well that's it for now. I'm going to show one room at a time.

Next stop will be my Kitchen!

Lakeside Weekend

This past weekend we decided last minute to drive up to Lakeside to enjoy the pines and cool weather. We drove up Friday afternoon and stayed the night at my grandparents place. Saturday was an absolute perfect day. The trip was short and sweet but we figured it would be our last oppurtunity this year to get away just the 3 of us to spend some quality family time before the holidays approach us.

Park Time!

Jhett loves, Loves, LOVES the outdoors! We spent most of Saturday "Park Hopping" This was the first time Jhett was actually enjoying the swing. Normally it freaks him out.

Mr. Independent!
Jhett is a "Big Boy" now and does not like to be held or put in a stroller. He wants to walk like everybody else. The park we went to has a nice path that surrounds a lake.

Fishing!
Austin's only request this trip was to fish. We managed to sqeeze that in ;) The fish were not biting though so he didn't catch a thing.

Finally Fall!

There were a few trees along the path that definately made it feel like Fall. I wish I could see more of this around the Valley.

Feeding the Ducks!

Family!
It's hard to get a family picture when I'm the one taking pictures :)

We had a great time. I even managed to get Austin to take me to a few Antique shops. (That was my only request) It was a well deserved relaxing weekend!

Halloween Highlights

This year Halloween was so much more fun now that Jhett walks around. We had our ward Trunk-Or-Treat Friday night and Jhett was so fun to watch. When we pulled in the parking lot and got out of our car I handed Jhett his bucket and he took off with all the other kids down the pathway. He didn't stop at any cars but thought he was just as big as the other kids. Halloween night we went to a friends house for hamburgers, hot dogs, and trick or treating. Jhett finally got the hang of going up to people's houses that night. In fact we would walk down the driveway and Jhett would turn right back around and want to go back to the same house. I kind of wished I would have filmed it. Austin and I were the only adults who dressed up. I love dressing up. Before the party my parents came out to our house to take pictures of us.

I tried getting a picture of Jhett in his

"Day Outfit"

but he just was not cooperating!

My Little Incredible

He sure made a dang cute one! ;)


Ooh La La!
Good Looking Family!

I don't even know what to label this picture,

But I love it!

Hope everyone else had a Fabulous Halloween. I have more pictures on Facebook if you want to check them out.