Hailey picked out the colors all by herself and added the first stroke of paint.

Here is what the new colors look like:

Busy working:

Hailey helping set up the crib- the crib she used to sleep in… sniff sniff.

Trying out her hard work to make sure everything was done correctly.

Hailey helping some more.

The big helper!  She helped with everything that was done in the room- from setting up the crib to folding and hanging up clothes.  She is so excited about her little brother!!

Helping Pa with a drawer.

The finished room:

Now we’re just waiting for the Little Man Cub to arrive

The beginning stages.

Getting the base all put down.

The floor is all done and Hailey loves riding her bike on it!

The finished deck.

Maybe at some point we’ll have more than Hailey’s bike on it!

Let’s hope we get lots of vegetables and fruits!

Here is the before.

My dad helping to cut out the bushes.

Hailey helping get rid of the bushes.

Bushes all gone.  Yay!

We laid out a hose to try to figure out where we wanted to put down some stones to separate the grass from the flowers.

Stone all laid out.

The new landscaping all done.

Closer view of the new landscaping.

Move in day- dark brown paneling and dark blue carpet

Brooke painted the room white and Rich put down a new floor.

Since then Brooke has graduated and does not use her room anymore.  So we decided to turn it into an office for Rich.

Here are some before shots:

A view into the closet- it was never painted and floor was left alone since it was inside the closet and no one could see it anyways.

The other side of the room.

Paneling ripped down.

Once the paneling in the closet was taken down you can actually see into the room next door- our laundry/storage room.

Dry wall going up

Closet gone to make more room.

Rich picked out a color for his office and painted it.  Here is the finished room:

Day one of the deck renovation- this is how the deck looked before.  Rich and my dad are making some plans for the new deck.

Adding some more posts and beams.

The base of the new deck.

The floor of the new deck, with the old stairs propped up on the side.

The new, much safer railing

Almost done.

Added some landscaping.

The finished new deck.

Lovely green carpet and green walls.

Rich and my dad did the hardwood floors in our room and we left the paint alone thinking it might look okay with our bedspread.  But I wasn’t a bit fan of it.

So… Rich painted our room.  For Christmas I got a new bedspread.  Then a few weeks ago when we got new furniture in our family room we also bought new furniture for our bedroom.  I still need to pick out some night stands and Rich says he is going to paint all of the trim.  But for now, here is how our room looks:

One view of the family room.

And another view of the same room.

We (I) got tired of the dark paneling so we (I) decided that Rich should redo the room.

First Rich took all of the old paneling down:

After all of the old paneling was down Rich and my dad replaced all of our electric type stuff and added some more outlets.

Then Rich and my dad put a bunch of insulation in since it was a bit chilly in our family room during this winter.

Then they wrapped the walls in plastic.  I’m not sure exactly why they did that but I’m sure it was an important step.

Then the new drywall went up.

Rich painted- the color is kind of a light tan.  I think it’s called cappuccino something or other.  It turned out looking lighter than we thought it was going to, but we like it anyways.

And now for the new, updated family room….

There’s an end table in the corner between the couch and the love seat and I need to find a lamp to put on there.

Another view.

Another view… we (I) plan to replace this entertainment center with something much smaller.

And one last view.