Sunday, June 21, 2009

More Before Pictures


Here are pictures of the bedrooms upstairs.  I'll add bathroom, downstairs and front of house pics later this week. The guest bedroom mattress arrived last week, headboard tomorrow and I just need to get some bedding and it will be all ready to go for Arleen and Tom next Monday! Typical, Cole had to make his way into every picture.



Thursday, June 18, 2009

I love this picture.


Eric sent it to me today. It's the view of the bottoms from Grandma and Grandpa's yard. It looks the same but different from when I was a kid. The pond used to be filled in and there were cattails everywhere, the trees have grown a ton and Grandpa kept the grass shorter. I remember Grandpa made Christy and me a swing off of that tree that we used to have so much fun on when we came over. I knew I was getting older when I got too big for that swing...it was a sad day, I remember!

The only thing this picture is missing is Grandpa down at the bottom across the pond. He was always down there poking around.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Before House Pictures




Belleville Visit





Shots of Grandma's new patio, Lucky the cat, and some of us on the deck. Our outfits coordinated (isn't she cute in her pink?), so I had to take some shots.

St. Louis Visit





Covered a lot this weekend in St. Louis. Outback Steakhouse on Friday night, Queeny Park and shopping on Saturday, lunch with Eric, and Hacienda on Saturday night. Sunday included church, going to Grandmas and then dinner with Jaclyn and Katie Sunday night. It was a great visit and good to be back. I took some shots while I was there, including pictures of Mom and Dad's new Toyota Camry.

Dad's House Project





Enough already about our house project, Dad and Mom have one of their own. They re-did the landscaping in the backyard and around the side of the house. Hard to believe that all the ivy that Dad always got poison ivy from all these years is finally gone. And I can't get over how big some of the trees that we planted when I was little have gotten so big! It was a beautiful day on Saturday when I was in town and Dad was out there cementing the step from the door into the garage, I took some shots.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

John's Little Yellow Corvette


John went crazy and rented a Corvette when he was in LA last week. I guess that's what it takes to snap a pic of him...put him in front of a yellow Corvette every time! Anyway, I love this picture, and I wanted to share it with you all.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

House Being Painted




I'm a couple weeks behind, but I want to take some new pictures this weekend after we finish unpacking all of our boxes.  And I couldn't not share the in-progress pics first. The ones from when we painted.  Here are some of the main room and the kitchen.