Wendel Christmas photo

Halloweens gone by....

My chubby little monster.....

Monopoly--a friendly game

Of course, we can't use the peices that came with the game.

Megan is the banker.

Jessy is sitting this one out but can't resist being close to the action.

And the game begins........

There's rolling and counting....

Card drawing.......

and money collecting.....

poor ethics lessons for children.....(read the card)
much contemplating.......

and debating of the rules (this is a mild debate).........
and of course there is losing and moping.

What a fun game!!

packing lunch

Good morning Corey!!

Good morning Jack!!

Look at Megan all showered and ready to go.

Since Corey doesn't like bread, or sandwiches generally, he has to get creative with his lunches. So here he is rumaging for something to stick in his lunch.

When kids get a hold of the camera....

kitchen makeover

We gave our kitchen a cheap makeover. We didn't take any official 'before' pictures so I had to find some in the archives. Here are a few before pictures. Grayish blue paint, brown cabinets, cheap hood over the stove....

beautiful linoleum and counter tops......

clunky cabinet hardware--40 years old.

the stove isn't too bad--it's just half white half black--weird. The only fixture we don't have a picture of is the old light fixture. It was 5 cheap gumball lights put together in a circle. It was classic....and unique, for sure.
And now.................................
We sanded and painted the cabinets, turned 2 of the cabinets into open shelves, replaced the lights, replaced the counter tops--they are still laminate, but it looks nicer. We kept the sink but replaced the faucet, replaced all the other hardware and obviously, we painted. The dishwasher was new when we moved in, we replaced the cheap hood with the microwave awhile back and Jason tiled the floors last year. If we thought we were going to be here awhile, we would replace the stove and the refridgerator. But, we will let someone else do that. Chances are, the next person to move in will rip the whole kitchen out and remake it in their own image.

Nicely done.