Our cool new bathroom

So we finished our first home decorating project on Saturday. It's taken us about a week to finish it and while I was, of course, excited to see it done, I was almost just as excited to finish it and take pictures so I could post it on my blog for everyone to see. Some of you were able to see it in person, but for those who haven't seen it yet, here you go.


It tried to get as much of the room in the picture as possible but, since it's not a very big room, this is the best I could do.


We went to all the trouble to paint the back of the door but you only see it if your actually using the bathroom.


Here are the cute animal decorations. These are what made me want to decorate the bathroom. I was already thinking of doing something to the bathroom, but when I saw these I knew what I wanted to do.


These are my favorite. I LOVE the monkeys! They even match the toilet brush which you can see in the first picture.

So there you go. I think we're good for a while as far as decorating goes, but I think we'll be ready again this summer. I'm thinking the master bedroom....

Our Christmas continued...

I was looking at my last post and I realized I should have included the pictures that I wanted to post with my Christmas tag. So, here you go!


Here's our lovely tree shortly after we set it up. I originally bought the garland around the banister to put over the door outside but it was a lot longer and narrower than I thought. Turns out it was perfect for inside! I didn't think to do it until later but I ended up hanging our stockings on the other side of the banister. It was very cute.


This is the garland Jaaromy found for me to put over the door. It has pine cones and holly berries in it.(Just like the song!) I'm very happy with it.


Just for fun, here's a picture without the flash.


Also just for fun, here's a picture of Brigham that cracks me up. Jaaromy put it on his Facebook page with the caption "My little gamer in training". Here it is in case anyone missed it. I took this at the same time as the other pictures in case anyone was thinking I'm just looking to pack in the Brigham shots.

There you go. I probably wouldn't have bothered to post these but I know some of you haven't seen our new house yet so this was a chance to give you a glimpse.

Our Christmas

I know it's been almost three weeks since Christmas but I thought I'd share some pictures anyway. I'm almost caught up!

In the years since my family moved it's Christmas Eve party to the Sunday before Christmas, we've had a little more time in the evening to spend some time together and do our own traditions, maybe even try some new ones.


This is the second year we've given them new pajamas on Christmas Eve. The kids put them on and then we read Christmas stories.


Same kids Christmas morning, looking a little sleepy but still excited. Santa decided to leave the toys downstairs in the family room so the boys wouldn't accidentally see anything before everyone was awake. It think it worked out well.


Here's Nathaniel with his new Pixo Studio. He had been asking for it all month and Santa did not disappoint.


Jonathan got an electric planet mobile. We put it on the ceiling just above his bed and he moved his pillow and blanket so he is laying right underneath it when he goes to bed.

I didn't get a picture of Brigham or his presents for some reason, but he had more fun than he did last year:


It was a good Christmas as always. After the kids opened their presents we went to Grandma Bonnie's for breakfast. My mom's cinnamon rolls and my dad's scrambled eggs and some eggnog make up my favorite meal of the year. I'm not exaggerating in the slightest on that one. After opening presents from Grandma we went to Grandma Patti's house for another great meal. We were still full from breakfast but apparently that wasn't a problem since we still ate a lot. It seemed like a small group without Jimmy, Kelly, and their families but we were able to see them that weekend which was nice.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, I know we did.