Dana & Veronica Family Pics

My favorite little family met up with me for some fall pictures. Poor Mase just doesn't understand the big smile for pictures. We nailed one and the rest were so awkward for him.......but funny!!

Happy Early Birthday to Meeeee

Earlier this year when my parents told me they would be out of the country for my birthday, the first thing out of my mouth was "well, you had better get on my birthday present then, because I would really like a Red Sox corn hole set."  We discussed the preferred design/logo here and there, but the end result blew me away. Talk about perfection!! Thanks to my family for tackling this project - you know I LOVE IT!

 

Boston to the World Series!!

Hell yes - it's a good day to be a Boston Red Sox fan!

Happy Birthday, Banks!

This spoiled rotten pup turned 4 yesterday. He sure is living his best life!

Friday Night Flag

Carter's first venture into (formal) flag football was a blast. His team lost every single game, but they still had a lot of fun together. It was fun watching Carter participate in something I had basically "banned" (just tackle football, actually). I'm sure we will have more seasons of this and his smile makes it all worth it.

New Flooring!

What a project! Whew!

 

Well, at least that's what my parents are saying, since they are the ones who handled the majority of this project while we chipped away at some smaller (though still labor-intensive) projects.

 

This tile job was a big one and I'm so thankful to have the help of my family for home projects such as this. Sure, we could pay someone to come in and get it done, but I think there's a lot to be said for your own hard work, sweat equity in your home, and cranking some good music with your family.

 

Here are some random shots I grabbed over the course of the last couple of weeks.

 

 

 

 

Sometimes the frustration level with the smaller projects ran fairly high, lol!

 

 

 

 

 

And sometimes during a remodel, your living room looks like this.

 

Or this.

 

Towards the end of the tile project, we also had new carpeting put in throughout the living room, family room, and downstairs office.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The end result was absolute perfection. I really, really like how it all came together. There are several more small projects we need to complete before it's truly DONE done, but we'll just tackle those one at a time and enjoy having the house put back together.

 

Mom and Dad: we sure couldn't have done this without you and we really appreciate all of the back-breaking work you guys put in for this project. We owe you big time!!!