There was some excitement after the 4th of July last year. That was one of my last posts.
In September, Tim was able to travel to Italy for a 9 days and although it was for work, he was able to see some sights (he called just to tell me he was at the base of the Alp's), some great food and have a nice time. Upon his return, he was exhausted and fainted. He was ok, just a little dazed. Anyway, he fell into the shower doors. They didn't break but the guide that holds them into place came off and we couldn't shower in there until they were fixed. Instead of just fixing that, we decided to redo the entire bathroom, slowly, starting with the shower. However, due to how the construction was done, we ended up redoing the entire bathroom all at once. I don't have any before pictures but I do actually have a couple after pictures.
Tim was able to do all the work himself (minus the granite counter top), which saved a lot of money. It just took a little bit longer than we had really wanted but it turned out beautifully. That was started toward the end of September.
While this was going on, we decided to paint our bedroom (finally after 6 years of living there). We thought it would look weird going from a really nice bathroom to a bedroom that still had the white carpenter paint on the walls. This was now December. Well, there were a couple of big rain storms and while Tim was painting our bedroom ceiling found a spot where it was wet. Yep, we had a small leak in the roof. Luckily, it was due to wind damage and our home owners insurance paid for all of the repairs! Yipee!! The first big wind storm after the roof was fixed, Tim and I turned to each other and said, "Wow! It is so quiet!" The roof had had issues for a long time but we just didn't know it.
Halloween was fun. For my turn with preschool, we went with another preschool to a place called Apple Annie's and had a great time. That following Saturday (just a few days later) we went there as a family. The boys had a great time and we all got pumpkins to carve. Although Tim and I did all the work. The boys help a little with scraping out the innards but not much. It's too slimy but there are doing more and more each year. This year for Halloween they were Luke Skywalker, Optimus Prime, Buzz Lightyear and Snow White. A friend had given us an infant costume, otherwise, little girl would have been a scarecrow, like her brothers before her. They were able to get a lot of candy and had a great time.
Thanksgiving was fun and low key. Tim's sister and her family were able to come stay and hang out. We got the obligatory picture of the Little Girl with the turkey and the boys with olives on their hands. That evening, I braved Wal-Mart down the road (with the sister in law and her family) and took the little girl with me. We found a few things and were surprised at how quickly and smoothly everything went.
The next day Tim and the boys decorated the house for Christmas. When we first got married, Tim and I would both decorate together but as the years have gone by, Tim has taken over. I do help here and there but it's something he really likes to do and to be honest, my decorating wasn't quite good enough. I missed opportunities here and there, so now, I just do what he tells me to do. Hahaha! The boys love to help him, which is nice. Although this year, I was trying to keep a crawling and very busy 7 month old out of the way. I didn't get any Christmas cards out. It was just too busy and I couldn't find the time.
Christmas was very low key. The boys were excited because Santa gave them a Wii and a bunch of games for it. They all got matching Avenger pajama bottoms from mom and dad and LOVE to wear those, especially when the little girl is wearing hers. They all like to match her. We visited with family and had a low key vacation. That was when the roof was fixed and the bathroom was very close to being done but not quite.
So that was a quick catch up of the fall.
