Changes

Summer 2011 has seemed to be a summer of changes for us.  We've had a great summer--thus the lack of posting--but it has kept our family on the go.  In early june we decided to move forward on a home improvement project that we've talked about since we bought our house almost 5 years ago.  It's over and I'm so glad, but it was as inconvenient as I had predicted and dreaded.

Our kitchen....

den after most of our furniture had been moved...

stairs....

hallway....

and our bedroom all before shots.

Then, after 3.5 weeks, 3 sets of movers, 5 nights at a hotel in town and 5 days at the beach our house was changed!

our new den with hardwood flooring!

We decided while we had movers at the house moving things for us we'd go ahead and move our bedroom furniture into our guest bedroom.  We had a queen bed and wanted to move to a king.  We have changed to a king bed and that's it!  We do have some furniture ordered and will maybe post another changed photo when we get our room fully in order.  Does anyone have ideas on bedding?  Looks like I need some serious help!

As a little hobby we've started changing these yummy blueberries.... 

into yummy jam!  We bought some jam from a farmer's market a few weeks ago and after eating the entire jar in a week I thought we should give it a try in making our own to feed our unhealthy habit.

and this is our biggest change for the summer....

Houston is now sporting Buzz Lightyear, Cars, and Nemo on his bottom!  He was easier to train than I thought he would be.  Dry at night after day 2 and no more pull ups at all for us.  Makes a mama a little sad and happy at the same time.