Remembering Easter

Remembering waking up to, "Hey, the easter bunny didn't come." Coming from two girls who claim they don't believe in the easter bunny anymore.

Remembering sticking the baskets out on the front porch while the girls were occupied and them finding that the easter bunny HAD come as we left for church.

Remembering sitting in church next to my grandma.

Remembering singing old hymns that I remember singing every Easter growing up.

Remembering the much needed rain!!!!

Remembering how blessed my children are to have cousins their age to share life and holidays with.

Remembering how blessed I am for having a mom who made the day special for us by cooking us a delicious lunch.

Remembering the craziest egg hunt ever....it was raining so we had to improvise by sticking all of the eggs into a trash bag and letting the kids draw them out one by one. It was actually pretty fun.

Remembering how pretty my girls looked all dressed up for Easter.

Remembering the glorious nap I got later in the afternoon.

Remembering the sacrifice made for me.

Remembering God's love.

Remembering the promise and beauty this season holds.

OH. SO. CLOSE!!!

We are soooo close. After 5 weeks we are almost there. Our entryway/bathroom remodel is almost done. I cannot wait to have it done and over with!!!! I'm sick of plastic taped floors and paper taped trim and paint clothes and paint buckets and mess everywhere. I don't know which makes me more excited-the mess being gone or the actual finished rooms. I love, love, love how they have turned out. As soon as I get everything back together, I will share photos.

Here is what we have done:

Bathroom

• re-tiled the entire room...shower, floor, walls, sink counter top (this also entailed rebuilding the outer shower wall and strengthening the ceiling and replacing the drain and shower pan)
• removed wallpaper
• removed the popcorn off of the ceiling
• textured and painted the walls and ceilings
• painted and added pretty touches to the cabinet
• new light fixture, toilet, shower fixtures, sink and sink fixtures
• new light switches and switch plates
• new fan

Entryway

• removed tile floor and replaced with wood floor
• re-textured and painted the walls
• painted the ceiling
• replaced door handles, locks and hinges on front door, closet door, garage door, bathroom door, and basement door
• painted front door black

Whew!!! It is looking so good. I feel like a kid at Christmas.

On the wall next to the garage door we have been recording our heights for the past few years. Even Teddy has her height recorded.

Ideally, I would have liked to have kept it forever, but...my room makeover would have looked rather odd. So we had to paint over it. Actually the texture wiped it out first. Here's a bit of our family history hidden behind texture and paint on the wall of our home. It is heartwarming to know that it IS still there, just hidden behind a layer of mud and color.

So before Stan the man (our painter and my mom's husband) came the next day to cover it all up, we recorded our heights one last time. Chris measured 5'11". Me, 5 foot 1 and 1/2 inches...did I shrink or something? Averi four eleven and a half...she's catching up with me. Cali measured in at 4 foot 3 and 3/4 inches. And Teddy is 1'4". Awww!

What is some hidden treasure around your house?