Gettin into the Christmas Spirit

Last night we put up our Christmas decorations while watching the Polar express. It was fun to get into the spirit of Christmas. I love the music, yummy food and being able to spend time with family.

 May be the cutest picture EVER!! Daddy and Emma.

 I made a Christmas wreath today!!

                                      Ethan's tree                                               The twins tree

 Emma

 Sophie and her cute little bum hanging out.

Before and afters.....

Well I have been promising before and afters pics of the house for over a year now so guess what...... Here they are. We have put a ton of work in this house and I am so happy with the results.

Here is the Family room.....BEFORE

and......AFTER

Another view......BEFORE

And....AFTER

We lightened it up with some paint....new carpet and whalaaa!!!

Here is the Kitchen.......BEFORE

and ...... AFTER

We did some light green paint to go with the natural wood cabinets. New light fixtures, appliances, and laminate tile flooring. We still want to do something with the island but i think we are just burnt out on home renovations for now.


Dinning room .... BEFORE

 and AFTER

Living room..... BEFORE

and AFTER

some more views......

and AFTER

Looking at this picture I really need some kind of little table and chair or something to fill that space....oh well we hardly ever use that room.

Now upstairs......

Ethan's Room .....also the room Mike had when he was little :)    BEFORE

and AFTER

Go Yankee's!!

Emma and Sophie's Room......BEFORE

and AFTER

Master Bedroom.....BEFORE

 Uhhh yeah I really dont have any pics of the Master bedroom before. It was by far the worst. I wish I had some pics....

And now here is the AFTER....

also not a great pic..... :(

Master Bath...BEFORE....

and AFTER

We did tile in all the bathrooms and new cabinets and granite countertops. This bathroom obviously still needs some decoration. hahah

Kids Bathroom....BEFORE

and AFTER

and the Main Floor Bathroom....BEFORE.

and AFTER...

And the basement is still in the process of getting done but here are some before pictures and what we have done so far.....BEFORE

and AFTER...

This is where we lived for a while. Still need to decorate and figure things out for this room.

another view....

and AFTER.

We were pretty crammed in down in that basement. Here is how our bedroom looked before....

Yeah......a toddler bed, a king size bed, 2 dressers, a crib and a changing table.....I don't know how we did it.
We are just using this as storage now so there really isn't a great after pic to show.


Sorry it was a long post but I had a ton of pics....Hope you enjoyed them.

Home Remodel!!!

Ok so we bought mikes parents house!! Oh what have we gotten into?? There is alot of work but it will be so great when it is all done... Here are some " before pics" The after pics are soon to come....well maybe not soon but sometime in the future lets say.

This red wallpaper was soooooo hard to get off!!!

This bathroom needs alot of work!

The kitchen cabinets are in good condition but needed a ton of cleaning

Wallpaper again really hard to take off!!

This is the living room. Lots of living space but the paneling is not ideal to design around


Cant wait to show you guys the finished product!!