Follow the yellow brick road

The finishing stages have begun.  The tile is being laid and grouted this week.  This is the front door.  

This is the master bathroom.  I'm thinking of keeping the orange on the floor as an accent color.  What do you think?

We've got handrails now on our stairs.  

The closets now have shelves and doors.  Luke fits so nicely in the closet, I think I'll keep him there.  

In the master room, we decided to do two small doors on the closets instead of bi-fold doors.  Much better looking! 
And that's the latest with the house.  The painters should be in this week and I'm hoping that the cabinets come soon.  I'll be sure to take more pictures and keep you updated. 

Salt Lake Temple

Congrats Steve and Lauren

My cousin Steve got married this weekend.  They looked so happy!  I love weddings.  The picture I wanted to use wouldn't load, so this will have to be good enough.  

Most of their family lives in Chicago and we don't get to see them very often.  If was fun to have them in Utah for a few days
My mom and her older sister, Markelle.

Hot Potato!

My cousin Nathan turned 7 on May 10th.  He was pretty excited about it.  For his birthday, my mom got him a ream of paper, a stapler and some colored staples.  Now this may not sound exciting to your average 7 year old, but he was pretty stoked.  He's really artistic and loves creating things.  Happy Birthday Nathan!

Luke surprised me last Friday by making a huge meal for us, all by himself.  We had stakes, yams, carrots, potatoes, salad.  I was pretty impressed.  The best part about it was that I didn't have to do any of the work.  I love my husband. 

These are flowers that my dad gave my mom for mothers day.  I thought they were pretty and worth taking a picture of.  

And the most excited part of the weekend was catching a raccoon.  He sure looked cute when he gave us those big puppy-dog eyes.  But when we tried to shove food down the holes he about took our hands off.  And since he was drooling, we figured gambling for rabies is probably not the best idea.  

House update

We now have a roof, windows and doors.  Too bad there aren't any stairs to get to the front door.