Frustrations

Mike has been busy the last few days working on the house since he's been off work because of the rain. He put the first coat of paint on the bathroom. It's a little bright, but I think it will look better after he puts the final coat on and we get the new mirror and lighting put in. He also took out the purple carpet and the purple linoleum in the bathroom. It's always frustrating to find that there are two layers of flooring to rip up.

Last night Mike and a friend put recessed lighting above our fireplace. We couldn't put them quite where we wanted to because of the trusses in the attic. Mike had to spend quite a bit of time in the attic, much to his dismay, and came down sneezing and itchy after being up there for a while.

He also replaced the hall lighting and took down the lovely flowered and crystal light fixtures. Here's a few pictures.

Photo Session #1

I did my first family photo session a few weeks ago. It was for Mike's cousin and today I am shooting their wedding photos. I took them at our lake, and I think the pictures turned out great.

I'd like to starting taking family and senior pictures for people...so if anyone wants pictures taken, let me know... ;)

Updates..

We haven't done too much on the house lately, mostly because I can't make up my mind on anything. Since I can't decide on flooring for the house, we decided to start with painting the bathroom. I finally picked out and purchased paint so hopefully we can get that done this week. The walls needed a lot of prepping so Mike worked on that last week.

We had a friend come do some electrical work on Saturday; he replaced our fuse box with a breaker box. He will also be coming back next week to put recessed lighting in a few of the rooms and to replace some of the light fixtures, which I am super excited about!

Here's a couple pictures of the house after we moved our stuff in.



My new chandelier!!!

I took these yesterday at our lake.

New House Pictures

We closed last Friday on our house and we are moving in this weekend. This past week we have been cleaning and slowly moving some things in. Of course a lot of the cleaning has been done by my aunt, even during the day when we are at work... :)

As I warned you before, it needs quite a bit of updating. All these pictures were taken last week before we started working on the house. We started this week by ripping off the lovely flowered wallpaper in the bathroom. Hopefully soon we can start painting and replacing the flooring.

New House!

Some of you have probably already heard, but we are buying a house!! The house is in Morton and is located behind my aunt and uncle's house. We weren't really looking for a house yet, but it is a family friend that is selling it so it just kind of worked out.

The house is older and needs quite a bit of updating, but that's what we wanted. Mike is really excited about the two car garage and I'm excited to decorate my own house! I will post some pictures before we start to work on it. There is some lovely hot pink carpet, purple carpet, shiny floral wallpaper, and much more to be excited about! Thank goodness I have a husband and dad that are so good at fixing things! So if anyone wants to rip some wallpaper off, give me a call! We are closing on it in the middle of September!

Mountains..

In case you haven't noticed, I absolutely love the mountains! Every time I visit them, I can't wait to go back again! Even though we visited the Smokies this summer, it's not quite the same as going to the Rockies.

As I have mentioned before, I love to check out the webcams from Glacier National Park in Montana. Throughout the day, you can see the drastic weather changes that take place there. So here are some webcam images that I have captured recently. If you click on the photos, you can see a larger version.