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Last week Thad and I sat down to go over our projects list and prioritize. I suggested that there was a possibility that we might be asked to host Thanksgiving at our house this year, and if that were the case the downstairs bathroom could use some work. Thad was under the impression that since I painted both the walls and the cabinet that I was done. Basically I was, but my plan for the bathroom involved a bit of work for him as well. Mostly tearing off the old mirror that took up the entire wall, and taking out the medicine cabinet that was ugly and the terrible bar of light bulbs and replace them all.  This is not a great shot but you can see the oak cabinet at the bottom, the tan wall, and the mirror that took up the entire wall.

And here is what it looks like from the complete opposite view today.

So if anyone needs a giant mirror let me know.  The other project that I tackled this weekend was the kitchen island. I've been wanting to paint it white, but was a bit nervous about doing it myself and having it look like I did it myself. But I bit the bullet and went for it and I love it! Here's a before.

And the much better after! It makes me happy.

Check two more projects off the list. Besides projects we also had some fun this weekend. Thad took the kids to get a pet. So far this guy seems to love the pond, although he's really hard to find in the water, and super fast on land.  We have named him Squirt (from Nemo).

They love him.

Lately when you ask Sammy what he wants to do after dinner his answer is "We can have a fire in the barrel with fire-sticks (sparklers) and fire!" Last night we had some cardboard boxes to get rid of so Thad said yes to the fire. Here's our totally redneck fire pit. Don't worry, it's not permanent or anything.

And here are some photos of Peter because a post is not complete without them. Here he is at 2.5 months showing off how well his 6 month clothes fit, and his awesome bed hair.

The smirk. 

Amidst all the projects and fun we were able to enjoy all four sessions of conference this time. The kids entertained themselves outside for a lot of that time. One day I'll make them sit and watch, but for now I enjoyed listening to the speakers with minimal interruptions ;)