Happy 4th of July!

We enjoyed 4th of July at Grandma Judy's and took this nice picture to commemorate the event. We played on the beach, ate wonderful food, and played with the grandparents. Alex played bubbles with Grandma and Grandpa fed him a bottle and played on a big bouncy ball with him. He was so tired at the end of the day!

He even fell (big shocker!) on the deck and fell on his lip! He had a big fat lip and although it looks bad - it was OK and will go away soon.

Fudgesicle yummy-ness

How do we beat the 95+ degree heat around here?



The answer: The Fugdesicle. Not only is it cold and chocolate, but it's low in fat unlike those darn ice cream cones covered in chocolate and peanuts (my weakness) or just the plain chocolate covered ice cream bars. (YUMMM!). The Fudgesicle gives you the satisfaction of a chocolatey treat - with less guilt.

It was so stinkin' hot here last weekend that we were doing anything to stay cool. Playing in the pool - finding the shade and moving where ever it went and eating lots of fudgesicles.

Alex was very interested when Dad would eat his Fudgesicle and would want some. Usually, he gets a first lick and it shocks him a bit because it's so cold. But, not when it's 95+ degrees! He bit right down and, although Dad ate most of the Fudgesicle, he ate his fair share.


He even has a little Fudgesicle goatee!

Remodel (before)

We are getting ready to start the remodel of our Master Bath and we took some before pictures to remind of us of how far we will come. Take a look.

Our beautiful shower that is less than 3 ft x 3ft. It was so small and that ugly cultured marble with BLUE streaks in it - BLUE... Really? It's difficult to keep clean because it doesn't dry out well after showers. The frosted glass framed shower door is also a nightmare to keep clean.

Ahhh - the toilet. This is the only thing that is going to stay. It will have to be removed and reinstalled after all the floor is put in.

NOTE: Carpet from 1984 on the floor. Carpet is bad in a bathroom. Bad Bad Bad. Especially when it's 28 years old. Trust me on this one! We are having heated tile floors installed in a beautiful chocolate brown color. It's going to be so luxurious!

Powder blue sinks... Really - who made that decision? The tile, while beautiful if you look at it close up and in much smaller doses - is way too busy for me and doesn't even go with Powder blue. The strip lighting is pretty 80's and the vanity is pretty beat up and is past it's prime. We are having a maple vanity installed with an upper cabinet. Also, the height will be ~35 inches (around kitchen height) instead of the old standard of ~30 inches. We will have 2 smaller mirrors and new light fixtures. We will have more outlets and one on the inside of the upper cabinet. I'm so excited about this little detail. It will be so nice to plug in our toothbrushes and not have to look at it all the time.

Our (actually) very big walk in closet - with surprisingly little storage. Just one bar and one shelf. We put a dresser in the closet to help with storage. And since our shower is expanding - we will be losing about 9 inches of this closet. But, no matter - we will be getting a closet organizing system... it will be so much better than what we had. I'm thinking of painting our closet a bold saturated color. I'm not sure yet what color - but, will have to decide soon.

I'll post the after (or during) pictures - it will be an amazing tranformation.