We Went Ice Skating

We took the girls over to the Galleria in Houston to go ice skating. I wasn't quiet sure how that would go but they did pretty good. Mark was the most successful. I finally got off the wall after a lap or two and Ava managed a few attempts without hanging on but she tried really hard. Ella just couldn't get it and stayed in the stands with my Dad and stepmom most of the time. The best story I have of the day was the girl's reaction to Neiman Marcus. We came in the mall that way and had to come up the escalator to get to the mall entrance. When we came up in to the bright, shiney and very beautiful makeup and parfume floor, both girls eyes got huge and let out a big Wow, this is the most beautiful place I've ever seen! I hope that is not a sign of things to come. Mark might have to get a second job to afford them.

The Work Continues!

We did a little more work to the house. The kitchen is a work in progress and we are trying to work with the existing structure. Maybe some day we can gut the kitchen and start over but for now we just keep updating. When we moved in it was an all brown kitchen. We had brown cabinets and beautiful 1970's paneling. We pulled all that down and painted it blue then painted all the cabinets white and new hardware. But I still was not satisfied. I got a dishwasher. Yes I went for about 4 months hand washing all our dishes. Whew, I felt domestic. It was especially fun because that summer we had a constant parade of guests coming thru to see the new house. Just recently we put in new counter tops and a bead board backsplash to match the rest of the kitchen. The old counters where white formica that went all the way up the wall. Everything stained them and I was constantly having to bleach them. So now I feel even more modern. Appliances are next but until then you can enjoy these transformation pictures.