St. Patrick's Day.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

And then melt-downs ensued.....:)

powder room makeover.

When we first moved in, our powder room was an eye sore to say the least!  It was painted an "in your face" bright red and was a mix match of wood tones and white washed bead board.  But the pièce de résistance was the 1980's wooden seat, bisque colored toilet!  For some people that may be the look you're going for but it certainly wasn't ours.  So first thing we did when we moved in was paint over that awful color with Benjamin Moores Revere Pewter (same color we painted the kitchen).  Next up painting the oak color wood window trim white and painting over the bead board so that it was white-white.  We also removed the old mirror/cabinet and replaced it with an updated mirror.  I will say that the one thing we did that made a huge difference was to change out the toilet for a nice "top hat" toilet from Lowes (who knew one could get so happy about a toilet).  Mikey has really become quite the plumber as he has replaced 3 out of the 4 toilets in our house with upgraded white ones (yay! love my handyman! <3).  After those changes we kind of put the powder room on hold for about...oh 16 months until this Winter when we got into the DIY spirit again.  I knew all along that I wanted to makeover the 1980's "builders grade" vanity and just decorate in general, but I was waiting for some inspiration.  Enter these Ahh-mazing shelves off Pinterest  diy-restoration-hardware-inspired-shelving.  I was hooked and knew that I wanted these for the powder room.  We basically followed the instructions to a tee and I couldn't be more pleased with the result.  That got the ball started and I took off from there.  I painted the vanity Black Bean by Sherwin Williams and Mikey added new shiny hardware to kick it up a notch.  We then replaced the old vanity top with a new granite top that we found at Lowes.  Added a rug, a few nicknacks and photo's and voila! Our new powder room! I love it and couldn't be happier. 

Before Photos (before we moved in):

After!

snow day.

Here are a few photo's of our snow day that we had recently.  Hopefully it was our last!  Ready for Spring!!

building their snow tunnel.

valentines 2015.

This year I am so lucky to have three amazingly perfect valentines <3  Logan and I started out the day bright and early by making pancakes.  He is getting to be such a big boy, I can't believe it.  He is so curious and always asking questions.  He definitely keeps us on our toes.  We spent the day hanging out as a family and it was the perfect time spent with the ones we love.  Happy Valentines Day! xoxo

winter 2015 as of late.

Winter this year hasn't been quite as bad as last year but it has still kept us cooped up indoors for the majority of the past few months.  Logan has started taking swim classes on WVU's main campus and is loving it.  I am so surprised at how well he is getting on.  Mikey has been taking the classes with him while Emma and I are the spectators.  Mikey has been doing a wonderful job with teaching Logan the basics and Logan has really shown great improvement.  I guess the best "prop" to use for learning to swim is the noodle vs arm floaties (whoops!) as the noodle allows the child more freedom and a horizontal position in the water instead of vertical that the floaties provide.  Emma is entering my favorite age of 6-18 months.  She is becoming more aware of her surroundings and really interacting with everyone around her.  She is babbling and talking up a storm and LOVES (and I mean really loves) her jumperoo.  The teachers at her school think she will either be an Olympic hurdler or a horse back rider because she loves to jump so much!  She is also (almost) sitting up on her own and has started eating solid foods.  She isn't too big on the eating thing but she's getting there.  And she is obsessed with Sophie the giraffe.  In the meantime, being locked up in the house always seems to start my DIY itch, so Mikey and I have a few projects that we are currently working on.  Mainly our powder room and decorating the dining room (finally!); more to come on those works in progress.  We are really looking forward to Spring and some warmer weather and with it Logan starting soccer and t-ball! 

Christmas 2014.

This year Christmas was extra special as it was sweet Emma's very first Christmas and Logan was at a really fun age being 3 1/2 years old.  Logan was so excited and kept asking every morning "did Santa come?!" and singing "Happy Birthday Jesus" and "we wish you a merry Christmas" all around the house.  We went to the children's mass on Christmas Eve, which I think Logan enjoyed, I can't wait for him to be old enough to participate in the mass in a year or two!  We spent Christmas morning at our house with our little family and then went to Christmas day mass with Mikey's parents and spent Christmas afternoon at their house with the Huffman's.  Friday evening we spent back at Pat and Chuck's with Mikey's aunts and uncles and his brother Beau with his wife Sarah and our Godson William.  Since Christmas was on a Thursday this year I took off both Christmas eve and the day after Christmas.  However, Mikey had to work on Friday so we decided to drive down to my Dad's house on Saturday morning to celebrate Christmas with my side of the family.  It was the first time we met adorable baby Wyatt and we had so much fun taking the first "cousins photo" with all three kiddos.  With all of our Christmas celebrations we remember the true "reason for the season" which is the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  I am feeling especially thankful and blessed this year with the births of Emma and Wyatt and the joys that this new generation of our family brings to this world.  Merry Christmas everyone and God Bless!!

Oh the annual "cousins Christmas photo" - Logan was slightly uncooperative this year and William wasn't really going for it either....boys!

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

We decided to take the weekend after Thanksgiving to get into the Christmas spirit and get our tree.  Mikey and I have been cutting down our own tree for the last couple years and since we moved to Morgantown we found a place about 15 minutes away that we love.  We had so much fun trekking through the trees to find the perfect one.  Logan loved "helping" daddy cut down the tree but I think he enjoyed playing in and eating the snow even more.  Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year and I can't wait to celebrate this holiday season with our new family of four.