tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12199694707084345842024-03-12T17:52:09.533-06:00the coltonsthe coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.comBlogger609125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-42163464583230803792013-07-11T22:58:00.000-06:002013-09-16T23:01:04.884-06:00july 4th 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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again, we spent this fourth of july in monroe with our families and the usual festivities.</div>
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the girls loved the parade, beth finally got the concept of chasing down candy :)</div>
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miles was cute and cuddly and we all had a good time. my brother, travis, and his daughter, megan, were in town so they joined us all day.</div>
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after the parade, we all went over to central for the town lunch on the park.</div>
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the girls raced in their age groups, but i think beth got overwhelmed or scared, or both, and sort of froze up until the race was over. then she charged her way over to me ;)</div>
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they had a huge slip and slide again this year and kate had the time of her life. she was totally upset when it was time to leave! beth, on the other hand, wouldn't go near it because of the constant sprinkling of water (to keep the whole thing wet)</div>
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shhhh...... but i think i scarred her for life (or for a year or so) by giving her cold showers every time she pooped her pants... ooops, sorry babe!!</div>
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couldn't be the fourth (or twenty fourth) without an afternoon golf game! i know i'm always the one taking these pictures, but you better believe i'm out there playing, too!!</div>
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we ended the night back in richfield for fireworks. we met with weston's family at the rotary park and let the kids run crazy with glow in the dark stuff. i don't even know how much of the show they paid attention to, to be honest!</div>
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it was just as well - it was a <i>looooong</i> fireworks show. towards the very end, the rain clouds rolled in and started a small storm. i have to admit, i took the opportunity to end the night, be done watching fireworks, and head home ;)</div>
the coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-34347905170353129092013-07-09T22:36:00.000-06:002013-09-16T22:39:02.858-06:00summer babies . summer quilts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
this was a crazy busy summer with new babies! and i still have another stack of fabrics waiting to be worked on!</div>
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this was a quilt for baby girl eliza gray. she lives in SF and she's a beauty.</div>
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then i got to work on a fun, sherbet quilt for my new niece, norah cottle.</div>
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i love the honeycomb on the back... or is that the front? can't tell ;)</div>
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next up? quilt for my new nephew, jonas hunt. i have been loving stripes and lines and just geometric inspirations.</div>
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more triangle quilting</div>
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this last quilt is for baby girl riskas who will make her debut in late september. </div>
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the baby shower was early, so this quilt came early. i <i>love</i> it. </div>
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this was one of those quilts that was hard to wrap up and give away ;)</div>
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congratulations to my sister and her new husband, jeremy!</div>
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they got married on a gorgeous june 29th in the manti temple.</div>
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that makes everyone for weston's (him and his 2 sisters) family getting married in manti :)</div>
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jessica wore her mom's dress and had my mom update it a bit by cutting off the long sleeves and cutting out the high neckline. it is gorgeous!</div>
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karli couldn't have been happier! what a doll</div>
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i'm so incredibly happy for this little family. jeremy seems to be the perfect fit for jessica, and i'm positive she's the perfect fit for him ;) </div>
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oh, and i made this cute dress to have something new to wear ;)</div>
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weston's department had a summer party for employees and their families held at the provo beach resort. we had about 2 hours to do whatever we wanted, so after grabbing a quick bite and a couple rides on the merry go round, we took the girls upstairs for some bowling.</div>
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kate's got a great technique - just look at that foot turnout ;)</div>
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beth cheering her sister on</div>
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beth's ready for her turn</div>
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and once that turn is over, quickly realizes the concept of actually <i>takin</i>g turns.</div>
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after several frames, we headed downstairs to the arcade and let the girls pick whatever games they wanted (the company had provided payment for all the activities, so we could go for anything - it was really great) the girls took their turn on dance dance revolution. it was basically a riot - kate was just jumping on all the arrows while beth stood in the center and twirled like a ballerina :)</div>
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i threw a bridal shower with annie for jessica. i themed it around their dates and dating history.</div>
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the food coordinated with specific, sometimes special dates, we played the "how well do you know each other" game around their dates, and we asked the guests to bring gifts to be used towards date nights. it was a lot of fun!</div>
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first date: ate chinese food and looked at the stars</div>
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first valentine's: went out for mexican food</div>
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best dates: lots of outdoor, hiking, running dates</div>
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first trip: munched on Golden Delicious apples in Yellowstone</div>
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first kiss: watched a movie - couldn't remember which movie, though! ;)</div>
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i painted those doors for days!!! then i had to fill all four edges with putty, sand cured putty, and paint finished edges. shoot me.</div>
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i had designated 2 doors next to the sink to be framed over ribbed glass. when kent sent me with the doors to get the glass cut, he had sent me with the wrong doors. doors that were only wrong by about 1/4"... we didn't find this out until they were ready to be picked up. big boo.</div>
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i had to take 2 new doors to get measured and wait another couple of days. but the biggest bummer of this mixup? not the cost, not the hassle - the painting of 2 new doors!!! seriously? i wanted to cry.</div>
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in fact, in the middle of painting doors, at some point in that week, i did have a little breakdown. i cried and cried and felt like the whole thing was going to feel homemade and super ghetto. i was feeling like we should have just gone with our original plan, which was to buy stock cabinets and have kent install them. there was no going back. we were way too far and had already spent close to what we would have spent on said cabinets. i felt stuck and sad. this was before i had turned the corner on the doors... once i could see the light at the end of the tunnel on that project, i felt a whole lot differently. that combined with seeing a couple of doors hanging - that helped, too.</div>
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we had a plumber come in and update some of our plumbing: the washer hookups and under the kitchen sink. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAY5SjJI9FB-rAz1iWNy_5d9yhwFYu3IdSYw65UVqlEljVzESFjZeDlE3jSKK0S3lKRBE0wmcDWuMZZ8yXgCh-xiMFbIK6683rH3dvN233RRy7E6GrZi29-X-pcZnOmzHSQ9pHNSKhD4/s1600/photo-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAY5SjJI9FB-rAz1iWNy_5d9yhwFYu3IdSYw65UVqlEljVzESFjZeDlE3jSKK0S3lKRBE0wmcDWuMZZ8yXgCh-xiMFbIK6683rH3dvN233RRy7E6GrZi29-X-pcZnOmzHSQ9pHNSKhD4/s640/photo-1.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a><br />
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i can't tell you how exciting it was to have a sink after not having one for a couple of weeks! and it's just so pretty! i love the sink - it's huge and gorgeous and white and <i>pristine</i> and the new faucet is awesome, too :)</div>
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i sort of joked about the backsplash the whole time we've been talking about and planning for this kitchen. i always planned to have a subway tile backsplash and weston seemed more wishy washy on that or just leaving the beadboard. i had watched enough home improvement shows my whole life that i felt like i could tackle the backsplash. so the joke became that i would just do it on my own when weston was traveling and he'd come home and it would be done. the funny thing is that when it came time to do the backsplash, he was gone! so i did it solo and it was actually really fun. <br />
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the only problem i ran into was that i had to leave the job halfway through to go to a bridal shower and when i came back, the thinset i had left here and there was set up. yikes. all over again, thinset is not my friend ;) but i scraped it off and made it work. <br />
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i had a tile scorer that i used to cut and trim the tiles and by the end of the day, i had it all set. i grouted the next day and wiped it clean. i l.o.v.e. the results! love it!</div>
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remember those glass doors i mentioned before? <br />
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how much do i love this cabinet?!?! so pretty.</div>
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weston and i both wanted a magnetic knife strip. one afternoon, as i was perusing ikea, i came across their version. perfect! since i had already finished the backsplash and wasn't about to try screwing into the tile, i ended up gluing an anchor piece of mdf to the wall and then gluing the magnetic strip onto that. i had tried using the provided screws to anchor the strip to the mdf, but all that did was split and crumble the wood. after several attempts to make it work that way, i realized i could try just gluing the metal to the wood and hope for the best! <br />
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so far, so good ;)</div>
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the last thing we did to the kitchen was replace the light fixture over the sink. we wanted a pendant and found this simple globe to hang. but of course, nothing can just happen easily, right? the wiring and switch for this location basically refused to work, no matter what configuration was attempted. we had kent, my dad, and a construction-minded friend in the ward give it a go... no dice. however, scott (the friend) stuck at it for a few hours and called his dad (who really knows his stuff) and together, they figured it all out. thank goodness for awesome people!! <br />
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i love everything about this area of the kitchen - the sink/faucet, the natural light at the window and how it bounces off all the white, the little shelves, the styling... i just love it here :)<br />
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the pantry<br />
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the laundry storage<br />
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and, if you want to see the whole thing complete, here's a video i made for my brother so he could see the results.. just go ahead and turn your volume off or ignore my commentary for him ;)</div>
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i am beyond glad it's over!!!! i, of course, love it. i will say, however, that i'm still sort of emotionally drained and i think, because of that, i am sort of ambivalent in my reaction. like, people will ask, "do you love it?!?!" and i have like no energy to respond in kind. i just sort of sigh and say, "yes, of course. i do love it. i'm just so glad it's done." which, i'm sure, doesn't sound like i really do, in fact, "love it."</div>
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the kids and i started memorial day weekend in monroe and ended it at home in orem with weston.</div>
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saturday morning, the girls and i met jessica and the rest of the kids at the monroe cemetery to pay a visit to ali. we couldn't go see her without releasing some balloons!</div>
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we went home to orem that afternoon and monday morning, my parents met us and we caravan'ed to trenton cemetery to visit my dad's family plots. luckily, we arrived there early enough that he was able to visit with relatives and cousins who were there doing the same thing.</div>
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after lunch, we drove into ogden and went golfing at ben lomond golf course.</div>
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the girls were great, too. a little boisterous at times, but the course wasn't buzzing with a ton of golfers so we were okay.</div>
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this daddy loves his girls. all of us ;)</div>
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between days 10 &12, i primed, sanded, and painted 2 coats onto the bottom cabinet framework. i'm still tired.</div>
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but day 12 was exciting! kent attached all but one of our countertop pieces!!! i had another little burst of enthusiasm just seeing this. </div>
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so pretty!!!<br />
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and here's where we can all say it together "dun, dun, dunnnnn....." here comes the really long, tedious, "part where we cry and have a little breakdown" part. painting the doors...<br />
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this is only the upper kitchen cabinets... i still have a pile for base cabinets, plus laundry room cabinets!!!</div>
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better quit whining and get busy!</div>
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kent started out day 10 finishing up a few cuts and adjustments to the lower framework.</div>
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he spent the rest of days 10 and 11 building the upper cabinet framework for the pantry/laundry room. </div>
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my enthusiasm came back!!! i was thrilled to envision my future with user-friendly laundry storage and a pantry?!?!?! we had made do, until this point, with open shelving against that wall for a pantry. not attractive, very difficult to keep organized, and a total misuse of space! i couldn't wait for this fancy room to be finished ;)</div>
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extra credit for anyone who noticed i have <i>more thinset</i> to deal with on the pantry wall!!! just when i thought i was finished ;)</div>
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this girl was pretty excited about looking for glasses. it took her a bit of coaxing and discussing, but i found this on pinterest. and that is how i got her on board. period.</div>
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but these were the clear winner - she wanted them and really wanted nothing to do with any of the others. they are dark brown (although they look black) with <i>pink</i> on the inside. that pink was all she needed.</div>
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the coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-62472919695138884202013-04-23T13:51:00.000-06:002013-09-13T14:16:51.418-06:00kitchen reno: day 7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
on day 7, kent built the framework for the lower cabinets and put down some vinyl flooring for our sink cabinet.</div>
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my job over the weekend was to paint and fill! i painted a couple of coats on the upper cabinets and tackled the backsplash. i tried sanding the thinset but it would not budge. <br />
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i decided to fill it in to start with as smooth a surface as i could get. it worked! but i went through a few quart buckets of plaster to finish the job and my triceps were on fire by the time saturday night came!</div>
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since it was the weekend, weston tackled the demo of the laundry room to give kent more time to build instead of tear down. he's such a man ;) he brought it all down easily and we tossed the scrap into the dumpster. i kind of liked having a huge box out front that i could put anything into! going to miss it when we send it back ;)</div>
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this room had existing cabinets, but they all had fixed shelves and most of my laundry containers and supplies wouldn't fit in the space allowed. i am really excited to see this room when it's finished. i might end up using it more than the kitchen! ;)</div>
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the wall on the left is where our "pantry" is. we had been using open shelving that we brought in and there were a couple of upper cabinets, but we had the same problem - we couldn't use much because anything that would fit had to be a specific size... boo. i'm having kent build essentially a wall of cabinets there for pantry and kitchen appliance storage. should be perdy when it's all done!</div>
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kate had her first trip to the optometrist. it was strange for me because i couldn't relate to this at all! </div>
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it was a first for all of us :) but she was a total champ!</div>
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getting retirement community ready - all she needs is a velour track suit</div>
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<br />the coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-27854010917946255272013-04-22T13:39:00.000-06:002013-09-13T13:51:50.121-06:00kitchen reno: days 5 & 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
at night, i painted the walls behind the upper cabinets they had installed. on day 5, kent tackled what was the fan/vent in the kitchen ceiling. we never used it and since we were going to have a mounted microwave with it's own fan, we opted to take it out and patch the hole. taking it out proved to be kind of a nightmare. weston had tried un-mounting it from inside, but the way it had been installed wouldn't allow a complete removal. kent opted to cut it out! i was in the living room with the baby when he started and once i smelled smoke, i had to see what was going on!</div>
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pretty great photo op ;)</div>
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that night, i got busy and primed the first series of cabinets. oil based primer. yuck to work with because you have to work smoothly and quickly. but yay to every other aspect of the stuff! it sands like a dream and cleaning brushes is actually quite simple - both great surprises.</div>
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on day 6, kent built the upper cabinet for over the fridge and prepped the lower walls for ground wiring and cabinet framework.</div>
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ps - see all that old thinset on the wall under the cabinets? so that's the thinset from the original 1953 aqua tile (i would kind of love to see the original kitchen!) </div>
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whichever owner installed the beadboard did so over the top of the thinset. hey, i don't blame them, i would have done the same thing; and at least they pulled almost all the tile off. but the thinset? that stuff is like cement!! </div>
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once we ripped off the beadboard, though, i had to deal with it if i wanted to move ahead with my plan for subway tile..</div>
the coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-27556233467856005682013-04-19T13:20:00.000-06:002013-09-13T13:32:09.990-06:00kitchen reno: day 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
day 4 was a busy day. it was kent's first day on the job, he and weston pulled out the lower cabinets and closed off the plumbing. i loaded our rented dumpster with all the wood and scraps, and we even gave away the sink for free! kent said, "put it out on your sidewalk with a 'free' sign and it will be gone by lunchtime." i didn't believe him - at all. but, he was totally right. i didn't even have time to put a sign out! we carried it to the sidewalk and the next thing i knew, a guy drove up and asked what we were going to do with it!</div>
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kent built out a rough frame for the dishwasher - the only reconfiguring we did in the kitchen was to move the dishwasher next to the fridge (instead of where it was, leaving us with a blind corner where that stepladder is - we could never use that corner space or even have access to it), new sink and faucet, and adding a couple of new cabinets not previously there. i was thrilled to see things go up on the walls; little did i know, my jobs were just beginning... and my enthusiasm, which felt endless, would come to a swift halt once those paint cans came into play..</div>
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i had already stained the wood countertops so they would have time to set up before being installed. i know my husband, for one, thought i was jumping the gun tackling this (i think i started about a full week before building got started) but i knew better - i didn't want sawdust and dirt flying all over the stain once it was on! because i wanted them so dark, the stain really had to sit and saturate for quite a time. and because of that process, the drying literally took days. sure, i was crazy to put it on my brand new carpet (!) but i had lots of plastic and lots of reminders to my kids to stay off ;)</div>
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the coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-19541497741060034262013-04-18T13:19:00.000-06:002013-09-13T13:20:01.542-06:00kitchen reno: day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
my parents wanted to help us with our kitchen renovation any way they could, so they offered to come help us pack up the kitchen since our builder wouldn't be here for a few days to start the demo. we started filling boxes and totes with dishes and cookware and after about an hour, the whole place was emptied out. as my mom and i were off talking about the big plans, i'm sure, my dad had started taking doors off cabinets and was casually taking a look at how the cabinets should come apart. next thing i knew, i walked by and he was pulling everything down! </div>
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awesome!! weston joined him and together, they had the uppers taken down and in pieces within another hour or two.</div>
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when kent, the builder, showed up on tuesday, the lower cabinets pulled out from the wall pretty easily, the men moved appliances out of the kitchen, and then things really got moving...</div>
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ever since we moved in, i had big plans to replace the carpet. i'm guessing it's not that old, is in pretty good shape, and is a neutral color. <i>fine</i>. but i could <i>not</i> stand the length of the twist! twist at all, really. but it was<i> </i>so long and shaggy, i had to vacuum like north-south, then east-west, and then repeat at least once... still after all those passes with a vacuum cleaner, i was picking things up by hand after i finished. beyond annoying.</div>
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i got the compromise from weston to go ahead and replace the carpet, and there was a great promotion going on, so we went for it. it was only in three rooms, so the scope of the job wasn't all that great. i picked a neutral gray color, plush, super soft, nylon fiber. i love it!</div>
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miles' room <i>before</i></div>
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can't say it enough - i love the change! happy girl over here ;)</div>
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eggs everywhere! it's kind of hilarious how they are hidden in plain sight and are crazy bright colors but beth will just walk right by!</div>
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so carefully dropping her eggs into her basket</div>
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kate's basket is filling up!</div>
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<br />the coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-76743144101638074382013-03-30T17:12:00.000-06:002013-09-12T17:13:43.226-06:00coloring eggs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
the girls really look forward to coloring eggs all spring, this time miles is checking it out :)</div>
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we tried a few different things, starting with an online recipe i used last year for food color dye. it works well, gives really pretty colors and hues. the whole white crayon thing, however, does not work out so well. we'll try something else next year! :)</div>
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<br />the coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-25537598289000827942013-03-26T13:09:00.000-06:002013-09-13T13:10:06.048-06:00miles' first solids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
this kid is an eater! so i figured we'd try solids, even though it feels a little early...</div>
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he's chomping at the bit waiting! or at least chomping on his fingers..</div>
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hmmm... feels funny, tastes different.... i might have to think about this one... </div>
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turns out it's delicious! </div>
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gimme some more!</div>
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<br />the coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-47678389430952789702013-03-08T16:39:00.000-07:002013-09-12T16:40:03.835-06:00weston's birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
it was a long time coming, and we can only hope this is finally the end, but i arranged to have weston's bike fully fixed in time for his birthday! we went to monroe under the guise of pleasing his mom so we could celebrate jessica's and weston's birthdays together. while that was a nice addition to the weekend ;) i really wanted to get him to his bike!</div>
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surprise!!</div>
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looks pretty happy, right? :)</div>
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a few months later, she did the same thing. she spent all morning talking about how she wanted to cut her hair. we went through the same routine - "are you sure? why do you want to cut it? (not to talk her out of it, to make sure she knew why she wanted to) remember it will take a long time to grow back. but it <i>will</i> grow back." late that afternoon, i showed her in front of the mirror what it would look like and again, she assured me she was ready.</div>
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look at this girl. i mean, just look at her! such a beauty :)</div>
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and here come the scissors!!</div>
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quite the ponytail, my dear</div>
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the pile from the rest of the haircut... mixed in with gross crumbs, etc on the floor.</div>
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all cleaned up, shaped up, and a bit of styling</div>
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the next day - still happy! whew ;)</div>
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once in awhile, you get really lucky. you get magical moments like this:</div>
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and, as you can see by beth's pull-up, the potty training is still a work in progress... let me specify by saying, she is a champ at going <i>potty</i>; going number two, however is a whole different ball of wax...</div>
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beth. you are simply the best.</div>
the coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-60747946828219741062013-02-15T14:49:00.000-07:002013-09-12T14:50:10.106-06:00kate's kindergarten checkup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
since kate turned five, her annual check up included her kindergarten stuff, too. lucky girl got to go to the doctor <i>on</i> valentine's day this year</div>
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growing like a weed, well... a petite weed ;)</div>
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she asked me "mom, is this a blood presser cup?" smarty pants ;)</div>
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turns out the poor girl might be pretty blind!! it was kind of crazy to watch kate more or less fail at this test! she has been so smart and things have come so easily to her so far, it was shocking to watch her not know most of the letters and shapes from the distance. we have to get in to an eye doctor and see what's going on... maybe it was just a fluke because it was her first time?</div>
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the coltonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09700031644067412580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219969470708434584.post-67677573031108617392013-02-15T14:38:00.000-07:002013-09-12T14:41:47.759-06:00valentine's day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
happy valentine's day, everyone!</div>
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kate, all decked out in her love day attire</div>
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loving all these wacky shots of the kids - wow, do i have three kids now??? </div>
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kate's valentines for preschool - poor thing wasn't feeling well (their v-day party was actually the 13th) and she had to send her treats with her friend :( he was so sweet and collected all her valentines and brought them over that afternoon!</div>
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after school today, kate brought me this valentine she made in class! melting!!</div>
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<span id="goog_1796063101"></span><span id="goog_1796063102"></span>hope you felt the love this year!</div>
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