Bathroom Refresh

A few weeks back Kevin and I finished our master bathroom refresh.

It started out as an uninspired, somewhat dated, somewhat dirty and somewhat boring bathroom.  It is now a bathroom I actually use (I was using the guest/kid bath for a long time).  It is as clean and bright as we could make it with the limited budget we wanted to spend.

Here is what we did to accomplish the refresh:

• Change out brass light fixtures.
• Spray paint all the hardware on the vanity and elsewhere using Rust-Oleum Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint.
• Change out sink faucet and handles.
• Change out shower head and handle.
• Paint grout on floor and in shower.  (This was a project!)
• Update towels.
• Update walls.

I was motivated to do this refresh after reading the book The Nesting Place.  I tried to do as much as I could myself, but there were things a girl like me just can't do...like change out the fixtures.  My sweet hubby took on those tasks and he was a trooper and I owe him big time for his hard work. (Love you!)

This refresh took about a month and a half, mostly because I jumped the gun and got started without talking to Kevin about it...oops.  He didn't have time until later in the month to work on his projects.  This could probably be a weekend project if you cleared your calendar and got serious.

We now have a bathroom I really like and is imperfectly great for right now.  Luke loves to tell me 'Mommy use Daddy's shower' every time I go into that bathroom.  It's not just Daddy's shower, anymore.

BEFORE

AFTER

An inspiring print when 'Luke was in my belly' in Cozumel.

Kevin is my hero.  This rain shower is perfection.

Love these IKEA towels.  If you live in the Omaha area...Omaha Modern will pick them up for you at IKEA.  How awesome is that?  The earring display is a frame with no glass and a piece of burlap stapled on the inside.  Eeeeasy.

Random Picture Friday

Another week has come and gone and boy did we have a fun one!  I am about a half week behind on pictures, so those from later this week will wait until next week.

I'm sure you can't bear the suspense...

Have a blessed weekend everyone!

A post-swimming lesson pics

They love their Daddy.

Flower child

One of my favorites

Lily knows what's good.

My helpers...

Truffle batter for breakfast?

Luke's fort

Watching two of her boys.

Tractors. Puzzles.  Two of Luke's favorite things.  We had a fun morning at the library.

She wasn't really driving here, people.  That will never happen, right?

Lily is 9 months

Our sweet girl is 9 months old today.  How can that be?  We love her to pieces and can't believe how time is flying!  Here is what Lily Jo has been up to this month...

• Top news this month...Lily is crawling, pulling herself up, drinking from a straw, and she got her first tooth!  She is getting so big, so fast.
• Lily loves to eat.  She will such a baby food pouch down quicker than I ever thought possible.  She also loves to stuff her mouth with puffs and yogurt.  We are working on 'big people food' every now and then.
• Lily nurses four times a day and takes a bottle at night.  She is becoming less interested in nursing as time goes on.
• Lily loves playing with anything that Luke is playing with.  This has become quite the challenge lately.
• Swinging is one of Lily's favorite things to do.  Luke is so good to share his swing with her.
• Bath time with Daddy is one of her favorite times of day.  She loves tasting all of the bath toys.
• Lily takes two naps during the day and sleeps from around 7-7 at night.  Her best nap of the day is her afternoon nap.
• Lily loves watching Abel out the window.  She shows a lot of interest in animals.

Random Picture Friday

Horray for Friday!  Hope you all have a blessed weekend!

Luke eating one of the many ears of corn that were picked across the road.

Summertime at the Old Market slides.

Tractors and puffs...this is a daily occurrence.  

Children's Museum fun

Knock knock

Fun in Des Moines with Coop and Paige!

Luke picking corn.

Digging potatoes with Grandma

Two of my favorites

Luke had swimming lessons this week at the Quarry...he made a lot of progress since this picture.  Ha.

Sweet Corn Harvest

This past weekend we spent picking, husking, cooking, cutting, and bagging sweet corn.  It was the perfect Saturday to take on this job and it was fun to have both Kevin's parents and some of my family all together.  We 'put up' (that means froze) around 120 pints of corn and around 20 quarts and still had lots of corn left over.  It was definitely a good year for sweet corn!  Here is a recap of our weekend.

It's hard not to take a selfie with this girl.  I may be a little bias.

Luke helping Papa husk corn.

All smiles with Grandma.

The best part for Luke...playing on the four wheeler.

 I didn't get many pictures during corn time, as we were all so busy!

Luke LOVED having Landon around to push down the slide.

It was so nice to have all these people around the table. 

 A little relaxing after corn at the Quarry.

The 4 L's: Landon, Luke, Lily, and Larry