Downstairs Bath and Playroom (formerly the den).

Here is a shot of the custom Mirror, 2x2 mosaic tiles, extra storage, and the furniture style cabinet and drawers designed by Dave and built by Joe the trim carpenter in a shaker style. It is truly AWESOME!! Note the squares for the tile, the lights, the pull knobs, etc.
This is a close up of the granite counter top and the drawers. There is one for each member of the family and two for visitors. Note the lovely towel next to the sink. We still need a towel rack. :O)
Here is a view of the toilet. For the men in my family you will now be able to sit without your knees hitting the door. There more mosaic around the wainscot. You can also see the pinwheel pattern on the floor. We lost a closet but Joe made sure we had plenty of storage. Enough to hold towels, soap, and TP.
This is a shot of the new closet, just large enough for cleaning supplies, the vacuum, and some games. The carpet pad is super squishy. We highly recommend our contractor and Ryan Jones at Amerifloor in Urbandale.

No more highchairs!

So I finally decided I can no longer tolerate the noise the triplets make in their highchairs when they slam their heads back and forth. It drives me crazy especially after a long and tiring day of work. So the highchairs have been removed and now we have this:

The kids are really growing up. *sniff sniff* It is bittersweet.

For those of you who know I am job searching please say an extra prayer for me this weekend.

Also say a prayer for my broken car that I am going to have to drive to Omaha to get fixed. It is going to be VERY, VERY expensive and we spent all our money on kids and the house. :p)

Guess who pooped on the potty!

Yeah, Katherine sat on the potty (like we've been doing for a few weeks now) and guess what she did last night?? You got it - she pooped! Oh please lord to not have to buy diapers anymore that would be so wonderful.

Grandpa and Grandma are also back from Florida. They were gone 6 or 8 weeks. It is just amazing how much the kids have changed in that short period of time.

Grandma and Katherine

Mason, Grandpa, and Audrey

Cute video

The kids got a teeter totter from Uncle Harold and Auntie Joyce for Christmas. They really enjoy it and they can all do it together.

Late Valentine's Day Update

As many of you know things have been a little crazy around our house for the last several months (or years depending how you look at it). So along came Valentines Day which is mostly a Hallmark holiday anyway.

I didn't feel well all weekend and ended up staying in bed Monday for a couple of hours before going into my job. Imagine my surprise when I came down and saw this on the table.

Good job Dave! Good job!
Then my birthday present came in a box with presents for the kids for Valentine's Day from Poppa Don and Nanny Kaye. Of course the kids thoroughly enjoyed the tissue paper and box. Oh and I think they liked the gift, too. :O)

Downstairs Playroom and Bathroom

This used to be the closet. Now it is a sink with some extra storage.

This is a close up of the decorative mosaic. Once the tiler started placing them he found out that the wall was crooked so wasn't able to finish.

Here is additional storage. Lord knows that these old houses don"t have much of that.

This is the floor in a pinwheel pattern. I can hardly wait for the grout!

Now we just need some paint in the playroom and some carpet and we have a place for the kids to play.

Woo hoo!!!

Happy Birthday Momma! 29 again.

And we didn't even set off the fire alarm!!!!