Kayla's Room

OK, so here it is....  Kayla's new pink room (well, just a partial view).  When we first brought up the idea of moving to the kids, they weren't thrilled about leaving the only home they've ever known.  So, to sweeten the deal, we told the kids they would have a new room, they could choose whatever color they wanted, and there would even be a few room "surprises."  The first "surprise" was a castle mural on one of her walls (not shown).  And the second "surprise" is the crown canopy above the bed (see previous post).

Kayla loves her new room.

Any guesses?

What is it, you ask?  Well, it's something I designed and made, and it's a surprise for Kayla.   So, this is a bit of a teaser, but I'll give you a hint...it goes in her room.  We're planning on finally finishing up the kids' rooms this weekend with the last of their room "surprises"  I'll show you a picture of the rooms tomorrow (or the next day) so you can see what the heck this is.

We're Back!

Wow, it's been a while since my last post!  One problem has been that we've had no internet service for 3 weeks, and so, I haven't been able to blog from home.  Long story short - AT&T messed up our order 3 times and so we switched providers, and now we're back online.  It made me realize just how much I rely on the internet for little stuff here and there.  It was a bummer not having it!

So here's a quick summary, which I will follow up with more info and pictures later on tonight and this week.

Got back last week from 10 glorious days at a condo at the Waipouli Beach Resort on Kauai (see pics below).  I can't begin to explain how fantastic it was to have ten totally lazy days of vacation after the crazy year we've had.  Vacation to me is when you sit around and do nothing you don't feel like doing, and just live in the moment:  No rushing to take kids to school and get to work, no scrambling to make lunches in the morning...fantastic.  "Travel" is what I call it when you go somewhere to see the sites and be a tourist.  That can be fun too, but it isn't always relaxing.  This trip to Kauai was a vacation.  We lived in the lazy river pool (complete with waterfalls, caves, and waterslides) at this place.  The 2 bedroom condo was new and beautiful (granite countertops, love it), and I highly recommend this resort to anyone thinking of going to Hawaii.

   

Matthew's swimming really improved on the trip, and he lost his second tooth (on the top, which the tooth fairy almost forgot about).  We also celebrated Kayla's 4th birthday on Fourth of July, and watched some amazing fireworks up close.  So much fun!!! 

Now I'm back to work and completely swamped!  Ugggghhhh!

I've got so much more to tell - but it will have to wait until another post.