Halloween 2010

With so much going on at our house Halloween was kind of an after thought this year. Thankfully a family in the ward had a party so we could dress up. My school didn't even let the kids dress up. I was very sad. But here are some fun shots from the party.

I am an OSU cheerleader. Go buckeyes!

I made Shaun dress up like a chef. We both loved the show 'Chopped" on food network so he became a Chopped Champion for Halloween. Here is the sign that was on his apron. Shaun wanted to make himself into a walkman since they just stopped making the original cassette tape walkmans, however, he ran out of time so this was a easy last minute idea.

Another couple moved in our ward just recently. They dressed up like ping pong paddles and their little boy was the ball. So cute!

I love his costume!!

This is Christina and Nels, the couple that hosted the party. Their six kids were dressed up as characters from Alice and Wonderland.

I'm glad we got to celebrate Halloween this year! Next year our costumes might be a little more original.

The end is in sight! at least for the kitchen Ü

Shaun and I were able to spend a lot of time working on the house this weekend and yesterday we finished laying all of the tile. It was a longer process than the rest of the kitchen because many pieces required cutting. Tomorrow we will grout and then Wednesday we will seal the tile... which means our kitchen floor will be done!

Also we are scheduled to get carpet on our main level on Friday. We are thinking we will have our main level up and functioning by Halloween! Hurray!!

Our house...

So our house is taking a little (okay a lot) longer than expected. We were hoping to be finished by September 23rd, the day Shaun had to start class, but we are still not quite there.

Here is what we have been up to lately...

Shaun installed a new front door. Our entry level only has one sliding glass door to let light in. It really felt like we were living in a basement. Plus the old door was very old and didn't even have a deadbolt lock. Yikes! Well, Our townhome is part of an HOA so they have certain requirements. One being that our trim around the door has to be a certain (ugly) dark brown and the door itself has to be a certain lighter (ugly) tan color. Well, right after we installed the door it got really cold so we put off painting it. Then we got a letter in the mail from the HOA...basically saying, "paint your door." We had to prime the trim with spray paint and then I painted the ugly brown color. It was SO cold my hands were going numb I had to get my blow dryer out so it would dry before the next storm blew in. Can you see those goosebumps on my arms? Shaun was outside the back door cutting tile in the same freezer weather. We are crazy!

My hands after spray painting.

This is what we are using as our current kitchen. We are a few weeks away from having our real kitchen put in but this has been a decent temp kitchen. I have everything I need: a microwave to heat up freezer food, cold cereal, popcorn, and supplies for hot chocolate. (Did I mention how cold it has gotten here?) I can't wait to start cooking real meals again! I really miss my kitchen sink.

Patience

Continue in Patience

If you have a minute...this video is worth your time! It was a good reminder to me!