Surprise ambush

New orthotic sandals

Ry says I look like a Jersey Shore grandma.

Fauxhawk

It's not my first choice in haircuts for my son but Asher is SO excited.  Contrary to his original theory, they did not take the hair they cut off of the sides and pile it up in the middle of his head. The ladies at great clips know what they are doing!

Hooray for summer!

I can't believe it's already July! Here are some pics from the last couple of days...Ryan mowing with the kids (this is the part where he ran out of gas) and the peaches I canned with our dear neighbor, Melanie. It was our first foray into canning and it was a success. Did it save us money? No. Time? We spent a lot of it. But we had fun and these are tasty peaches.  wish I had the beach pics ready to share-maybe next time!

kitchen before pics

This is our kitchen before remodel, which is not as bad as mid-remodel. It just got worse with every layer of vinyl we removed.

(almost) Finished Kitchen!

We (almost) finished our kitchen weeks or maybe months ago. Sorry for not posting sooner. I'd post when it's actually finished, but I don't know when we (ryan) will get back to the odds and ends. Who needs outlet covers anyway? just kidding, mom.

For Context purposes, here I am standing in the family room looking at the kitchen. Previously, the wall with the mirror continued, closing the kitchen off.

I put the kids to bed 30 mins ago

and just as I was about to threaten to turn off the hall light if I heard another word, I heard a very loud whisper from Asher "I yike you, Mom."