February 2009

The weekend of Valentine's Day, we got to have a ton of help from family and friends who came to help us paint and get settled in. (They must really love us!) They were a tremendous help and we could not have done it without them! Of course they had to have a little fun too and while Ben and I were at Home Depot they got a little creative with the painting they were doing.

Colette, Ben's sister, gave us this amazing swing for James which was such a life saver during all that we had to do. The kids were great at keeping him entertained and I didn't have to worry so much when he was safe in his swing! They couldn't clobber him too much that way!

Here's the family room with the walls all painted. They did an amazing job! Thank you Jake, Dad, and Jared! And Mom, Susie, and Jenny too! We couldn't have done it without you.

This is before we got the new floors put in . More on that later.