Thursday, May 19, 2011

Lauryn's Sanctuary

When we built our house 6 years ago (wow, has it been that long already?), we had Lauryn's room painted lime green.  It sounded cute at the time, when she was only 6 years old!  But I still remember the first day we walked in after the painting was done & I about died!  It was LIME GREEN bright!  So for 6 years, we have been talking about re-doing her room.  Well, we finally got to it!  What a project this has been (a good months worth).  It started by pulling out some furniture she no longer wanted, cleaning closets, throwing 2-3 garbage bags full of junk, giving clothes & toys away, packing up keepsakes, & finally painting.  I have to say I was surprised when Lauryn chose purple as her new color.  She went through a stage where purple & pink were not cool.  But here we are today, with a beautiful bedroom! 

 Here's the start of our process, moving everything away from the walls to paint

 Going through all her stuff & making piles to throw, give away, pack up, keep...

 One wall finished

 Another wall finished

And finally just this week I finished painting the bay window area.  No more lime green!!!  

Another First Communion

 My nephew & Godchild made his First Communion as well last weekend.  Congratulations Logan!

 Me, Logan, & Shaun (Godfather)

Logan & family (my sister's family)

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Sean's First Communion

Sean made his First Communion on Saturday.  He had been so excited for his big day!  For weeks he was counting down how many more masses he would go to before he could go up to communion with the family.  The morning of, he woke up really early and could not wait until 5:00 mass.  It turned out to be a beautiful day.  Sean did great!  And we had family that all came to help us celebrate in his special day.  


Our family:

Sean & his Godmother, Kathi:

Sean, & Grandma Collins:

Sean & Grandpa & Grandma Wahlin:

After our dinner & celebration, Sean was exhausted!