Party Time

Today we celebrated Connor's 3rd birthday (actually on the 10th, but this weekend worked best). As you can see, he was pretty happy about the whole thing and I think everyone enjoyed themselves thoroughly. It was good to see the kids getting together, and to see Connor and Ryan playing with their cousins and friends.

The food was great, and we had the Fannons, and Maxwells join us for the evening. As for presents, we enjoyed a large pile of wrapped PJ's, toys and candy galore. The night that followed, was great, and after forcing Ryan and Kayla to actually fall asleep, we watched the green mile. The house is still a disaster area, and I'm sure that we'll be cleaning up for days. At the end of the night, I was happy to have a little time to blog and take a few pictures of the evening sky.

Christmas break musings.

We're almost finished with Christmas. It's like the holiday that never ends. I like it because I get to see family and friends that I don't normally get an opportunity to see, however, I get so exhausted in the process that I feel happy to be back at home for a day or two after the visitation is over. :)

Here are the pictures so far....




Today we have some more friends stopping by and tomorrow I am going to start installing hardwood floors in Ryan's room if this cold I have brewing doesn't overcome me in the morning.

This year, I completed a kitchen renovation that took about 5 days of time, and with the help of my family, we completely gutted and replaced my kitchen. It was hard work, but I loved the results:

Kitchen Renovation

I have since installed new flooring into my bedroom and my brother-in-law helped me install some recessed lighting in our living room. Next will be Ryan's and Connor's rooms along with gutting the three bathrooms. (eek) Lise and I are excited about the transformation, but we have to get some trim work completed and a few weekend projects done before we can get our teeth into the baths. Who knows, maybe I'll changes jobs and work as a carpenter like my grandfather.

Ok.. back to more house cleaning and getting Connor to go to sleep. If anyone knows anything I leagally do to make an overtired 3 year old take a nap, I'd be interested.