Christmas 2009

Okay so I'm a bit behind in posting this but I started so I decided to finish it.....We had a great time with family this holiday. I flew out early on the 17th with the kiddos to spend some time with my family in Grand Lake. My sister and her family came up and we celebrated Christmas together. Papa even got us a sleigh ride but we had to help feed the cows. I just loved the scenery.

Ryan only got 4 days off work, so we meet up with him on Dec 23, staying in Berthoud with his folks for several days. We were able to meet our nephew for the first time, Gabriel. Ryan's sister, Rhonda, and brother-in-law, Steve, just adopted him in September. We were thrilled to finally meet him!

Kitchen remodel

I have finally got some before/after photos on the house! We were blessed to have Ryan's folks out here last week for some remodeling. The remodel consisted of lots of painting (ceiling, walls, paneling, cabinets, oven....just about everything got painted), putting up trim, three new lights, tore down soffits, build shelves in pantry, & new pantry doors. It was a busy week but it now looks so great. Thank you, Thank you, Nana and Popity for all the help and hard work. We love you!

So we will start with the before.....

Pantry

Ugly green oven, YUCK!

The during....

This photo was actually taken back in November when we did the big 'cut-out-a-window-in-two-walls' remodel. But I haven't blogged about it yet.

Remove the soffits!

Paint over the ugly paneling.

And then the after.....

Oooooooo

Ahhhhh

Ohhhh

Voila! Our Coffee Kitchen is complete. We just have the finishing touches of hardware and maybe a few pictures on the walls.