All in a day's work

Ripping out the nasty flooring down to the sub floor underneath where the dishwasher will go.

Dean patched this up before I could take a picture of all the work he did. He framed in the wall for when he's moving the window.

Figuring out the layout for the tile.

Isn't the counter going to be beautiful?

Dean laying the counter top.

A hard day's work. You can kind of see a kitchen forming here. It is such an exciting feeling.

The counter tops look great.

Dean worked so hard all day. He finally finished around 9 pm. He is the hardest working person I know. While Dean cleaned up all his tools and work space outside I cleaned the house and mopped the floors. I also had a chance to work on some art. It was a much needed thing. I worked on a turtle sketch for some friends of ours. I will start on the actual piece tomorrow. I have a ton of pictures to post tomorrow, hope everyone had a great evening.

The ultimate stroller

Well folks, here it is. My dream stroller. I saw one of these in an airport when I was pregnant with Zoe and fell in love with it instantly. It is the size of a regular jogger but fits two kids. I only wish the price was the same as a regular stroller. I am saving up for this at the moment. It retails $400 new. It should take me about two and a half months to save for this. I need a double jogger so I can start exercising. I am at my heaviest and I feel horrible about the way I look at the moment. I mostly feel tired and sluggish, nothing a little exercise wouldn't cure. So family, if any of you see one of these at a yard sale or know a friend who's getting rid of their Phil and Ted double jogger let me know. I am willing to pay $250 for one in excellent used condition.

For the fam

I figured I might start to get threatening calls if I didn't start posting some new pictures of the little ones. Here they are.

Update on the kitchen

Party at the Swanson's? Nope, just packing up the upper cab's.

Dean took down the uppers today. Everything in our home is in total chaos at the moment. The only part of this remodel that bugs me so far is the fact I haven't been able to work on art the last few days.

I love the color we chose for the cabinets.

Dean and Zoe working on the doors for the kitchen.

Monkey socks and 2 new pairs of shoes

The new clogs. Sloan liked these because they look just like my Simples.

Zoe wanted to look just like sissy....me I want to look like a younger version of myself!

The Teva's. I love the little flower details on these.

Sloan took this picture of her new monkey socks.

This was a super busy day. I woke up late, had somewhere to be an hour after I woke up. Three kids to get ready + myself in less than an hour. My only saving grace was the fact that where we were going had breakfast. We got there on time. It would have never happened if we had to eat before we left. After the little get together was over I took Sloan and Abby to a birthday party, came home and put the girls down for a nap, woke up went to the store for diapers, picked up the girls from the party, drove home, fixed dinner, put kids in the tub, took Abby home, and picked up outdoor furniture that my friend Carla gave us. When Sloan and I went to drop off Abby and pick up the outdoor furniture we had a chance to spend some special time just her and I. Sloan has been complaining lately that I never spend time with just her. It was just her and I for almost 5 years. Now she shares me with Dean, Zoe and Aris. It is such a blessing that I met someone like Dean. Sloan adores him and her little sisters, I just think sometimes she feels like I spend more time with the little ones than I do with her.
We had so much fun after we dropped Abby off. Sloan needed new shoes and we went to look for some. I found her two pairs. A pair of clogs at famous footwear for $5 and a really cute pair of Teva's for $10. Good shoe deals aside Sloan and I had so much fun. She is turning into such a beautiful little person. Sloan has a really great sense of humor. Sometimes she says things that are too funny. I love my little Sloan so very much. It was a great way to end a very crazy and hurried day.
P.S. Sloan picked out cute monkey socks to go with her shoes. We both love monkeys.