The Bathroom Makeover

Just to give you an idea of what we were dealing with in our bathroom renovations let me show you some before pictures.

We decided to keep the original bath tub and vanity to save some money and that's basically all that we kept. 

The window above the toilet actually went to another room, not outside so we decided that needed to go. The door to the bathroom had been enlarged for wheelchair access (we think) so we had to change the door frame as well.

Removing wallpaper is such a pain! I vow to never, ever put up wallpaper. I don't care how in style it is I will NOT do it.

The hardest part was probably ripping out all the tile from the shower and the floor.

 If you ever demo a bathroom I recommend using power tools, ear plugs and safety glasses. Pieces of tile can chip off and fly at you. I am just glad my brother in law was there to help and to tell me what to do.

As you can see the demolition part can get quite messy! With me, my dad and Brother in law it took about a day to demo the bathroom.

 Once the trim and glass from the window were out Travis had to build a frame for the window and then had to sheetrock it.

The tile and stone work were installed by the local Utah company Millstream Tile and Stone. The cool thing is, I happen to know the owner and he let me help out with some of the tile since I have never done that before.

 If you need any tile or stone work done I highly recommend Millstream Tile and Stone!

I don't have pictures from my painting progress but let me tell you, we started with a generic ceiling paint that was tinted pink when wet so you could see where you had painted. Sounds great right? Wrong! This particular paint takes almost 30 days to completely cure which means any moisture in the room will turn the ceiling pink, it's kind of a pain. From there I painted the walls and vanity.

 My tile guy suggested adding the tile on the wall behind on the toilet. I am so glad he did, it gives it a real finished look. He also did the custom marble counter. The pictures just don't do it justice.

We also added new hardware to the cupboards and drawers. The mirror was a basic mirror from Home Depot that Travis added the frame to.

I didn't get a picture of the lights but this is what they look like.

Paint: Glidden Universal Grey
Tile: Subway tile from Home Depot
Flooring:Mitte Gray tile from Lowe's
Sink: Decolav rectangle under mount sink from Home Depot
Light: Hampton Bay
Plumbing fixtures: Pfister

Did I Tell You We Moved?

If you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed that we moved. We bought a house in early March and have been slowly remodeling it ourselves. Talk about a lot of work!
We finally moved in at the beginning of June but still have a lot of work to do.

This picture was taken before we moved in. I have lots of plans for the exterior but that will have to wait.

Brody has even enjoyed helping us with some of the renovations.

Before moving in we removed more wall paper than I even want to think about, painted pretty much everything in the upstairs, opened up some walls, built closet organizers, built a wall, gutted a bathroom, ripped up old flooring, sanded and stained old hardwood, new trim and baseboards, a bunch of electrical work, ripped out cupboard, patched lots of holes and so on.

I will show some before and after pictures soon, but I want to finish decorating first.

The kids transitioned to the new house really fast. Sammy and Sadie loved finding fun places to eat before we had our kitchen table set up.

San Francisco 10th Anniversary Trip

Travis and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary last week! We decided to take a trip to San Francisco to celebrate. The crazy thing is, we had not gone on a trip just the two of us since our honeymoon. We were past due for a getaway!

Below are a few pictures from our little trip. We spent more time enjoying the trip than taking pictures.

I can't even tell you how many of these vanilla shakes with caramel sauce I ate at Ghiradelli Square.

We love Blondie's Pizza!

 AT&T Park is so pretty!

And it just so happened that we were there during the annual Gay Pride Parade. I will spare you the pictures. Too many naked people.

Merry Christmas!

Happy holidays from my family to yours! Hopefully you can read our card, it was a little blurry when it uploaded.

Give Thanks

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! 

I am so grateful for this little family of mine! 

It's been a crazy year for us but we have been very blessed.

What are you thankful for?

What I Have Been Up To

The past two months seemed to really get away from me. Here is a little recap of what I have been up to.

Brody started playing  Tball

I hosted a baseball themed wedding shower

I had two nieces get married

Brody even got a new suit for one of the weddings

Our family spent some time at our cabin in Flaming Gorge

We went cliff jumping, floated the Green River, shot guns and Travis got to try out his drift trike

Brody started school and tumbling classes

But above all, I have been super busy taking care of my kids (especially the girls). They keep me really busy!

 Trying to get a decent snap shot of our family is hard!

What have you been up to?

Happy Anniversary! 8 Years!

Happy anniversary Travis! 

8 years!

Vacation

I feel like I am playing catch up from our two and a half weeks of vacation. 

The first week and a half was spent at our cabin in Flaming Gorge.

We also spent a week at Newport Beach in California. 

We took a day trip to Catalina Island and hung out at the Descanso Beach Club.

We also drove to San Diego to see the Cardinals play at PETCO Park. 

PETCO is awesome! 

 Of course we had to go to Disneyland too.

But we mostly spent our time hanging out at the beach.

I Have a Big Announcement!

You read that right, I am pregnant!

Travis and I used these scratch off cards to announce to our families that I am pregnant.

If you need any custom scratch off cards check out Enchanting  By Design.

Sidewalk Chalk

We love playing with sidewalk chalk at our house, even my husband. 

Here are some of our drawings.

 Can you guess which one Brody made?

What do you like to draw with sidewalk chalk?