Bowlin' off some steam

After spending all of our time working on the house for the last couple of weeks I really needed to get out and bowl off some steam! I think I just needed to have some fun to feel refreshed and ready to keep remodeling and packing and cleaning and blah blah blah.Anyways, it worked wonders. We all had a great time. Jake got to help both of the kids learn some new skills and I worked the camera while chasing Sawyer when he wasn't physically holding the ball and throwing it down the lane.
He's such a cute little rascal!
Jane looks like a woman. I just noticed that and I am so sad.
Sawyers cute bowling shoes. I can't believe that they make bowling shoes in his size!! I thought for sure that he would be wearing his tennis shoes.

We ARE alive!!

We are alive! I swear it. We moved into our house about a month ago but before that we spent three weeks doing this:

and this:

and this:
and this:
AND this:
AND THIS:
Plus, we've done other things that I haven't been so good at documenting with my camera. What you didn't see in the sunken living room (with a fireplace) is the big, ugly, plywood built-in couch that we ripped out before we laid down the floors. That thing was a beast.

In fact, I didn't even want to LOOK at the house when I saw that picture on realtor.com.

BUT, now I am glad that we did. :)

So anyways, I'm sure you will see many more updates as we finish up the kitchen (we need to paint or stain the new cabinets and lay down tile or stain the concrete floor), finish off the sunken living room (we need to add a stair and banister so our children don't fall into the pit), paint the rest of the house that didn't get painted before we moved in, decorate and start in on new projects as time and money allow.

Life gets crazy when you own a home but I wouldn't trade it for anything. That backyard is golden and not having to yell at my kids for running in the house has made me a much calmer, happier mama.