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| Tessa, Kaleigh, Nate and Ryan (In Maine 2008) |
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| Dinosaur park, http://naturesartvillage.com/thedinosaurplace/ |
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| Ryan is only 9 in this Picture but still climbing Rock Walls |
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| He made it to the top. (This was at Mystic Aquarium) |
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| This is from Robyn's Birthday in 2011. |
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| My brief sketch before I went to get prices |
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| This is what they mocked up from my sketch |
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| Crestwood Kitchen Render 1 |
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| Crestwood Kitchen Render 3 |
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| The finished project. They did a great job with a custom cabinet with a screen to hide the radiator just behind the kitchen table. (We have two mismatched chairs there as I think almost everything was practically moved out at the time this photo was taken.) |
I have gotten behind on updating my blog lately. Things have been quite busy but I will start posting some more updates soon. This is a great picture of the Schulze brothers post tournament. |
| This is from January and Nate has since earned his Yellow Belt but they loved this tournament and they both earned a medal. Great job! |
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| We had a family party for Ryan's 15th and Meme and Pop Pop joined us for the celebration. Ryan got two cakes! (Mom and Dad ate the Cheese Cake) |
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| Mackenzie was a Great help with all the presents. She also took some videos and pictures of everything as well. |
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| Our Back Deck is still covered with snow |
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| Mackenzie helped blow out the candles |
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| Nathaniel is surprised that we get TWO cakes for ONE birthday |
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| No complaints about cake from this one. |
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| Mommy and Ryan |
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| She jumped right out her chair and headed up for a bath expecting to be followed. |
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| Can we have cake tomorrow too? |
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| Security Camera. I have been changing up parts of our security system and this is a disconnected backup camera that takes some pretty great pics. This is part of a time lapse. As you can see... Still snow. (Google added the snow effect) |
So faced with a destroyed dining room ceiling that was now repaired we knew we were going to have to paint the ceiling. While we were doing that we thought we would also paint the walls of the dining room and living room. Originally when we moved in we left every room white so that Nail Pops were covered by warranty. In hindsight I would have just have had them paint it as I could have easily done the nail pops. |
| This is the color Robyn picked. It was originally a named color but she had them add white a few times and lighten it up to get a nice custom brown. Very warm. |
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| Painting in Progress |
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| Putting the room back together |
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| Overall I really like the color. The house looks very different compared to Thanksgiving pictures. |
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| Another shot, we repainted the ceiling as well. Ultra White Flat. We left the Trim and columns with the Satin white finish. |
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| Meme took some pictures when she was over. (Better than mine) |
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| Upstairs show drain was leaking and caused some minor damage |
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| Plumber cut open ceiling to fix the issue |
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| Much higher quality Drain he installed. (The old one was plastic and prone to issues) |
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| Once he left it was time to Sheet Rock |
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| My dining room table holding my sheet rocking tools. |
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| Almost done, Bob stopped by and helped fit a piece and did the first Rough Cut of Spackle but I had to throw that old spackle out and get some fresh. Bob showed me a trick of covering the unused portion with Wax Paper as it will help it keep for a long time. Next up is more coats of spackle, finishing, sanding and painting. Will post more pics tomorrow. |
