TOOTHLESS BEAUTY!

Brooke's self portrait with both front teeth gone!  She lost the second tooth yesterday, literally, so we plan to write a letter to the tooth fairy in hopes she'll still visit!

Recess Lights Installed . . . waiting for the sheet rock to go up!

 It's hard to really tell or take a picture of all the lights as they are recessed but this gives you a general idea!  And we are using the latest LED lights that actually give a nice warm glow like a regular light bulb (not the bright white light we are used to) and these lights will last around 22 years! 

The new pendant lights are ready to be installed too!  The are hanging over our breakfast bar.  I just put them up this way to make sure they are not hanging too low.  The shades will be a clear glass bell shape with little bubbles in it like blown glass.

THE FAKE CEILING IS GONE!

This is the ceiling completely gone before the new frame was installed!

Ricky and a guy he and Pat work with tore out the fake ceiling and then framed in the new one!  It was nicely done.  You can see the new frame boards through the plastic.
Now we are living with a huge plastic sheet hoping the electrician will come soon to install the recessed lights.
Then the sheet rock can been installed and taped, mudded, textured, primed and then finally painted!  So many steps for a new ceiling!  Who would ever guess as it looks simple, when completed.

Oh, and Ricky purchased our gas cooktop made by GE Profile with the downdraft, and a stainless steel single bowl sink.  The sink will be undermounted after the granite is installed.  When, you wonder?   So do I?

First of the old cabinets GONE!!!

Ricky removed the upper cabinets in the kitchen.  So, now my kitchen has extended into my dining room as my dining room table will serve as cabinets for the time being.  I even packed up dishes; etc. that I know we won't be using anytime soon.

Our Kitchen, the continued saga ...

All that insulation, the loose stuff (ugh!), is being shifted out of the kitchen ceiling area up in the attic space.  That way when we take the ceiling out and re-frame the ceiling level with the breakfastroom, we can then re-use the insulation.  That's Ricky above, in the attic, wearing a mask and getting to it!  Another reason for this is so when the ceiling gets taken down, we won't have a bunch of this stuff floating around in the air in our house or dropping into the kitchen area!

Next step, waiting for the framer who will help do our ceiling job!  Any week now  . . . . humm . . . .

Soccer for the first time

Brooke is enjoying her first experience playing soccer.  You can't tell that she really likes it!

Austin's tennis clinic

Austin has been taking a tennis clinic regularly and really enjoying it!  He's been playing for 2 year now.