Little Projects

Here's a few little projects that Mark and I have been working on. 

This dresser we bought at a garage sale for our friends Matt & Shelley's new baby girl, Sadie.

And here's the after! It turned out great! Mark did a great job fixing the drawers and a few part on the front that were really messed up. (I am convinced that given the correct tools, he can fix/repair anything!) I helped with the painting, knobs, and added the "S."

This little rocking chair was given to us. I wish I could find the before picture, but I'm pretty sure I deleted it.:( But here's the after, Austin loves it!!

San Antonio Vacation

In October (I told you I was behind) we when to San Antonio for a mini Vacation. Which was rudely interrupted by a 24 stomach virus, that Brooke, Mark & I got at few hours apart from each other. So the stomach virus claimed a day and a half out of our three and a half day trip. Not cool! But we managed to have a good time. Here are a few pics.

A Little Behind...

OK, so I guess I'm a little behind on this whole "keeping everyone up to date on the family blog" thing. So here's a few things y'all might have missed!



Here's Mark getting his MBA from TAMUCC!!
Hooray for him!! He worked so hard!!!

Here we are at a Corpus Christi Hooks baseball game!

 

"Princess Brooke"

Austin with a description of things he likes at age 1.

Brooklynn Marie with description of things she likes.

And us at the beach...gotta love the beach.

Well, still not completely up to date, but closer than before!

Climbing On Up...

Well, not much is going on around here. Just the normal stuff. Austin has made some real "strides" towards walking. He walks with his arms raised up above his head, I think it helps with his balance. And he has discovered how to climb into chairs. Here's a pic of him in the chair watching cartoons. :) Have a great day!

Play Kitchen

So I found this baby on the side of the road a few weeks ago. And she screamed "Play Kitchen!"

What? You don't hear her screaming that?? OK, well, what about know?

Yep, know you hear it! :) I had Mark take one of the drawers off and cut a whole for the sink. The rest was just a little paint, wooden circles painted for burners, and a few knobs. The whole project cost about $7. Not bad at all!!! And the kids already love it!!!

Playhouse Update

About 2 years ago Mark built Brooke a super cute little playhouse. When he built it, we painted the outside. But besides that, we haven't done much with it. So, this summer, I've been working on it. Here's a few pics...

Those are Brooke's handprints. I'm going to put Austin's on the other side, if I can ever keep him still for that long! :)

This is a tool bench we got from the side of the road! Gotta LOVE free!

Little shelf  above the door for toys!

Opposite wall of the tool bench. Shelf for bubbles and bubble wands, and curtains I made. The black wall is a chalkboard wall. Forgot to take a pic, but it's just black, so you can imagine what it looks like.

Just right of the before pic. Little Mary Engelbreit pic says, " Keep good company and you will be counted as one of them."

Total cost about $20. Not bad at all! :)

August Already???

Well, I'm not exactly sure what happened to the month of July. It seems like it was just the 4th. We didn't really do much in the month, but here are a few pics anyway! :)