making progress

We are making progress on our house. I wish I had pictures, but I just am not that organized right now. We have two homes right now and both are so unorganized...oh well.
We are working on the flooring. Carpet is picked out and laminate too. That feels good. Wall paper is off-still have to take off the glue. Grrr. Fire place is looking better. Wood paneling is gone! Fence is up for Odus and Kade in the backyard. We were hoping to get all the painting done before the flooring is in, but it looks like that is not going to happen. But things are getting done and that makes us feel good.
But oh, my..trying to take care of Kade, who has a cold, keep this house sorta organized and then work on the other house is kind of a challenge. I am looking forward to being in one place. So for now, for one more week we will go crazy trying to do it all. And know that it will all be worth it in the end. I will get some pictures up soon!

Our House...

All my free time is spent dreaming, packing boxes, painting, dreaming, painting...The dreaming is happening more and more, because this dear house needs just a few updates and changes. And my brain has been working hard to try and figure out how to make those changes on just a small budget.
Here are some pictures of the house. I am almost done painting Kades room a nice warm tan color. And looking forward to getting him first settled in that room. I have taken down all the very lovely OLD window treatments. And have picked out all the paint colors for each room...minus the bathrooms. Still working on what the heck I am going to do with that. While doing all this I run after Kade, or Paul does. While Paul is trying to build a fence in the backyard to keep our wild animals in;) Oh, and yes the flooring. I am hoping we will have that decided by the middle of the week and work on getting that installed by the professionals. Awwww...it will be nice to be there, settled and be able to work on a few things while Kade naps away.

Some how I managed to send a few family members a Valentine. I thought they turned out pretty cute.

The living room that opens into like a den area. And oh, yes. That wood paneling is going to be gone and in the future we will spruce up that fire place. And that dear light fixture will have to find a new home. It will be gone!

Oh..what can I say about that flooring...I hope we can change that soon. This is our  mini dining room. That so nicely opens up to our rather, mustard kitchen. Which we will have to live with for a bit til we can slowly pick away at it. And some day take the whole thing out and remodel it!

That light fixture..and the other ones in this house. hmmm..thinking sixties?  Don't you love the wood paneling?

It gets better. Bamboo wall paper in our room. I am so glad we will get to change this. I am looking forward to all our projects. And making this new house our little house.

Bathroom. It will look different some day:)

This is Kades room. This is a bad picture. This is the only room we have painted.  Every wall in the house is white. white. Wonder how many cans of paint we will need??!!

Oh, it gets better. This wall paper is vintage people. Its staying put. Not really...it must go..changes to be made here too.

Office room
That is all. Slowly but surely we will make this our house.  Looking forward to all the adventures that this house will bring!  Oh right, I forgot a picture of the outside. Next time. I have to try and keep my camera handy!

Sunset Walk

So I finally put batteries in my camera, so maybe that will help me blog a bit more...maybe. 

We did a sunset walk along the Bluff trail at MDO last night, and it was beautiful. We are truly so spoiled to be able to live here.

Letting Kade get his wiggles out first before he gets in the pack.

"Mom, really.....don't you have enough picture of me?" ...the answer is always nope, never enough.

I haven included these next few pictures for your enjoyment...Here we attempt to take a picture of us three...First try....We are saying "Cheeeeeese" and looking cheesing so Kade will smile. Look at his face....

Whoops, not ready.

Good, gosh..we are not good at this....

Hey, look we both smiled! Miracle, but then where is Kade?

And this is as close as we got!

The sunset beginning....

This where I said, "Paul I'm taking a picture..."

And this is where I say.."can you please smile and act normal."...and he attempts acting like a monkey. Whatever...:)

Strolling along...checking out the scenery.

Trying to capture that I was there too.

So blessed to be able to see such a beautiful place and enjoy it with the people I love.  

The house is looking like this....

Boxes are beginning to fill our house and we are getting ready to move...oh the joys of moving. I have to say, I do like to throw out old things or rather give them to the Goodwill and get the feeling that we are headed for a fresh new start in a new home.

I seem to be the one doing the packing....while Kade and Paul find matching hats to pack..

While Kade runs around....

Gotta love free boxes from Miners Hardware.  So many more boxes to pack....

Changing it Up.

I have been itching to redecorate. Or really, wish I had someone to redecorate for me who knows how to work with a really small budget. I have been thinking of looking into on of those HGTV programs to see if they might want us on their T.V show...but then I wonder if I would be all that motivated to actually do that...but I have been dreaming. A lot.
That said, I will soon get to redecorate...and really redecorate...because we are moving. Yup. moving. It will be fun with a toddler....so maybe HGTV would like us:)
We are moving back to San Luis Obispo. And we are excited about our next adventure, which will involve remodeling...at a very slow pace..I am thinking paint will be my best friend to start off. We will be able to get into the house in February, but will be officially moved by March 1st. I am looking forward to making a new place our home and getting settled....Oh and if you follow me on Pinterest, you may see I am just a tad bit obsessed with home decor ideas. And Pinterest in general. Who told me about that site anyway!?!!
I will try and get some pictures posted at some point soon. And let you know our new address.

New Years

New Years Eve started out with a little of this.....Kade is getting use to his bike. He is a tad bit young for it, but he enjoys standing on it, looking at it...

Mostly seeming interested in how to turn the wheels...in time he will ride it...

So for now, we do a lot of wearing the helmet in places like the sand box. Which isn't too bad...He does run around in it. And he is faster these days, so if I really could, I would probably have him in a helmet at all times.

We then went to visit our little friend Wesley. Kade and Wesley are 6 days apart!  Wesley is just a sweet heart.  And so darn cute. Fun spending the afternoon watching the boys play. Tried to get a few shots of them together...but that was nearly impossible to get them in the same frame.

Wesley in action. 

Kade looking awfully serious...not sure if he is filling up his diaper or what here...it was probably the diaper.

I think this is the only shot I got of them together..and it really isn't  a picture of the two of them. Wesley was trying to down the strawberries before Kade could take them away. 

That evening we had a delicious dinner at my friend Roses'  house. Little Kade was up til 10 and was doing pretty good. It was great to hang out with friends and be merry. Kade was a bit tired when we got home,,,and he was still tired the next day, which was nice because we headed to Big Sur for a lovely day of hiking.

And we are off. Kade hiked the first quarter mile..maybe...he wanted to do more...But well, we decided he would enjoy a free ride better. 

We decided to check out the Tan Bark trail. It was a beautiful trail. Steep. Thankfully Paul carried Kade the whole way. We hike to the top of the ridge and got to check out this old Tin House that was built in the 40's for some congressmen. Apparently it was built for his family and they stayed there one night. They were not found of the tin rattling in the wind.

Can you find Paul?

Going up and up and up....

View on the way up.

Still going up:)

We found a lot of mushrooms on the way up. Rose if you read this,   do you think these are oyster mushrooms?

The Tin House

View from the Tin House

View from the meadow in front of the Tin House

So big!!!

We had a wonderful day. Feeling blessed that we were able to bring in the New Year in Big Sur, enjoying the fresh air and beautiful scenery. Cheers to 2012, I hope it is full of new adventures, love, health and joy! ( This is the fog rolling in on our drive home. Thick, thick fog!)