Bathroom fix-up

The kids bathroom was looking a little rough. I hadn’t given this room any attention as far as decorating. But the paint on the cabinets was starting to peel off and the kids broke the face of a drawer off, so it was time to fix some things up! Well, after a few more months of living with it like this:

I started by peeling off the paint. Not even sure it was paint at this point, it came off SO easily. Seriously, 2 minutes for the whole thing.

Figured out how to fix the drawer. Thanks YouTube! 

Went with Agreeable Gray for the walls, and I even had a willing helper!

After paint.

Then came painting the cabinets! I’d never painted cabinets before and I was really nervous. For my own memory, I used Sherwin Williams Extreme Bond Primer first, then a Behr cabinet paint in the color Naval. 

Can I just say how much I love the color? It looks so dark in this picture but it really is just the perfect navy to me. Exactly what I wanted.

The gray made the trim and door look SO yellow, so that had to happen next. It’s just crazy to me how things yellow over time.

I’d done everything by myself up to this point, but didn’t have the tools I needed to finish the job! Mom to the rescue. She came over with her drill and helped me install hardware.

We also made a little towel rack (that the kids can reach themselves, hallelujah!) and I decided to keep up the black and white kids in the bath pics. 

Found a cute shower curtain on Amazon and that was that! Well, except for this over-the-toilet area. Still haven’t figured out what I want to do there, and needed to take a break from buying things haha.

Beginning of February

Millie and Max spent several weekends creating and playing with paper robots. They made so many and came up with each robot’s powers and abilities. Bonus: they got along so well too!

Millie got to have a play date with Vanessa and Gabby, while Max went to Oliver’s house. Pretty fun to just trade kids with one family!

We went to a park and ran/rode bikes around the lake there. We’d never seen these crazy tire swing trees before, but they were fun!

Poppy and Gigi put a beautiful fire pit in their backyard. We got to go over for a s’mores night and it was awesome! 

The kids were so funny. Harvey declared he didn’t want a marshmallow, just the chocolate and graham cracker. Of course, he said this after roasting a marshmallow! And then Max wanted no chocolate, just marshmallow and graham cracker. 

Hazel got impatient sitting in her high chair and somehow learned to wiggle out of the buckled straps.

Can’t even be mad at her!

Max’s spelling is my favorite. 

A little lunchtime batting practice.

We had some beautiful weather.

One of my things to do this year was to clean off the porch... there was bird poop all over from the birds who try to build a nest on our porch each year. I’m determined to keep them away this year!

Reading on the trampoline because he didn’t want to come inside to do his homework. Also notice how wet his little sweaty head is here!

Millie was showing Max how to find 1 Nephi in the scriptures. It was really sweet.

Thanks to Gigi for the huge box - it was a perfect setting for our family night lesson on Nephi building a ship! And coloring and forts and other stuff too.

Max wanted Poke balls incorporated in his 100th day of school shirt... this is what I found on the internet that I could replicate! The buttons didn’t last but it was sure cute for that day.

We hadn’t played with the Marble Works set in a long time and Harvey thought it was pretty great.

We started doing “special time” with the kids. Everyone gets one night a week where they get to stay up 15-20 minutes later than the other kids and have that time with just Mom (and Dad if he was home). Max chooses to play chess every time. And pretty much wins every time too!

Millie’s baptism

Millie was baptized at the end of January. It was such a special day with lots of family and friends. Millie is one loved and supported little girl! Garrett, McKenna, and Morgan came from Dallas and we having them there.

I had a very special moment with Millie, helping her get dried off and in dry clothes after being baptized. It hit me in that moment - while I did not directly participate in the ordinance, it has been my privilege to care for Millie in 2 of her purest moments on earth. The first when she was born and placed in my arms, fresh from heaven. The second, when she was fresh from the waters of baptism. Being a mother is such an honor.

Tyler did a great job with the baptism and confirmation. He loves Millie very much!

Thanks to the Webbs for coming from San Antonio and for being on Hazel duty for the whole baptism. 

Millie loves Brother and Sister Adame, her Primary teachers from last year. Sister Adame gave the opening prayer and they were so sweet to be there for Millie.

We had our families over for an early dinner after the baptism. We just felt so blessed to have so much love and support from family and friends. I did a terrible job making sure I talked to all the sweet friends that were there, but we were so grateful to everyone who came! 

Millie’s baptism pictures

We wanted to remember Millie at this sweet age and special time, so I took Millie to the temple and snapped some pictures of her in her beautiful baptism dress. 

And yes, the other kids were there. Max was on Hazel duty and Harvey wanted to be in a couple pictures too.

Sure love this sweet, beautiful girl. We are so proud of her.

This was the invitation we found on Etsy for the baptism.

Taking this pic reminded me of another one. 2020:

And 2015:

Time flies!