Redoing the kitchen...

BEFORE















AFTER

Well the first step was painting after looking at paint samples for a year and a half :) Yep, that's how I do things sometimes. Tyson and I had been looking at this big spoon and fork forever, saying how cool they'd look in the kitchen, BUT we should paint first. Well we painted, so I got my utensils. These are a few shots of the new kitchen. We also got a sign for over the pantry that says 'groceries' We thought that was fitting, AND best of all a new light fixture. WOW the old one was SOOO ugly!! All our RED Kitchen Aid and accecories accent the kitchen great! The only thing possibly left if before we move a new stove and dishwasher and we're looking at some stone to create a backsplash above the oven and sink. So here are some shots, before and after... Nothing fancy or huge, but a big deal to us. We've saved a little money and are doing one thing at a time, by the time we get ready to move in 4 more years, I'm sure it will be perfect :)

J-O-B

Tyson has a new JOB!! Yeah, we're super excited and so so blessed! Tyson will be working for D R Horton starting Friday as their AP Supervisor in Birmingham!! He's very excited about this new opportunity and so I am I!! YEAH!! Go Tyson!! He has a new office, with real walls, for picture hanging! Thanks to everyone who helped, passed his resume along, made contacts, or PRAYED!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Painting...

Ummmfffhhh! Tyson gave me the money at Christmas to get my kitchen painted, well after it took me a year and a half to pick a color I was ready to paint.... BUT due to the job situation we 'were' in I thought we could do it ourselves. We're both off and stuck at home... Can't be that hard right... Ha Ha Ha, oh but wait it's not funny it stinks!! I hate it! So I begin to paint and Tyson gets a job offer, so I didn't have to save money afteralllll. Jeeeeeess. But it's been kind of fun and definitely a once in a lifetime experience :) Never Again!

It's a Boy! (puppy, boy puppy!)

Ha Ha, probably got a few of you... Well we've been in contact with a wonderful woman for several months about a malti-poo (toy breed, maltese/toy poodle mix) They are a special breed and Jessica Simpson, Blake Lively, etc. have one. I am not a fan of small dogs, but when I saw this one I knew that's the kind I wanted.... So, we seeked out the best breeders around and Mrs. Donna Corely was the best! We wanted a tanish/brown girl, but this was her last litter for a while she thought, so we took what we could get.

We had a pick of 3 boys. One, is a fat one! with a brown and silver color coat. She thought he would lighten the most and be a silvery color with brown undertone but have curly hair. The next one was the same type but with straight hair it seems. The last was the smallest and much darker. His undertone didn't seem to be as silver and looks black right now, so we're thinking if he lightens it won't be as much.... and he's curly too! We picked the last one! They are 2 1/2 weeks old today when we went to visit. They all had their eyes open and were so sweet. Just as happy and calm. They fit in the palm of your hand, so sweet!

We are so excited we don't care that he's a boy, or if his hair ends up green! We are however, debating on names, so lets us know what you think. We are down to 3 choices, we started with over 20...

Choices: Barker (aka Jay Barker); Bear (you know why); Luke ( b/c we love Gilmore Girls :)

We should be able to pick him up April 24th!!

Soo... I haven't posted in FOREVER!! But it's SNOWING in ALABAMA in MARCH!! Take that Al Gore and Global Warming :) A few pictures from our home.