Kitchen Island redo

I am loving having a full size kitchen with lots of space to put fun kitchen items!

There is one thing about our kitchen that has always bugged me and that is the kitchen island

It was painted a cracked black, which is popular but not really my style and also it wasnt in the best shape

Before:

So I decided to do my research and take the project on myself to refinish the island and make it Fab!

After:

Its hard to tell from the picture but I sanded, painted, stained, protected and added some fun decorations to the corners!

I think it brightens up the kitchen and adds some shabby chic to our home, which I LOVE!

Now lets see how it holds up!

All Gussied Up

I never thought I would be able to get all dressed up in a fancy dress again!

Well APX (Jeffs employer) Threw a black tie event party which means I got to pull out an old homecoming dress that I wore in High School!

Of course being 7 1/2 months pregnant and not wanting to show as much skin as I once did I had to make some alterations which included a jacket and sewing up a slit that went way too far north!

The night included dinner at Bennihana, a limo ride and some fun and games at the Salt Lake City Country Club.

They had tons of fun gifts but of course we didn't win anything after waiting around until midnight for them to read of the raffle ticket numbers.... bummer!

Disney

We recently got to go on our annual trip to Disney Land with Jeffs family!

We had soo much fun since Lydia is now old enough to love everything going on!

She especially loved all the characters and wasnt scared on any of the rides!

Lydia loved wearing her princess dress and kept looking down at her dress and twirling!

Lydia has an obsession with airplanes lately so she was SO excited when she got to touch one with Papa

I think Lydia's favorite character was this bear. We saw him at Goofys Kitchen and she wouldn't stop following him around and giving him hugs

Our little thrill seeker loving dumbo

Of course the highlight of the trip was spending time with cousins!

Boo!!

I'm so excited October is finally here!

Now I don't have to feel bad having Halloween decorations up!

Our first holiday in our new home!

Here's a little glimpse into our home this holiday!

And here's a project Jeff's working on for me!!

Bending over to do laudry gets harder every day with my growing belly.. but who wants to spend hundreds of dollars on pedestals!?

Here's our version in the making! Talk about cute, cheap and functional!

Now we just need to add some molding to finish it off and destress it a little bit to make it look awesome!

I'll share pictures when its all done!

Happy Fall!

A Go At Tumbling

I decided to put Lydia in a mommy and me tumbling class seeing that soon with a new baby we won't be able to do things like this as easy!

I can't say it was the most enjoyable experience but I'm glad we did it none the less....

of course when they asked if i was going to re-register I told them I would get back to them on that one

Here she is in action!

(I think she was supposed to be sitting on the carpet stretching)

We signed up with Lydia's cute little friend Cosette!

THey Love each other!