Ever since we moved into our house, we have wanted to put up a shelf in our laundry room.
We went to Home Depot and got the shelf, but it needed to be cut to fit our wall - A simple enough task, but one that we lacked motivation to complete.
So it sat in our garage for a while, and life moved on.
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Clayson and I have been called to work with the Boy Scouts on Thursday nights.
Specifically, the Bears (3rd Grade).
Let me tell you, those boys have energy!
The boys love Clayson!
They tolerate me because I bribe them with treats.
They refer to us as Brother and Sister Squirrel :)
I work later on Thursdays, so I usually show up a little after the activity has started.
This particular night, the lesson was on tools and fixing things.
When I walked into the room, I just had to laugh.
Clayson had all the boys helping to cut the shelf for our laundry room.
I have been meaning to write this post for months!
I visited my cousins house and Clayson says I'm not aloud to go over there anymore :)
Her house is so cute and it inspired me to do something with our own place.
we accidentally matched our pajamas :)
Mostly I'm a whole lot of talk and not much action.
Partly because I'm lazy and partly because I finally tell myself I'm going to buy
curtains/rug/chair/baskets/table/decoration/whatever and then I get to the store and see how much it cost, and I instantly talk myself out of it. haha!
ready to paint!
One day my parents called and said they were planning on coming to visit us for the weekend.
Because I had just been telling Clayson all my latest plans that would one day maybe be a reality, I off handedly told my parents we could paint my house when they came. Surprisingly, they agreed! And were actually excited to do it! (I think).
So, kind of unexpectedly, all my talk suddenly became reality.
taping.... this didn't last long.
Notice how there is no contrast between the walls and moulding around the doors
We picked up some paint samples from Home Depot.
I think picking out wedding colors there has scarred Clayson for life, thinking that we will be there for an hour picking between 50 shades of gray
(don't worry, not the movie) but this was much easier than wedding colors.
We were honestly there for like 5 minutes, tops.
again, no contrast between moulding and wall
My parents arrived Friday night, we picked up the paint Saturday morning, and the fun began!
See the color begin to go on! We have contrast!
laying down newspaper
Courtney decided to join the fun!
However, she conveniently forgot we were painting so she wasn't dressed for it and she showed up just as we were finishing.
She was good at finishing off our leftovers though :)
getting above the cabinets was a fun job
We made a last minute decision to paint the kitchen blue instead of gray.
I think I'm ok with it now.
mom and me
me and courtney
After painting mom & dad took us all out to lunch, and then we took a break in the freshly painted living room.
That night we played an exciting game of Mexican Train.
I believe I won :)
and we went on a walk.
girls in the hood
piggy-back
and played Heads Up
The final kitchen (I promise it's blue, it just doesn't show very well in this light)
Mom & Dad were so generous to help us furnish our living room for our wedding present.
We love how it turned out!
(one day we will have decorations on the wall....)
Now we just need to decide which arrangement we like.... top, or bottom picture?
Thank you again Mom & Dad for all your help, it would not have happened without you!
We can't wait for you to come back to visit again!
I'm sure I could come up with another project.... :)
We were in the unique situation of having two of my roommates marry two of Clayson's roommates all within a month of us getting married.
As you can imagine, after going through dating, engagement, and now married life together, we have all gotten pretty close.
Matching pajamas!
Also, Clayson & I both slept on that couch all night. That was fun.
Now that we all live in different places throughout Utah, we try to get together every few months.
This time we went to Carlie's cabin!
apparently, Jana and I didn't get the memo that this was a funny picture
We played Murder in the Dark, Signs, the spoon game, made egg & sausage McMuffins, had Ping Pong competitions, and talked to our hearts content.
It was lovely.
Tyler & Carlie match!
When it was time to leave the cabin we , along with Carlie and Tyler, decided that we weren't quite done having fun together.
We got 7-11 hot chocolate/slurpys and got a pizza at Pizza Man.
Carlie putting a giant cue-tip up Clayson's nose
Clsyson & I still weren't ready to go home yet, so we spontaneously decided to go to Carlie & Tyler's for games and dinner.
We finished off the night at the Nickel Arcade.
It was so good to see all these people again!
We can't wait for our next little reunion :)
Just because I like this picture: This is from our front porch - no filter
