Remodeling, Family Visits, and Happy Hollow

Remodeling is terrible. Its going to be great when we're done, and by then we'll think the inconvenience is worth it, but... its terrible. I had a melt-down half way through, when we were napping the girls all over town and I was forgetting things between three houses and never could actually DO anything productive because I was never where what I needed was. Its been crazy. Our house, however, is looking great. So that's good. Right? It's all done this week!

The finished big bathroom. Couldn't figure out how to turn it, sorry.


Getting ready for a bath in our newly remodeled bathroom. I was going to stay away from naked pictures, but this is so cute!


Underneath what we thought was old linoleum, even older linoleum.


Eliana saying "cheese" in the new improved kitchen.

Eliana and a virtual Kitchen Tour.


Walking back and forth on one of the many trips between our house and grandma's.


Eliana helping Daddy walk the dogs. She's starting to have ideas about the things that she wants, and the stroller isn't one of them. Whatever Adessa is doing is what Eliana wants to do. She's a climber, fearless, and has a new relationship with the word, "No!" Still lots of fun, though!


Happy Hollow
Our mom's group did a last hurrah at a semi-close-by hot spot for tots, Happy Hollow. Fun was had by all!

Adessa and Eliana on the carosel.


Gwen and Adessa on the carosel. Again.


Eliana and Adessa sitting in the fire truck, moments before tandem full blown histeria in which I had to remove them from the ride.


Adessa and Eliana trying to get close to the goats without the goats getting close to them.


La Familia
We've also had oodles of Calvin's family in town, also sharing his parents' house with us while ours is torn up. It was great to see them, the girls had lots of fun with their cousins and second-cousins.

Waffles with the cousins. (Okay, not a great shot of anyone, but you can see that Adessa is, indeed, with her cousins.)


With second cousin Ian. These two had lots of fun.


Matching girls in front of grandma's house.


The Lewis/Frigaard/Alligood clan!