Baby Sophie!

Today I got to meet Kathryn's sweet new baby girl Sophie. Kathryn and I went to school together at KMS and were best friends - they live in Eau Claire now so we don't see each other as often but I'm so thankful for facebook to keep in contact with her especially now that she has a new baby!

Sophie was tired today so I didn't get a chance to see her cute little eyes too much, but I got a few pictures with her eyes open.

Congratulations Kathryn and Dave! Sophie is beautiful and we are so happy for you! I hope she continues to be a good baby for you so you get lots of rest :)

Linnea's baby shower

Last night we had Linnea's baby shower at our house. It was fun to get together with some girls from Cross of Glory, play some games, and hear about Linnea's plans. Its less than a month away!

Monster Truck!

Look how close we were to the action!

Microwave and Cabinet door pulls

The microwave came early! We thought we wouldn't get the microwave for another month but it came in on Friday! Friday evening we helped Dan's parents move into some pod's while they wait for a closing date on their house in Mound. It was a chilly night so it was so nice the company let us load inside one of the warehouses. There was still a bit left so we finished loading on Saturday morning. Dan's parents are staying with us for now and once they get internet hooked up at the lake they'll stay there until they get into their new house.

Saturday night we went with Dan's co-workers to the Monster Truck rally and it was actually kinda fun. Lots of fuel fumes though :) I couldn't believe the Metrodome was packed for this! People have their favorite Monster Truck and cheer when they go head-to-head or do their freestyle demolition stuff. I thought Grave Digger was a funny one and Tazmanian Devil was pretty cool.

Today we went out to the lake to park one of Dan's parents cars there and start to take a load of things they'll need until their house is done. When we got back Dan installed the microwave above the stove and it looks great! Then we put some door pulls on our freshly completed black cabinets. I am very happy with the results. Now just the sink and granite once Dan's parents move in and we all get countertops at the same time.

Dan showing off his skills at putting up the microwave

Door pulls are on!

Another weekend of projects, I'm ready to go back to work tomorrow :)

Scuba Fishing

Take a look at a video of my Dad fishing underwater!

Transforming Cabinets and other projects

Dan's mom came over this weekend to help with yet another project! Friday we started taking off the kitchen cabinets doors at our house in Minnetonka and we just finished putting them back up and its Sunday night. We stripped the old stain, cleaned them off, and primed them on Saturday and today we painted two coats and put them back up. It looks great!

Here is the before picture:

Priming, we tried to tint it black but they wouldn't go that dark so the primer was blue!
Working on the doors in the basement
The finished product!

Now we just need to put on door knobs and pulls and then Dan moved up one of the cabinets so we can have an over-the-range microwave. He ordered it and it should be here in a month. Then when Dan's parents get into their house and order granite countertops we'll do the same and with a new sink and faucet our kitchen will really be transformed. But, this was a big first step!

Over Christmas break, Dan's mom came up again and we painted the living room a delicious color of green called sweet daphne. It really brings out the black furniture and now the black cabinets in the kitchen! It made me so excited to have freshly painted walls that on New Year's I painted the basement!

A couple weekends ago Dan decided to put lights under the cabinets at the lake too. The extra light on the countertops is so nice. Good job, Dan!