Sophie's 15th, Mother's Day and July 4th

Wow, it's been a while since I updated!!

Tom and I headed out to his annual awards banquet :)

OHMYGOODNESS! My baby is 15yo!!

 She was sssooo embarrassed with the hat at LaCabana but it was a yummy dinner :)

 Sophie's end of semester performance at theater class. It was a wonderfully funny show about a bunch of teens in a latenight chat room, appropriately called "Insomniacs Society".

Mother's Day at Lifebridge Christian Church. There was a brunch after church.

July 4th. I don't think the hammock was made for 2 teens girls...

 Our new party tent. It has walls but we didn't need them.

 The hammock is much better suited to a 4yo... LOL!

 Sorry, we don't buy top of the line badminton equipment...

Paint, snow and some slippersocks

Wow!!!  The livingroom is finally painted!!  I can put up junk on the walls now :)

We paid Rick to do it. Look, he can talk on the phone while he paints... LOL!

 Tom painted the laundry room area. We obviously still need to put in the new trim there.

We've had a little snow lately...

It's a miracle! I made myself something! There are a couple changes I'd make if I ever made them again... but I don't think I ever will since I'm not totally in love with the pattern. But, they're cute and they help keep my feet warm :)

Kitchen update thus far as of New Year's Day 2015

The Christmas vacation project for Tom this year was the kitchen trim. YAY!!  We're nearly done with the kitchen. You'll see some white spots here and there. Stapling the trim up dislodged some drywall here and there so he spackled the bad parts and when it dries we'll do final paint touch-ups.  You'll also see the tile backsplash done!!!! Thanks to my brother Rick. Sorry, the pics with him were taken with my chromebook, the rest were with the real camera.  Now, all that's left is the final paint touch-ups and for me to make the curtains!! And, some more red touches here and there :)

 The trim that was around the door looked fake. It was real wood but obviously painted way after the original trim in the livingroom and looked nothing like it. So, we (well... I...) decided we needed new door trim too since we (well... Tom...) were doing the floor trim. LOVE! You'll see with the shot of the doorway (with original trim still up) going in to the livingroom it doesn't completely match but it's about as close as we could come and I think it looks great.

Christmas - New Year's Eve 2014

Another year has gone by...

Two things Tom has soooo been begging for, his own homemade Snuggie like the kids' and knitted slippers like his gramma used to make him. Now he's snug and warm :)

 Mostly she wanted fan-girl stuff... LOL

 What can I say... he's strange...

 At my mom's house. Sophie and Grace decided to do a couple duets eventho they couldn't practice together. They did lovely!!

 Christian was with Ezra trying to teach him Russian... it was TTOOOO cute!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

 Christian requested fruit salad and cheese cubes and Sophie requested chips and dips. I also made a brisket with Aunt Meleta's recipe.  We played games and watched Twilight Zone as usual :)

 Bible Pictionary wasn't their favorite.... LOL!!

A Charlie Brown Christmas (my camera)

I say 'my camera' because I have a disc that I purchased. I plan on getting those pics up at some point too.

 She was Schroeder :) Yes, the piano DOES work. She played Fur Elise as well as all versions of Jingle Bells :)

 Fans... LOL!!

 Cousins came to see :)

These are the directors, Lisa Formosa-Parmigiano and Kathleen Erny  Lisa is also Sophie's regular theater class teacher.