Brothers

Here are my youngest two boys,Trent(10)and Julian(5).They are not only brothers but best friends.It is so sweet how they look out for each other.These pictures are from the wrestling tournament on Sunday.

wrestling

Today we went to my daughter Paloma's first wrestling tournament.She is a junior in high school and has not wrestled since 3rd grade.My husband is from a family of wrestlers.I think he started at like 7 or 8 yrs old.My oldest son wrestled as well.It has been about 3 years since we have been to a tournament.It brought back memories fast!!!! We had to leave our house at 6am for weigh ins. It was really fun to see how athletic all these girls are.(some look tougher than the boys!!!!)My daughter was really nervous ,she didn't win any matches but did a great job!!!!!!!

New inspiration for a store

I found these photos on flikr .I always wanted a store to own and when my life becomes less hectic I will open it.I make aromatherapy products and soy candles so I definitely want a showcase for them.I would love it set up artsy and slightly girlie looking.These photos are a great inspiration.

Kitchen views

Here are some photos of my kitchen.The new table is really great.I love the benches it makes the room look less cluttered .When not in use you can tuck them underneath the table.The little kids love sitting on them .I also bought new "toile curtains".It really is making my kitchen look vintage French country.I really love anything French!!!

xmas present

For xmas I picked out a new kitchen table and I have a new to me hearthstone gas wood burning stove.My husband and his two helpers,Trent and Julian built the table and two benches.I am still waiting for the gas woodburner to be installed.We need some direct vent pipe and so far we can't find it at the home improvement store.That is "almost" one of the last things we need to do in the kitchen.

New bookcase

Here are a few photos of our new bookcase.It is in our dining room where we do our school work.It looks so much better than before!!!!!!

New Years Eve

We had a fun New Year's Eve.We built a new bookshelf for all our school supplies.What a difference that makes for organizing the 'clutter'.Then after that was cleaned up ,we had a small party!!!!It was only Trent, myself and the kids but it was fun.We rocked out with "Guitar Hero" for the WII system ,We had snacks and the adults had wine.The little kids had sparkling grape juice.I was falling asleep around 11:oo pm (it was the wine) I made it until 12:00 am to see the new year,then I got a second wind and was up watching movies.This morning I had to drive my daughter to work and now I am tired again.It is sooooo cold here in Wisconsin ,I plan on staying in and curling up to the wood burning stove and look at all my favorite magazines.I already have a list of new projects .Some are being carried over from last year.Here is the list: install my new gas wood burning stove in the kitchen,finish the started basement bathroom,tile behind our existing wood burner in the dining room,paint the bathroom and finish painting my boys room,we also have talked about converting my dressing room into a master bathroom,we definitely have to start replacing the wooden fence around our house.That's all I can think of at the moment!!!! oh wait ,I also want to add some type of wainscoting or decorative molding to our dining room.Thats about it!!!!!!!! Happy New Year!!!!!!