Entertainment Center and Frame

We re did our Entertainment Center. It was a lot of work, but it was really fun too!!!! The reason that I threw this first picture in was because I spaced it on taking a before shot....so in this picture you get the idea of what it looked like.

Our camera started acting up, that's why I don't have many before pictures.... this one is tiny, but this is what the video cases looked like that were on the ends of the Entertainment Center.

We took the 4 pieces out to the Garage and took off the doors and sanded them down....

Next we bought Bead Board and Crown Moulding. I antiqued the bead board....

Then the painting began....

For the Bottom Piece of the Entertainment Center we added 2 shelves so that we could utilize the space better.

Loved the way the shelves turned out... You can't even tell they were an addition!!!! LeGrand did such a good job!!!

Next came the Crown Moulding on the top of 3 of the pieces... Thanks to the help from the Carters, this went like a breeze!!

After the Crown Moulding was finished, and the final coat of paint was put on, we put the doors back on the Video Cases and put the Bead Board on the back, then the knobs.....

Here is the finished Product!!! I love it!! I love the Baskets and everything about it!!

I have also wanted a BIG family picture up in our home for a long time and we finally got it done!! We got a 20x30 print and had one of our friends Brandon Goss make us a frame!!!! We LOVE it too!!!!

The frame is seriously just what I was wanting!!! It's Beautiful!!!

Here is the New look!!! How fun!!!! What do you think!?!? Now I'm thinking about the Couches....LeGrand likes these but I'm trying to decide if we should at least go and get some slip covers....Any suggestions....Colors.... I could use your advise!!!

Dodge Ball Tournament

What grown men that you know would be really excited in participating in a High School Dodge Ball Tournament? I know a bunch of them. LeGrand and the rest of the Seminary Teachers at Springville and a few other friends decided to raise to the occasion and try to take everyone out in a Dodge Ball Tournament held at Springville High School. It was actually really fun to watch. They did good and took 3rd place. It was fun to see them out there having fun acting like teenagers again. They had a good cheering section. LeGrand loves all the guys he works with. I'm grateful that he's surrounded by amazing people. You can't really see but they had black lines under their eyes, their white shirts were torn and some had ties around their heads.....I didn't realize that a group of Seminary teachers could ever look so mean....Go Dad!!!! We love you!!!!!

Projects, Projects and more Projects....

Since LeGrand was asked to be Bishop we will now be living in our home quite a bit longer than we had originally planned on. We have had fun fixing it up a bit and we're glad that we did....we've done lots of projects and still have lots more in mind!!! Lots of work, lots of messes but it's so worth it. Here's some of the projects we've done over the last year or so:

New Windows

Hooray for new windows.... We decided to get new windows and they seriously have been such a blessing!! They are so much nicer than our old ones, way better insulated and they are sound resistant too... it's amazing!!

With the new window purchase we decided to get a Sliding Glass door too... We love it too.

Before the sliding glass door.....

During....

After...

Painting the Master Bedroom

We painted our Master Bedroom and I love it!!!! Painting is such a fun project. The kids love helping paint too. Kids Bathroom
The upstairs bathrooms really needed a makeover...even though it was a lot of work, I'm soooo glad we did it and that it's done.

LeGrand was starting to rip up the floors...

The kids thought it was fun "helping"dad. As long as they stayed in the tub it was ok.

Yeah for the new floors!!!!

The final Product
Concrete
We decided to pour concrete on our little side yard. We were tired of pulling weeds and trying to keep it looking well kept....It ended up a bigger job than we thought. We tried to save ourselves some money and do it ourselves...but it was hours and hours of back breaking work and honestly I don't think it saved very much money at all. If we ever do concrete again, I think we'll just pay someone to do it for us.


Some of the work force. We had so many young men and friends in our ward come over and help. We had to dig down about 8 inches and level it all out... It took a few weeks of weekends to get it done.

Our good neighbor Chewy and his dad and brother came and helped LeGrand pour the concrete. With out their knowledge it would have been impossible to do.
It feels so good to be done with this project!!!!

Rain gutter in the back

Since our crawlspace flooded a few times last year, we have tried to fix some things to try to prevent that from ever happening again. We caulked the back patio, we put in a sub pump and did everything we could do to make the playroom more waterproof. I hope all of our Prevention will really prevent water from going down there again!!!

Master Bathroom

I was sooooo excited about our Master Bath redo...I've always loved the color RED but was to nervous to do it. LeGrand agreed that I could do our bathroom red....so that's what we did..
BeforeDuring....Ok, this picture almost gives me a heart attack.. I went and bought RED paint and this is what it looked like... I put 4 coats on the wall and it was still uneven...not to mention it was really really red. After using a whole gallon on our little bathroom and still not being done I went back to Home Depot and talked to a guy who gave me lots of pointers on painting red...(I wish someone told me them before I wasted a ton of time on the 1st gallon) I decided to change the color a bit and was much happier with the results!!!

Much Better!!!
Our New Floors!!!

The finished product!!!

I love reds and browns and I think it looks good. Now I just need to find something to hang up on the wall.....any ideas?!?!