Oops, I'm locked in.

Ok, so I wasn't going to put this posting in, but I just can't resist. The day that dad arrived, we had said goodnight and were heading off to bed. Then we hear my dad talking from inside the hall bathroom. The lock was jammed. It turns out the door knob was bad and the pin opening the door was either broken or missing all together. We put the new knob on, but didn't bother to check to make sure that it worked. Oh the fun times. Yes, we were able to get the door open and we moved a door knob from another door in the house to use on that door.

Snow in Houston again!

Yep, it snowed in Houston again. It didn't stay long in our area, but as you can see from Jonathan's car, it did stick around in some areas. This was the morning after the snow storm when he got home from work. He said that at the firehouse they had enough snow to make a couple snowmen.

Brownie however did not like the snow. Our little prissy girl was thinking "you want me to go out and get wet" So after dragging her out and making her sit in it, I was finally able to get this very unhappy shot. But hey, it shows the snow. Now, if I could have gotten a picture of myself, I was covered in it by the time I got her to sit down.

This picture of the neighborhood shows the snow coming down. It was enough to put quite a bit on snow on the parked cars in on the street. It just didn't hang around for long, but hey, you take what you can get and I am happy with this. I would much rather have this, than the stuff they are dealing with in the Dakotas and Minnesota.

Thanksgiving projects

Ok, so Thanksgiving is a time for family, but in our house, this year, it was also time for a project. We were blessed to have my dad come out with some of his tools to help us install some doors to the office in our home. Since we had never done a project like this before, it was a little daunting, but with dad's help and knowledge it really went off smoothly. We were able to complete the entire project before dad left, so in just a little less than a week we had the doors up. Enjoy the slideshow.

Master Bedroom

Ok, so I didn't realize it, but I am more behind than I thought in my blog posts. We finished our bedroom oh, a good three months ago and I guess I never thought to put up pictures of it. It was a chore to do this room, due to the fact that this furniture is not light and me being who I am, we had to rearrange furniture too. Needless to say, both of our backs were sore after moving and painting this room, but it is done and has been done.

Family Room

How do you put all the necessary elements into a room that you use everyday and still make it look great? Hide things. This is the main room of the house as it is off of the kitchen and is used everyday, sometimes all day, depending. So we realized that in order for this room to be functional with kids we had to do and buy some things to make it that way. We painted the room with some friends of ours who gave up their Sunday afternoon to help us. Since there is so much trim work, it took until late that night to do. Whew!! Then it was time for window treatments, and again, my wonderful husband went to work for me and made the arched cornice boards for me. After they were hung it was off to find an endtable for the corner between the sofas. Which was no small task as the sofa arms are high and the long sofa is extra deep, so to find something that appeared to fit was hard. We finally found it and it had storage. So we were able to hide the kids books, kids movies, and other kid toys in this area. Let me tell you all the neighbor kids know where to go to find the movies and toys they want to play with. :) Then to finish the project off, my great husband let me stop off at another great store to buy two lamps and a clock for the room. So, we are happy to say, we now have another room in our house complete. That is until, I get another bee under my bonnet.

Living Room

Well, the living room in our house is finally finished. It was started the day that the boys came to live with us the beginning of September, but never finished because, well, we had two boys running around. I know that even with the boys here we would have eventually gotten it done though. It was actually a fun project to do as it has a lot of elements to it that I didn't realize until starting it. I originally had no pictures in this room because I had stolen them to use in another room of the house. So, after perusing some unused pictures and picture frames, I found a can of spray paint and went to work. Since I love the color red we used it as an accent and I think it turned out fabulously, if I do say so myself. Anyway, had fun and I have to thank my fabulous husband for making the cornice boards for me. He had just gotten done making six for the family room in our house (another post), so I know he was kind of dreading making and hanging four more. You are the best, husband!!

The boys go to grandmas

Well, it was a week ago today that the two boys left our home. Kaleb and Dylan were a handful but they made our house loud and fun too. We realized what it meant to be parents for the first time.

Although this was a fun experience, it also sent us spinning. Our thoughts had always been that we would foster to adopt, not just foster. When we took the boys we were told that grandparents didn't want them and that the parents could not handle them and would more than likely have the rights terminated. So to find out that there were grandparents who wanted them, sent us for a little bit of a loop. It is all for the best we know and we know that God's hand is in it all, but it has like I said made us re-look at what we are to do.

The day after the boys left our home, we got a call from our agency saying that they had a one year old boy. I had to tell them no, due to the fact that we are scared. There I said it, we are scared that if we get another child and really get attached that they will be taken away from us. I know you are thinking, well that is what foster to adopt is. Yes, it is, but until you have been through it, quit saying it. It isn't that easy. We asked for a break from our agency and told them that we would call them when we were ready to start the process again. We pray that God will show us guidance as we re-evaluate our profile for adoption.

Thank you all for the support that was shown to us through the time that we had the boys and after the boys were gone. The house is quiet now and for the first time in a month, I actually had time to clean the house, like really clean it, dust, vacuum. Not just pick it up and make it look nice. You have been there, don't lie.