Painting Weekend: Part 1

It has been done. The paint colors were finally decided on! And, since Travis and Jessica were visiting for the weekend, we took advantage of their good company and willingness to help get the deed done.

Final prepping before the color went up.

Our two captive helpers.

Are you curious?

We decided on one main color, and a darker color for an accent wall. The paint was correctly mixed according to the swatch, but it looked differently in the can and more differently on the wall. Such is usually the case.

However, the room has had a happy transformation since color has been put on the walls!! Please observe:

 

The corner and accent wall.

The colors at night. Love it!

This view put a huge smile on my face in the morning.

Some touch up is needed, but that will come. It is a cheerful change, and improves the look of the mud-texture-over-off-white-wall-look.

Ending thoughts: February.

Other things that happened in February? It was Leap Year!! We may have eaten popcorn on that day.... but that isn't unusual....

Before that happened, we went up north to see the fam and some friends:

We were introduced to Mimi's Cafe. Loved the menu! It's one of the kind that you look at, and multiple things look interesting and yummy at the same time. Anyway, we loved catching up with the Romriells and are super excited for them to welcome their little one to the world!!

We also visited our old ward, and saw some of those dear people.

We had a Gowen gathering, and enjoyed seeing everyone.

It was a very enjoyable weekend. (Thanks to Sean, Travis, and Jessica for helping take pictures!) We also went shopping. Can I tell you how happy that was?? Happy. (Thanks Cindy for putting up with the long shopping trip! We shall visit our friends in Park City again.)

P.S. The walls still have no color. That is this weekend's project!

Day of Love

It was fun working at a school on Valentine's Day this year. There was probably too much candy going around for everyone to function normally. I enjoyed the craft projects and cards, and the kiddos wearing an extra measure of pink and red.

After school, I was planning on a low-key evening. I wrote on all the mirrors in the house with washable crayons before Sean got home. I left him a poem on one of the mirrors, and it took him a while to find it.

When Sean got home, he had a tin of chocolates behind his back. That was a nice surprise. I wasn't expecting on getting anything since we hadn't talked about it at all. With all of the sugar that was served at school, I wasn't very eager to stuff my face with chocolate. I was curious what kind of goodness was inside, so I took a peek.

Can I just say that I was speechless for a bit? Yeah. I wasn't quite sure how to react. Translation of all of the pictures: we are flying to the east coast!!! We will visit Washington D.C. and New York City. In said places, we are going to visit Brad and Megan Poulton, and Maggie Franz! Those are the plans so far. Are we excited?? YES!!! 

Sean said since it was just us, we needed to take advantage of this time. Plus, this is something I've been wanting to do for a super long time!! Those are some of the top patriotic places I can think of and we are going there over the 4th of July!!! Yes. I. Am. We. Are. Excited.

Okay, back to Valentine's Day. I made some chicken corn chowder for dinner. Sean may have gone back 3 times to the pot! (It was nice getting that response since it was the first time I had made it.) We watched a movie from the library: The Book of Kells. 

For dessert, I made something I thought he would like lots. Dessert Nachos. They were a surprise to him, and greatly enjoyed.

All in all, it was a nice day.