Baby Shower Part 2

On Saturday, we got to celebrate with the Curtis side of the family.  My aunt Natalie was the organizer.  

We had a double shower for myself and cousin Caitlin also due with a girl in April!  It was so fun to do a joint baby shower!

Again, we were showered with so many nice gifts.  My aunt made these quilts for us that is now in her nursery.

More than anything, it was fun to see relatives that I don't always get to see because we live in California.

It was fun having my dad be able to participate and be there for the shower as well!

I am so glad our little girl will be loved by so many great family and friends!

Baby Shower Time!

I am sure lucky to have two incredible extended families.  In March, I flew out to Utah for the weekend for two baby showers one on my Dad's side and one on my Mom's side of the family.  It was really fun to catch up with aunts and cousins and we were showered with so many nice gifts!

On Friday we celebrated with the Andersons.  My two sisters, Lindsay and Kristen, put on the shower at my Grandma's house.    

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The decorations were darling and the food was great complete with a chocolate fountain!

Loved the diaper cake that Kristen made. 

More than anything, I loved seeing some of my relatives and catching up with them.  

We were showered with so many nice gifts!

My dad and Julie drove all the way from Colorado to be there for the shower.  They gave us this beautiful blessing dress.  

My nephew, Jordan, celebrated his third birthday the same night.  We had a fun time opening gifts and having a double celebration!

Sister's Trip to San Diego

In February, my sisters (minus Whitney who wasn't able to make it this time) and I took a trip to San Diego for a weekend getaway.

We enjoyed going to the San Diego temple.

Breakfast along the coast.

Beach time.

Dinner...

and pedicures.

Plus, my sisters surprised me and threw me a little baby celebration.

We had a great time, plus we all couldn't get enough of Kristen's baby Aspen.  

Home Renovation Part 2

The second part of our home renovation has been outside.  Here's a before picture of the backyard.

We put in pavers around all the trees.  

Fixed up a garden area and have taken up a new hobby of gardening.  

I wish I had better pictures, but here is a before picture in the front.

We took out the big bushes and the tree to the right that is a little hidden (it had termites) that were hiding the house and planted iceberg roses and flowers there instead.  We also put in sprinklers and added some furniture to the porch.  

Home Renovation Part 1

When we bought our home a little over a year ago, it was structurally very sound, but needed a lot of updating.  We have done a lot of home improvements the past few months.  We started by demoing the kitchen and bathroom after Christmas. We ended up completely gutting the kitchen and adjoining bathroom and starting over.  Here are some before and after pictures.

The kitchen.

The floor was so bad, it was cracked and peeling in places.  

The bathroom.

Please notice the two colored toilet and the crack on the top.

The sea shell wallpaper had to go...

Here's what the kitchen and bathroom looked like after being gutted and the new hardwood floors about to go in. 

Ian and I did some of the work ourselves in the bathroom and hired out most of the other work for the kitchen.  We learned a lot - like how to tile a bathroom floor.  

Life was like this for a couple of months while the kitchen was being finished.  We moved the fridge into our office and set up a little kitchen there.  We also got well acquainted with restaurants in the area:)  

Now, the after pictures....

We are loving our new kitchen!