James = 30

This weekend, we helped James celebrate the big 3-0!  We took Ava to Worlds of Fun on Friday to the grand opening of the new little kids area, Planet Snoopy.  She had a blast riding rides by herself!  Saturday, we went to lunch in Brookside then to Science City Children's Museum at Union Station.  (mostly for Dr. James, lol, but Ava had fun too)  On Monday, we had a BBQ at the house with our friends.  We had an awesome weekend and hope you did too!

Here are some pictures from our adventures!  

Cool Shades, Dude!

 Ava is growing like a weed.  She has Jonathan Morris bird legs

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Stephanie - KU Class of 2011

In addition to Danielle's high school graduation, Steph also graduated this weekend with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Kansas.  She is planning on going to graduate school to study Marriage and Family Therapy.

(too late..)

Just kidding!  Congratulations Steph, we are SO proud of you!

and no trip is complete without an Ava photo shoot :)

Do you know who's managing YOUR investments? :)

Dani - MHS Class of '11

 Ava and I traveled to McPherson this weekend to celebrate my baby sister's high school graduation.  Here are some pictures from the family and church celebrations.  We had a blast seeing our family and friends!  Dani graduates next Saturday and will attend the University of Kansas in the fall.

 cousins :)

my beautiful blue-eyed baby :)

Tile Project #3!

Another project down!

For Mother's Day, *all* I really wanted was new floors in my kitchen and dining room.  No problem, right?!  After 5 days of grueling, labor-intensive, mass sweating, dirt, dust, and 100 trips to Home Depot.. here is the end result.

before:

 

out with the old.. and the mold... (SURPRISE!)

 

 in with the new...

 since I never posted a picture, here was tiling project #2.. backsplash...

 here's the REAL before... one of the pictures from the real estate listing

 and as it is now...

(paint, stainless steel appliances, stone backsplash, granite countertops & sink, new fixtures, faucet, tile floors, mosaic tile fireplace and carpet... among others)

...TO BE CONTINUED (someday)

Thank you SO much to my awesome renovation partner James.  I know there are probably a million things you could've been doing instead of helping me tackle this bitch of a project, but THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for all of your help, for doing the boring parts like prepping the floor and quarter-round, putting up with me, and helping me complete my vision!  Our THIRD co-tiling project -- DONE! 

(next up, master bathroom?  please?)