Basement Bathroom

Ok...here's the story...a few years ago we had water coming into Connor's bedroom and we couldn't figure out where it was coming from. We tore out our downstairs bathroom thinking that it came from there...WRONG! We found the leak and got it taken care of but now we had to redo the bathroom...and Connor's room. After fixing Connor's room we worked on the bathroom...walk in shower, new fixtures, paint, sink etc. We thought we were good to go. A few weeks later Connor had water in the closet again. We were so frustrated we took out a homeowners claim...we didn't want to deal with it again. (We have had so many water problems in this house since we moved in it isn't funny!) They couldn't find the leak either. We checked the problem we had earlier and that wasn't leaking...so it had to be the shower! I loved that shower! To stop the water we decided that we would have Jeff's cousin put in marble slabs. Here is the demo Jeff did this afternoon.


This is the before...


Here is the rest...the dark spots are where Jeff put more mortar to try and stop the water from seeping! I promise it isn't dirty!

Here is Jeff pulling off the tile...

Joran is the tile organizer...

Maren was putting everything but the tile in the trash...you'll have to excuse her nakedness, she doesn't like wearing clothes lately...

Here is the finished product...


Stay tuned for more on this project!

Annicha's Fish

Annicha's class went to the fish hatchery and they each got to catch a fish and bring it home. When she pulled it out of her back pack...let's just say mom doesn't have a very strong stomach! She has been looking forward to this day for weeks...she keeps holding it and telling me she's poking his eye, sticking her finger in it's mouth, etc...I just try to not think about it! Maren keeps opening the fridge and asking where the snake is...too cute!

The Police

We have had a visit to our home today by the Police...not the typical city police, but the clothes police and the bedroom police. This is what they left...



Connor was also guilty and caught by the bedroom police.


When I came downstairs today to do laundry...I found my sneaky Sierra had been up to her usual tricks of hiding clothes (and trash) so that her room looked clean. I guess she hasn't learned...MOM KNOWS ALL! She had found some pretty tricky hiding places...hopefully you can click on the picture to read her infractions and sentence...I needed to get the laundry done or else I would have just left it for her to clean, so I came up with something I saw fit...

The Teen/Tween Room

For those of you who have been in my basement, you know that the girls room is a really weird shape...I wish I had taken a before picture...
I asked my mom to come and help me think and plan...and of course she helped move the furniture and clean with me too!
She said we were doing a "Freestyle"which I learned was a show on Tv where they redo rooms using only what is already in the house. ( I started laughing when she said this because in the movie Pacifier- which we love- the baby is freestylin' in the ball pit...playing in the ball pit without a diaper...anyway, I had a good giggle.)
This is the view as you walk into their room. The trundle is pulled out a little to make a sitting ledge, they have a tv you'll see in the other pictures. Hopefully you can overlap them in your mind to see how they fit together.


This is the view standing by their bed...this room doesn't have a real closet, but we made one with the curtain . I put these side by side so you could bet a better idea of the other side of the room. The door there is not the door to the room...it is to the furnace, water heater, etc.. The bedroom door is to the far right if you look at the bottom of the picture on the right you can see it...I hope all this makes sense. They love their new space!

Maren's Really New Bed

Ok...the trundle idea was short lived...too much of a pain to push it in and pull it out everytime she went to sleep. So I decided to pull a switcheroo...I moved the bunkbeds from the big girls bedroom upstairs and the little girls daybed/trundle to the basement. This was a great idea...the timing was not so good. Jeff over did it at the gym this week and could hardly move his arms! The bunkbeds are made of 4X4 posts and 2X6's and the boards are ply wood...anyway they are way heavy... between all of us we got it done. This is the result:

Maren sleeps on the bottom of course and Annicha on the top.

This is how the other side loooks...we added the kitchen cart with all the play food and dishes now that the trundle didn't have to pull out into this space.

Maren Big Girl Bed

I mentioned to Jeff that maybe it was time to take down the crib...considering Maren could climb in and out with the side up or down. The next thing I knew he had it done and I had to "fix" the furniture. In the below picture the crib was against the wall with the book shelf and came out to the beauty salon.

We decided to let Maren sleep on Annicha's trundle so that if she fell off she wouldn't go too far.

Here is Maren trying out her bed...she was upside down for some reason...she's wearing a pull-up because she put it on herself...I guess she thought she was a really big girl now that she didn't have a crib....I'm not ready for that process quite yet.

Now she is the right way...

Joran was a little jealous and wanted to try out the new sleeping situation...he's pretending to be asleep...but peeking!

Cheyenne plays volleyball!

Cheyenne decided to play rec volleyball with some friends...I still have to figure out the lighting thing in this place...so here she is...hopefully Jeff will get some better ones at their final tournament this week.