ribbon cutting party

last nite we had the grand unveiling of all thad's hard work on the master bedroom and bathroom. he's been working non-stop for the last 5 weeks and all his work is seriously impressive. he painted the bedroom and bathroom, put in new trim, a new light fixture in the bedroom, new carpet, tiled the bathroom counter, put in new linoleum, a new toilet, new fixtures...is there anything this guy can't do?!! we had the gang over to celebrate his efforts- and no ribbon cutting ceremony would be complete without an actual ribbon to cut, champagne, lots of beer and mini cupcakes.

the crew lines up for the actual ribbon cutting....

our new master suite (sweet!)


WOW!

our new spa bathroom

benny likes mister ugly and frankie ugly

mister's NBF- auntie allie

ben pets auntie christine

did chewy steal this little boy from sweden?! love those rosy cheeks!

poor mister...

we grew these!!!

can you believe these gorgeous lillies are just GROWING in our front yard?! crazy! up until now i always thought you could only BUY this kind of prettiness from the flower section at trader joe's?! and for someone who can barely keep a cactus alive, this is kind of a big deal.

gnome sweet gnome

this guy, originally purchased with ldawg at the long beach flea market is posted up at our front
entry to welcome all our friends. i love a good gnome...

let there be grass!

all summer we (alright...maybe mostly thad?!) have toiled and worked, and dug, and watered and shovelled and manual labored to get our yard in shape. about a month ago thad (assisted by our GOOD friend Jason...me and christine helped too!!!!) put sod in the back yard and has been diligently tending to it everyday. after months and months of trips to the eastside gardens, the dump and instant landscaping for plants, wood chips, river rocks, compost, etc...all the hard work has finally paid off. woo hoo!!!!

yard-a-thon

Here's thad hard at work on the front yard- notice the plethora of pretty new plants and all those new fir wood chips...that's six runs to the wood chip pile people....whew!

this weekend was a yard work marathon! finally it's coming together....here's our handiwork along our front fence line-looking good!