My sweet girls.... and yes we are still alive!!!

Ok. Ok. I know.

I will do better, O promise. Please forgive me!

I KNOW I am on the bad blogger list. It has been way to long since I have updated the blog. Life seems to be flying by. Maddie graduated from Pre-school.... the girls are busy at soccer. Jed seems to be working a thousand hours a week and I am doing the same ole, same ole... all you moms know what that means. Dishes, laundry, cooking, cleaning, disciplining...repeat, over and over!

I will get some newer pics up this week and promise to keep in better communication with you all!!!

Have a great day!

Bathroom updates

The mirror will be installed on Thursday and then the the rest of the pretty things!!! Decorative lights, shower curtain and curtain!!! We are loving it and will really love it when there is a mirror!!! Jed has done such a great job!!! I take a bath in the new soaking tub almost every night.....aaahhhhhh.

Will keep updating!

a visit from family....

We had such a great time with my cousin Brandy and her sweet daughter Keira when they came for a visit a few weeks ago! It was so great to have them here! Thanks for staying even without the modern conveniences of a shower! That showed me just how much you really love me! It was so fun for the girls to get to know each other and a blast to sit and get reacquainted with Brandy! Love you guys and miss you!

We are getting there!

The bathroom is moving along nicely! We have had a crazy couple of weeks which have slowed things down a little bit. A trip to Vegas for me with Arbonne, Jed working 60-70 hours a week with Loctite and busy little girls have taken a few hours away from the remodeling!

Jed is working so hard at getting this all done! It has been 3 weeks and I am estimating that the tile, cabinets and marble will go in beginning of next week!!! YIIPPPEEEEE!

I am so excited to get the "bling and glam" up!

Here's some progress pics!

Jeds amazing new plumbing skills!!!! ( thanks Cole for the assistance!)

The exhausted free labourer!

Looking good!!!

We have a shower and tub!!!!

The memory wall!!! Had to put a little piece of "us" in the walls!Madisons photography skills!

The bathroom remodel is underway!

Jed and I have been talking about remodeling our bathroom for some time now. We did the quick redo about 7 years ago to get us by... last Friday night I asked Jed what the plans were for the weekend and he answered half jokingly " I guess we could gut the bathroom"! he should know better..... so Saturday we took the sledge hammer to our ONLY full bathroom! It is going very well and we are on task to have the shower back in business by Monday or Tuesday! I am so excited and am having a ton of fun picking out all of the beautiful "loot"!!! Here is a sneak peak! You will have to stay tuned to see where it all goes!!!!

Cabinets.. only in a bathroom!

strawberry shortcake extravaganza......

We had a great night celebrating Olivia's birthday on Saturday. It is so hard to believe that my baby is 4 years old already! Olivia loved all of the baby doll loot that she received as well as tons of great make-up...she is my true girlie girl!

I need to go...we are off to paint nails! Miss Olivia is waiting patiently!

Miss Olivia's 4th bday!

We had soooo much fun!! Jed had to be in Chicago on the night of Olivia's birthday for work. We decided that the girls and I would tag along and make it a special birthday celebration for Olivia. She LOVES her American Girl Bitty Baby. We made reservations for a lunch at the Cafe for the six of us! (the four living Smiths plus Taylor & Emma - pictured above!). We loved every minute that we had with the girls. There was no one there but us!!! Olivia was in awe of everything! We spent several hours cruising the store and then headed down Michigan Avenue to look some more. Then back to the hotel to swim and eat Chicago style pizza in bed while watching American Idol! What a great day! The girls and I met Auntie Aimee, my good friend from design school, and headed to the Shedds Aquarium for the day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BABY GIRL!