Beautiful Temple

Last Saturday I was at the temple.  Later I came home and told Wes that I thought we should take the whole family because the flowers there were so beautiful. 

But really our only chance before they closed for two weeks was the following day.

So after church we headed to the temple with our family.

It was such a sunny day.  And as an added bonus they were doing tours of the temple grounds.

 

 Look at those flowers!

 

 So sweet!

 

 I love my family!

 

Here are some other sweet moments.

 

This is kind of a fun picture because while taking it, I told Novalee that someday she would stand in that exact same spot (if she chose to be married at this temple) next to her husband and I described to her how beautiful she would be dressed in all white.  It's kind of cool to think about.

 Did I mention it was sunny?

 

 I love this picture of Novalee. 

 Just dreaming away by the fountain.

 Why do all the good pictures have to have strangers walking through the background.

  Annoying.

 

 We asked Jared to take a picture of Wes and myself by the fountain.  Once upon a time we were by this fountain in our wedding clothes.  So Jared stood WAY back, snapped the picture and this is what we got.  Ummm, too close!  We were cuter "once upon a time." 

 Here was his second attempt. 

That's better.

 



On the way out we saw this little guy roaming the Kruse Way neighborhood.

 

 

New Light Fixture in 2nd Bathroom

Yesterday I installed a new light fixture in the kids' bathroom.  

 

Anything is better than the generic silver one.

 

 

 

Master Bathroom

I painted our master bathroom blue probably four or five months ago. 



This is a little darker blue than it really is.  We think it goes well with the silver and white.

The cabinet next to the shower came "practically new" (a beloved phrase stolen from my stepdad Larry).  I got it a Thrift City on their 50% off day for only $12.50! Score!

This is the mirror the way it came when we moved in.  I had serious complaints that whomever installed it used some sort of black glue type substance in the four corners to hold it up.  I mean really, "What are people thinking?"













We framed the mirror.  (An idea totally stolen from someone I know.)  We bought trim we liked at the hardware store, painted it white and then cut it to size to fit the mirror.  If ever we move, the people that try to replace this mirror will be cursing us for eternity because I liquid glued that sucker all over! :)  The whole wall will have to come down to get that mirror off the wall!  Mwahahaha!  Seriously, "What are people thinking?"  ;)




We enjoyed our blue perfect bathroom, complete with a brand new double towel rod for about a week when Sadie decided it would be nice to use the towel rod for a swing.

When it happened I told Sadie to go down and tell Dad what happened.  She then proceeded to go downstairs and only say to Wes, "Mommy says not to be mad at me."  (Not quite).

 Little stinker

So Wes had to cut out a big hole and put in a horizontal 2X4 across the two main vertical 2X4s and then reattach the sheet rock.  Then I got the lovely job of spackling, applying orange peel, priming and repainting. 

 It was work. But you can't tell it ever happened AND that towel rod isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

 

So back to enjoying our lovely bathroom.