1935!

Today Nate tore down the wall of the coat closet under the stairs and we found a few sheets of newspaper from 1935! Kind of fun to see what secrets this old house holds~

Finally a Bedroom done!!

Finally we got our carpet!
I laugh because we have a green and white room already....haha Go Spartans!
The girls checking out the new bedroom all finished with the new carpet
Door trim, crown moulding
Rio posing next to the new base mouldings we put in

Snow Day!!

Wouldn't you know it.....

The first day of training for the 1/2 marathon we signed up for it SNOWS in Portland!!!

It was still a pretty run though!

Nate liked my face in this one.....until he got pelted with a snowball!! haha

Nate making snow angels in our yard

Whoo hoo! Snow!!

Congrats!!!

Congrats to Jen and Brady! The surprise proposal next to Sparty!!!

Murphy

In loving memory of Murph dog....

What a View!

Mt Hood just to our East...
Mt. Saint Helen's to our north!

Probably helps our view that our house is 300ft above sea level on a little mountain!

It was a bit chilly today but it was SUNNY!!!! out today and it allowed me to see both beautiful mountains! Hopefully we will get a chance to hike Mt. Hood a bit this summer. Also trying to plan a snowshoeing trip this winter/spring some time as well.

Living in Chaos!

Our new bathroom sink just arrived!

Where it all began in the spare bedroom.....

During Demo.....
We agreed that Nate only got to pick the color in one room.....so of course it is GREEN Sage green to be exact, but hard to tell in this picture (also swear Nate is color blind...he says I am now in charge of all color decorating!) I also learned that mudding drywall has got to be my least favorite job so far, but I admit you do get better the more you do it....
Closet painted white and ready to go, and I had just painted the crown moulding....

Here is how it all started in the living/dining room.... Ugly wall between the living room and the kitchen

The best part of renovation is the demo!!


No longer a wall!

We are living amid the dust and chaos and I have to remind myself that it will actually be done some day!! We also have been able to clean up the yard quite a bit. Raking all the dead moldy leaves left behind and getting rid of the old rusty swing set in the backyard to open up space to eventually create a BBQ or fire pit area to hang out in the back private part of the yard.

Hope everyone had a Happy New Years!