Our New Bathroom

We took our house off the market on October 14th and had decided that we would remodel the basement bathroom, something we have wanted to do for a long time.  On October 15th, Marcus and his friend, Josh, put saws and sledgehammers into action.

 The original bathroom had these weird steps up to the toilet and shower, as the plumbing was above the concrete.  This caused a cramped space and disgusting wood.

 The demo of Marc and Josh. 

 From this point on we hired contractors to do the rest.  They drilled into the concrete to lay new plumbing to give us a level floor.  The steps are gone!

 We love our new bathroom!  The floor tile flows out into the hallway towards the family.  We are still trying to decided whether we want a curtain to keep the room as open as possible, or doors.

 No decor yet, but that will come.

 They also moved the wall by the sink over a few inches which feels like a lot more space.

Thanks, Baxter Construction!  We love it!

Christmas Program times 3!

 Last week, all three kids were each in there own Christmas program.  We started with Jackson, where the 1st-3rd graders perform a musical.  He is center in the picture below.  

 A couple of his buddies at school.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of Jacob, just video.  He continues to amaze me with his growing independence.  He had no fear getting on stage and singing with about 40 other 3-5 yr olds.  He knew the words and motions and smiled!

Kathryn's class at church only had to prepare for 1 verse of "Away in the Manger."  All the girls knew most of the motions and key words (if not all), but once they got up there they just stood and looked out at the audience.  I am sure they had no idea what they were doing.  Kathryn added a few comic reliefs by once saying, "Mama, look, I'm singing!" and then "Look, there's Kara!", pointing to a friend of hers on stage.  She did much better than I thought she would...some of you can imagine what could have been with my little firecracker!

Christmas Train

Our annual trip to the Toppenish Christmas Train came with much better weather than last year's blizzard and the boys had a great time playing in a room filled with Thomas tracks. Ryn enjoyed pushing around a wooden train for a good 15 minutes. Yeah!

The Train to the North Pole

Waiting to Arrive

What! My daughter is SITTING in a chair! Well, only for the picture.