before and after

Shawn and I have been working very hard getting our new house just the way we want it. We started working on it an hour after we signed the papers. It has taken a bit, but we have about got it done. The only things we are lacking is to finish painting the Master Bath and the Guest Bedroom and replacing some of the fixtures (we HATE brass!). As you can see we started with BLUE carpet everywhere, even carpet in the bathrooms. We ripped it up and replaced it with a tile that looks like hardwood floors. It looks amazing! We used it throughout the house except for in the bedrooms, we just replaced the carpet with a more neutral color. Shawn, Aiden and I are all very happy at our new home. We love the peacefulness of it, away from everything else. Aiden loves riding his 4wheeler all over the property, and of course Shawn loves having all of his stuff in one place! As a realtor I love seeing the before and after of what people do to their homes, so I thought I would share ours with you! Also, the guest room will be finished soon, for anyone who wants to come visit us.......

yep, i'm a slave driver.......i've got pictures to prove it!

Just kidding! Although I will have to keep some of these pics around to remember when he DID want to do the dishes! We baked cookies this afternoon and Aiden was helping me clean up! Chef Aiden, as he likes to be called when he is cooking, did wear a shirt while baking, but somehow it ended up getting covered in flour, so he ditched it. So here we have his favorite look, the "no shirt" look!

He had to get every last bit clean! What a man!

4th of July Week

This 4th of July week was a busy one for us. On Tuesday Aiden and I met Shawn in Amarillo to visit our new nephew, Caedmon Jude Brown. He is 4 pounds 11 ounces! Aiden says he is pretty liddy (little). My brother cooked out an excellent dinner with steak and corn on the cob on the grill! We had a wonderful time hanging out with them and their neighbors and friends!

Before I left Amarillo on Wednesday I got to meet up with an old friend from high school and have lunch! I havent seen Jennifer in years, it was so awesome getting to catch up with her and hear the latest on Amarillo. Aiden made her laugh almost the entire lunch. It was a great time! I cant wait until her and her husband make it up to Oklahoma to hang out with us (hint*hint) Anyways, Thanks for a great lunch Jenn!

We brought Gavin home with us on Wednesday. They got to swim in Lolly and Pops pool, then on Thursday Gavin got to go to school with Aiden! They had a great time hanging out with eachother!

On Friday morning my dad and I took the boys to the OKC Zoo. HOT was an understatement! It was miserable, but the boys had a great time seeing all of the animals. We were only there for about 2 hours but they were worn out by the time we left. Gavin fell asleep in the truck on the way home!

For the 4th we went up to Richie and Jennifers. There whole neighborhood is like one big block party. Everyone fires off the big fireworks, its like a competition every year to see who it the biggest and best. Richie and Jennifer made some wonderful food! Everyone was stuffed and had a great time watching and shooting off fireworks! (By the way, we pretty much won this year!!!!)

Hope and Aiden had a great time doing the sparklers!