With a little furniture and stuff

We are still working on getting some of the odds and ends done down in the basement. I still have a little bit more painting (my mom and I have done all the painting in basement.... and I kind of needed a break from painting.) Here's what it looks like with furniture in it (we haven't moved the furniture into the family room yet.... but we're getting there!)

Malia's room (we still need to hang up her mirror, and find some furniture... the room is pretty empty... she also needs a dust ruffle for her bed. She loves the space though)


Kayden's room is just about done. He has a TV, but we don't have anything to put it on right now.


This has nothing to do with the basement, but Anaya's hair turned out really cool the other day. I'm so glad she likes having her hair done (even if she's very opinionated on how it should be done....)


I decided since we were moving things around I would move Taisha into the boys old room, and put the two little kids together for a while in the girls room. That way everyone gets a new room. Eventually Taisha and Anaya will probably end up together, but for now Taisha has the place to herself. The room needed to be de-boy-ed though, which involved lots of Spackle and a fresh coat of paint. The pictures make it look mint green, but it is actually lime green and purple... and really cute!



I'm still working on McKay and Anaya's room. I think I will get it painted this week, and then I should be done with the major painting (until I forget how much I hate painting, and decide to paint my room.)

The three older kids have been really excited about moving things around and having their own rooms. Anaya wouldn't speak to me the first night we moved her out and into a different bed (isn't she a little young for the silent treatment?) She would just look at me out of the side of her eyes and glare. But she seems to be over that now....sheesh! McKay was ok with everything for the first night, but the second night I decided to move their clothes into the other dresser and closet, and holy smokes, the guy freaked out! He wanted his clothes back and his bed back and whoa... he actually had me thinking maybe he needed a behavioral specialist to talk to.... but then he got that out of his system, has decided he wants his walls painted too and his toys moved in. Phew.... nothing puts me in a better mood than fit throwing. Hopefully we'll finish up on everything over the next couple weeks, and can settle back into a routine... just in time for Christmas craziness!

Speaking of Christmas, here's a picture of Malia's first Christmas concert at the Festival of Trees. And once again, I took a spectacular picture!


I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving break! Hopefully we can get a little more done! Come visit though.... I'm so excited to show it all off! (Just a side note.... I've been spending a lot of time on big projects and a little teeny, tiny bit of time on my normal work.... so the house isn't super sparkly.....but it's getting there.)