Mini Makeover

This past weekend, we hung up some curtains in our family room and kitchen.  I have been wanting to forever, and when my mom asked what I wanted for my birthday, I said curtains!  I knew I wanted orange in our family room.  Not burnt orange, bright orange.  That was pretty hard to find.  I finally found some on Ikea's website, but unfortunately, you can't order much from their website.  My sister-in-law's friend works at Ikea in SLC, so she pulled a favor for me and had her friend purchase the curtains and mail them to me.  I love them.

Before.  Very boring plain, uncolorful wall.

After!  Color!  It really makes the room look bigger, more lived in, and finished.

The kitchen has a sliding glass door to the back yard.  The previous owners had put vertical blinds and a redish window treatment above.  I HATE vertical blinds.  They are the biggest pain in the world, and unattractive.  So, we finally took down the ugly window treatments and put up our own!

Before.  Ugly to the max.

After!  Cute green curtains.  Functional and pretty.  Luckily these were easily purchased at Pier 1.  I love the pattern.  Here is a close up.

Thanks Mom for such a great birthday present.  It makes me smile every time I walk into these rooms! 

Good friends

For my birthday, my friend Rachel organized a trip to a pottery studio with our friends.  I got to choose the colors, and everyone designed and decorated a dessert plate for me.  I love them so much.  I can't wait to use them!  Thanks Rachel!

My birthday

I turned the big 3-0 on 09/09/09.  I was still in my pjs at 9AM when my doorbell rang and it was my parents!  What a total surprise (glad I had cleaned my bathrooms the day before!).  Haley and Maya were thrilled to find grandma and grandpa when they got home from school.  My mom took me shopping (thanks!) and then everyone went out to dinner to celebrate.  We came home and ate a big chocolate cake from Costco.  My parents were able to stay until Saturday morning and we were all so sad when they left.  Thanks for the great birthday guys! 

I'm in trouble

He moved the chair over and climbed up all by himself.  Oh dear.