Weekend with Friends

A few weekends ago, we headed out for the Third Annual Women's Weekend. This weekend doesn't really have a name, but hey, I needed to call it something.

As a group of ladies, we rent a cabin (thank you Brooke for taking the lead on this) and spend some really great time together. So far, we have gone to a different place each year for the weekend.

This weekend originated three years ago as a scrapbooking weekend. It has evolved from a scrapbook weekend to a do-whatever-you-want-to-do weekend. For example, over the course of 2 1/2 days, we had range of scrapbooking, knitting, homework-ing, reading, cooking, talking, and laughing going on.

Regardless to what we do, the company is amazing. This weekend, I couldn't help but to look around and be thankful for the investment that these women have poured into my life.

Operation: Bathroom Makeover

A few weeks ago, we began updating our bathrooms. We haven't really remodeled/updated anything together before, so this was kinda exciting. Maybe it was more exciting than it would have been because we didn't do all the work ourselves. We had lots of help and we are thankful for it.

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I took a few pictures before all the work began.

The sinks

The lights (the covers had already been taken off by the time I took the picture)

The mirrow/medicince cabinet

The wallpaper

Then, the work began.

Step 1 - Wallpaper Removal - good-bye pink flowers and baskets

Step 2 - Prime the walls - Thank you Sandy.

Step 3 - Paint the walls.

Step 4 - Get Charlie, our friend from church to lay the tile. :)

Step 5 - Install the countertops & faucets

Step 6 - Hang the new mirrors and lights.

Step 7 - Hang the new shower curtain, that matches perfectly. :)

This is the bathroom in my and Brandon's bedroom. The bathroom in the hallway got a new facelift too and it is just as exciting to have "new". I'll spare you from all the steps.

This is the final product in the hallway bathroom.