Celebrate!

Today was an exciting day!  We got to install 2 (yes, that's right, TWO) of our appliances!!  WOO-HOO!  It's looking more and more like a home every day!

We started out with the micro-hood....looks pretty nice there I'd say!

We got this for one heck of a deal!  $99 at Best Buy...regular price was $399!
It was an open box they were selling...and the guy gave us the mounting bracket from a different one so we actually had all of the parts except the screws!  SWEET!

Then we FINALLY got to bring in the stove that I bought LAST July!

Yes, you read that right, July 2012!

The kitchen is just about complete now!

I've just gotta get that mess cleaned up!

We even got the kitchen faucet installed...LOVE IT!

We got the laundry faucet installed too!

A VERY productive day!  So much so that we decided we'd take the night off and go to the 4th of July Celebration and watch our friends, The Harmans do a little bluegrass show!

What a gorgeous night it was!  The guys did awesome...and to top it off, we got to spend some time with some old friends of ours that we NEVER get to see anymore!

Love them both so much and miss them to bits!

Their three adorable kiddos were there as well.

I sure wish we got to see them all more often!

Laura & Sidney were both freezing (actually...we were ALL freezing)
This has been some AMAZING summer weather!  Couldn't ask for better!

I even managed to snap a couple of cute pics of Jeff & Sidney when they weren't looking.

Happy 4th of July everyone!!

The Progress Continues!

Jeremy came back today and finished up the crown moulding.  We ended up being a couple pieces short, so he'll have to come back and finish that when we finally get them delivered.  We've also decided to have him do the pocket doors, so he can just come back and do all of that at the same time.

Here's the dining room with its crown moulding up.  LOVE IT!

Sunroom (this room is missing an entire piece on the other side, lol.

Sitting area and doors to the sunroom.  I can't wait to get that table cleaned off and get all of those tools actually put away!  That alone will change the entire look of the main floor!

Finally, the crown moulding is up over the kitchen cabinets.  I'm going to have to paint those to color match the cabinets.  I can't wait to see how that looks  :)

Jeremy touching up the crown moulding in the master bedroom.

Look what finally started blooming!!  I can't believe that 2 weeks ago it was snowing 14" and this weekend we have flowers blooming like crazy!

I worked on the cabinet doors again all day.  I think the back sides are finally done!

My cabinet door drying rack has really come in handy...especially since I've had to prime & paint these boogers what seems like a zillion times!!

A good solid coat...finally.  I'll probably let them dry tomorrow and then flip them and start painting the fronts on Monday or Tuesday.  There are so many different jobs I could be doing right now it's not even funny!  Not good for a person with ADD!

We stopped early so we could go to the last Harmans Bluegrass show at the auction this spring.  I can't believe it's already April!  Where has the time gone??  I'll try and remember to post a few pics when I get them onto my computer!

A Little of this and a Little of that!

Today we're all working on different projects!  Kade and I are doing misc. stuff that needs to get done and Jeremy is back and installing crown moulding!

Dad came over for a visit and had to see just how Jeremy does crown moulding....

I'm pretty sure he was impressed. :)

There's Jeremy installing some crown.

 

Can I just say what a blessing air tools are!!  I can't imagine doing this with a hammer and nails! (but don't get me wrong...a hammer and nails still hold a strong place in the construction world!)

 

While I was walking around I noticed something...we are forever looking for pencils around here.  No matter how many I have...they never seem to be where we need them, and we always have to go on a hunt to find one.  See Kade's jacket hanging there on the rack?

See what's in it's pocket??  lol!  Nobody steals pencils like Kade does :)

I'm really hoping I've broken him of carrying them point down in the back pocket on his jeans though!

Kade and I finally switched out the two kitchen cabinets that had some issues in the finish (see below)

and we got the last little piece of countertop installed to the right of the stove.

Peeling paint...not good!

and doesn't that look like bristles under the finish?

Regardless....it's done...and they look great now!

Jeremy flew through the crown moulding today...he got at least half of it done.  Here's the master.

Master bath...where my clawfoot tub will be!! (can't wait)

Front bedroom...we've gotta get the casing on those windows FAST, lol! 

Middle bedroom.  I just LOVE that flooring.

Here's what we had to miss today  :(  The Harmans playing at

The Great Northern Bluegrass Festival in Schaumburg, IL.

We really wanted to go...but once again...the house had to take precedence!

One of these days we'll get to actually live again :)

The Harmans 35th Anniversary with Dailey & Vincent

Tonight was another break night - when I'm typing this it seems like we have them a LOT more often then we actually do, lol.  Our friends, The Harmans celebrated 35 years tonight with their annual Bluegrass concert at Hatheway Hall at Lewis & Clark Community College in Godfrey, IL.  What an amazing night it was.  The crowd that goes to that show is absolutely in LOVE with The Harmans (if you ever see them you'll understand why) and Dailey & Vincent were just awesome!  I'd never seen them before and will say without a doubt that I would go see them again in a heartbeat!  Here are a few pictures that I took throughout the evening.

Mike, Jeff, Mark & John Harman

Mike & Stacy Harman - I love this one.

Everybody + Cecil Tinnon

A shot from the side stage.  For some reason I really like this one.

Playing to a full house!  SOLD OUT again.

The Harman Family - Mike, Stacy, Jeff, Mark & John Harman

Cecil & John

Daily & Vincent - They look so tiny from here. :)

Jamie Dailey

Darrin Vincent

Christian Davis - AMAZING BASS VOCALIST

I mean...AMAZING - LOVED IT!  They sang an old gospel song and I swear his voice was so low is sounded like thunder...the whole place rumbled!

Jessie Baker

B.J. Cherryholmes

Jeff Parker

The Harmans on stage with Dailey & Vincent singing "Down the Road"

John Harman & Jamie Dailey

What a great show.  I loved it!

Wish Dailey & Vincent could just come back next year too  :)

Back to reality tomorrow!!