Finally!

I finally have the before and after pictures of the house! I regret not taking more before pictures, oh well. We are very pleased how the new colors look in our home. This is a before picture of the arched window in the home teaching room. It's not a very good picture because the original one had dark shadows and I tried to lighten it up so that the painting around the arch would show. But it gives you the general idea of what was there.

This is the new and much improved home teaching room. In the picture to the right you can see that the one wall is darker than the other wall. We are going to repaint the "accent" wall so that it shows more contrast. In some light you can't even see the difference in the color.












Here are the before pictures of the family room. We love this room and the openness of it. But I could not stand the birdhouses and the birds and the vines. No regrets with covering them up. In the middle picture below you can see some cubby holes next to the fireplace. We would like to put some cupboard doors over them and paint them white for accent. The wall behind the TV is where we painted the accent wall but you can't tell that it is a different color. So we will repaint it like the home teaching room.










When we first moved into the house there was a wallpaper border that was just above the splash board all around the kitchen. (I wish I would have taken a picture.) I removed the wallpaper and to my surprise there were apples stenciled all around the splash board under the roosters.
I don't have any before pictures of our bedroom or the office. The office picture looks like it has white walls but they are actually a light gray. I love the green color! We painted the laundry room the same color. It's relaxing to me.









We are so happy with our "new" home and wanted to share the pictures with you. What a difference a couple of coats of paint make!

Big Changes!

When we moved into the house we knew we had to make some changes. In the home teaching room we have a big arched window. Above the arch the previous owner had painted some vines and flowers that looked like hydrangeas. And in the family room above the fireplace there were vines, birdhouses, and birds painted on the wall. That is so not me (us). So we contacted Dave Biddison (Emily Sharp's husband) about painting the house. Now this was back in May or June. We knew he was busy and that it would take a while for him to get back to us. But it is finally happening! They started last week. They are painting the laundry room today. All that is left is the entry way from the garage, the kitchen/family room and they will be done. We are so pleased with how it looks now. When they are totally done I will post some before and after pics.
We hope all our family are having a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. We are in a bit of a mess, but that's ok, for now. My mother will be coming over, and because the painters asked if they could work today, we also invited them for dinner. It should be really interesting because they speak very little English. It will be a quiet dinner for sure. Aaron and Heidi are planning on coming over later too.
We want you to know how thankful we are for all of you and for our beautiful grandchildren. We love you all and miss you so much. We are thankful for many blessings that enrich our lives and those of our kids. Knowing that you are all happy in your marriages and that you and the kids have been blessed with good health, employment, beautiful homes, active Church involvement, and testimonies of the Savior is a huge blessing in our lives as well as yours. Thank you so much for being a wonderful part of our lives!

Conference Weekend

We received a wonderful invitation to join Scott and Lindsey and family to watch the Sunday afternoon session of conference. We drove all -the -way to Santaquin. Did you know that it is 61 miles and 62 minutes from the Anderson home in Santaquin to the Sharp home in West Jordan? Well, it is. We were a little late arriving and they were all downstairs watching conference when we arrived. We missed the music and the opening prayer. I think the kids were a little more excited about having company than they were about watching conference. I was really impressed with what Lindsey did towards the end. She had the kids sit on the couch and told them that the Prophet was going to speak. She asked them to listen to what the Prophet was telling them, that was important for them to know. She would stop the program and ask them questions about the things that President Monson said and she commented about their answers. I thoroughly enjoyed that teaching moment!







Lindsey had dinner in the crockpot that was ready after conference was finished. It was wonderful! She put Lipton onion soup mix combined with cream of chicken soup over a roast with potatoes and carrots on top. It smelled so good during conference and I wondered if everyone's stomach was growling like mine was. The kids couldn't wait for dinner to be ready, they said they were starving. Lindsey put out some carrots, celery and tomatoes and the kids began dipping. That is what Crew is doing in the picture. Dipping carrots or celery into ranch dressing. Um-yum! Their little tummies were full before they could enjoy the wonderful dinner.

After dinner we all enjoyed mini-muffins and peaches and ice cream. The picture of Cade is after he had stuffed an entire muffin in his mouth and then he laughed about it. The peaches were delish! I so want Brad to stop at Mitchell's tomorrow on his way to his class to see if they have any peaches left.

It was wonderful to see the Anderson's again. Scott is doing well with his new job. Lindsey is looking great for eight months pregnant. The kids are all happy and energetic and fun to watch. It was a very enjoyable evening. Thanks Scott and Lindsey!