We were quite busy in the month of June. First, Andrew's cousin, Sage, along with Sage's friend, Jeremiah, were here in Colorado Springs with us for about a week. We really enjoyed having them here! Then, my parents and niece, Cortnee, came to visit. Mom and Dad are always helpful with our various "fix-it" projects, and this time we had a doozy. The outside of our house needed a new paint job, and Andrew was super pumped for us to do it ourselves. I will admit.....I was extremely apprehensive about the whole task, but it ended up not being so bad. Not that I will ever voluntarily do it again, but whatever.
Here is Dad working on the front of the house....
This made me SOOOOOOOO nervous!
Taking a break. Sonic, take us away.....
Dad doing....something. I think he smelled one too many paint fumes.
While Andrew, Dad, and I were outside painting for hours at a time, Mom was inside watching all the kids and even had time to make some homemade ice cream! YUM!
When we started, we had planned to paint the entire house ourselves. However, one side of the house was going to be quite the challenge. Not only did it have some of the highest parts of the house to reach, the ground below (where the ladder would sit) is all landscaping rock, and oh yeah, has an extreme downhill slope. Not exactly the safest scenario imaginable. After thinking it over, we I decided to have some professionals come out to do that one side, and I am SO glad that we I did.
Andrew and Dad even made new shutters for the front windows!
When all was said and done, our house went from this....(sorry about the old pic....R.I.P. Jeep)
To this!
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