Ethan and Katie's home construction completed. 9-6-2008

I also posted a picture a before and after of our master bedroom. There are other pictures that I cannot locate of what the bedroom looked like the first week we moved into the house back in Nov 2001. Now that is a remarkable change. When I locate the Nov 01 bedroom picture I will post that you can truly appreicate the change. My friend Lacey Williams encouraged me to show a picture or two of my deorating skills. I will update the blog as I have more time to search out the pictures of total makeovers in other houses that I have done.

Master Bedroom redone

Master Bedroom before redo

I posted a few pictures of Katie and Ethan's newly remodeled home. As a family we worked on this home from July 2nd through mid August. A new roof, windows, new front posts, new kitchen, new bathroom, new plumbing, the hardwood floors have been refinished, a new travertine kitchen floor was laid, and the entire inside of the house repainted along with new ceilings in the LR, kitchen, and upstairs hallway. Ethan and Katie are working on the final details such as quarter round throughout the house and some paint touch ups.

The baby shower for Landon John is scheduled for tomorrow September 6th, 2008. Landon is expected in the next couple of weeks.

Ethan and Katies new home

Back After

Back Before

Front in the middle of the remodeling, new windows, new roof and new front columns, shrub removal complete.

Front in the middle of remodel.

Front before remodel started.

March 21, 2008
65 degress and sunny

I want you all to know that it was by accident that I finally figured out how to post the slide show of our western trip. Not that I had not tried numerous times before. Lets say I at times can be computer challenged.

Also I am adding that the diet is going slowly but surely. Now I am back to pre trip size and actually can tell by my clothing that I have made additional losses. There is no weighing of this body. If not enough progress then I get upset and wonder why I am working so hard, if I lose to much then, hey, my mentality is lets party...which includes real ice cream.

Karen Ann

Western Trip

We had such a wonderful time visiting with dear friends (Price's, Larkin's another Price family, Hinckley's, Andersen's, Andrew's, Hicks, Haggs, Schmidts, Hanson and Peterson families) and conducting business along the way. We started in Utah then onto Nevada, sunny California and while in California we took a trolley ride down to Tijuana, Mexico.