Lake Powell

I just now realized that I never blogged about our trip to Lake Powell in August.

Sanders stayed with family because Lake Powell doesn't have gradual beaches and it's super easy to get yourself in trouble if you are not careful.

This was Tennyson's first time and he loved every last second of it. The only times he got out of the water were to eat, sleep, and the occasional sand adventure.

Tubin' with the cousins

We had the best little cove for a docking spot. The kids could swim clear out into the middle and we never had to worry a bit about them

Beckham the dare devil. Flopping off the floating tramp

There he is, mid-fall flight

I'm usually the one behind the camera. This is about the only shot of me :)

Skiing was rough this year. Not much excitement. But then we went to Lagoon and the kids were crazy brave. I kept comparing the rides to skiing. Hopefully they'll be a little more will next year.

Middle of redecorating a boys room

I thought I was done with one more step in Sanders' room.

Turns out I totally miss calculated (stupid math) and had my stripes planned out all wrong in my head. So I thought I was done with all of the white base coat today until I started making marks for the stripes.

I didn't do a full coverage on the white near the chair rail because I thought that that section would be blue. Turns out it's supposed to be white.Which means I still have more white to paint.

Then I'll mark for stripes, tape them off, use this cool method for perfectly straight lines---

Source: houseofhepworths.com via Emilie on Pinterest

--which does add a step, but an easy one and no touch ups later, and then I'm ALL done with the painting :)

At least I now know that when I do get to paint the blue stripes I've checked, double checked and repainted already so hopefully it's smooth sailing from here.

And that the ceiling is a glorious color that I could bath in all. day. long!

To tide you over, here are a few Before and In the Middle pictures:

BEFORE

 

Cute before, right? I just wanted/needed a change.

IN the MIDDLE

 (It's hard to take great pictures when all the furniture is in the middle of the room)

Umm...do you LOVE the ceiling as much as I do?!?!?!? It seriously makes me so very happy!

Rainy day fun

I saw this on Pinterest and just had to try it.

 You could drive home....

 ....or the pet shop.

It. was. a. BIG. hit!

The boys played for hours downstairs during the rainy morning hours.

Magic the way masking tape can transform a space :)