Front Step Demo

The new house had a funky step that the elderly gentleman had put in to help him make the 2-step transition a little easier....but it looked FUNKY and was ageing. SO we pulled it out!

Before-ish picture.

Step One:

Hammer and Pry Bar

Step two:

Half of it was rotted out so we used the hammer to break up the pieces. Bradley was thrilled to get involved and use a REAL hammer to help daddy!

Step Three:

We weren't sure how the front part was connected...no nails, screws, nothing so to investigate further my husband got the skill saw out and cut everything off from where cement step was at on.

We soon realized that whomever put in the step GLUED the wood to the cement....MORE "FUN"!

Step Four:

After he pryed the piece off my husband had to then get to work out chiseling off the glue and pieces of wood remaining. Took FOREVER! And we still need to get some stripper to take the rest off.

Step Five:

Oh YES...forgot to mention that they also nailed the bottom pieces in all four corners INTO the cement...."brilliant" idea....but when you don't want something to move...you MAKE sure that it WONT move! LOL! Husband had to grind off massive nails.

AND.......wal-la

AFTER step was out!

So much better!

Glad step demo was done....but soon realized that anything "added" onto house after the fact was done in a ...."different" manner than you might expect. Hey...you MAKE it work!

Just checked the step demo off the list....next~

Bree and J

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Schools Out: Gifts for Kids

I promised this post last week but fell behind due to NO INTERNET! BAAAAH! Anyway enough these cute ideas for an End of Year/Schools Out gift for your kiddos classmates! You'll find some really "smart" and "Kool" ideas!

 For those "smarties" of ours..."Good Luck Smartie Pants"

Such a "Kool" idea... "Have a KOOL summer" with silly straw and Kool-Aid.

So sweet and minty fresh "Owl Miss You" with gum packet.

You can "knot" be without this Knot Design for your older kids!

Great way to be "chill" with this Popsicle idea!

Stay "chill" and have the "Kool"est "Smartie" kid in class~

Bree and J

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I'mmmmmmm Baaaack!!!

So good to be back!
Have the internet back I mean! And be back blogging!
Whew...watch out cause I've been doing TONS and with only the internet on my phone I have been having withdrawls!....Blogger withdrawls!
I have also missed out on a TON of my shows, thank goodness its "off season" and only thing I've really missed out on is the Bachelorette and America's Got Talent....but I'll be catching up soon and will definitely be putting in my 2 sense in on the Bachelorette saga!
Beyond moving with 3 kids and STILL unpacking there have also been alot of life lessons for me lately and though I do like to be open and honest with everyone there are some things that cant yet be shared.
Here's just a peak at the projects we've been doing..
SO happy to be HOME!
LOL!

Boys playing on new swing set at 6:30 AM

Yard remodel fail

Campfire Celebration

Pallet fun!

Demo work

Easy and FUN outdoor craft

Field trip to the zoo...in the RAIN

So happy to be back~
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McCarren Pool

Evie wants to fly to New York City.  Isn't that a strange request from a small town almost-5-year-old?  I asked her where she learned about New York and she claims from our trip on the plane.  I suppose I'm an influence too though because I had recently read an article in the New York Times online about this pool and showed her this picture from Pinterest.

via Pinterest

And I showed her all the pictures from the NY Times.  It's pretty amazing the amount of people in the black and white photo and then it's destruction and rebirth. 

via Google Image search

from Google Maps. Notice the compared to the school track!

What it'll look like all finished up.  Capacity is 1500 swimmers!

One of my favorite things to do when I'm researching about a place is to look it up in Google maps.  Obviously Google needs to update little since the pool is opening June 29th.  All Evie talks about is this giant pool in New York and how she's going there on her next vacation. :)

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