Kitchen Cabinet Project

Travis gets these wild hairs every once in awhile and he pulled through this one with a win! He has been talking about painting our kitchen cabinets...well...since the day we bought the house over 4 years ago. We didn't have much planned last weekend so he decided to get into a project around the house. We (when I say this I mean Travis with my input) started on Friday night sanding and taking the cabinets and drawers so we would be ready to start painting on Sat morning. We decided to use Travis's dad's paint sprayer to make things go a little faster. This was a nightmare at first. We couldn't get the thing to work and had to clean it out delaying our project until mid day. We had a schedule because we had the Dye/Milas that night and anyways it was supposed to rain. Travis finally got the outside painting done just in time to leave Sat night. On Sunday Travis's dad came over and helped finish trimming the inside and they hung the cabinets. Beautiful! We celebrated by eating Mexican with Travis's parents. Throughout the next week Travis touched up and put the knobs on. We decided to do handles on the drawers to mix things up. Let me know what you think...

Before:


Tate helping...ha!


After:

Bunny Day 2010

What a fun holiday this year! The Easter bunny made it to our house. Tate got a bubble mower, puzzle, and some other goodies. He must have been good the past year...ha! We have a tradition that we started last year with Abbie and Izzie where we go to get pictures at the Mayo in Powell. They have live animals that the kiddos can pet. Tate looks so scared in his picture. He did not make a move with that large bunny beside him. We went to a couple of egg hunts this year....one at the Shular's house and then we went to Beaver Creeks'. Tate was a pro at hunting eggs. He got lots of candy that mommy and daddy can eat!! We also colored eggs at Mamaw and Papaw's house on Saturday and then at our house when dad came over. It was a blast this year and of course mommy likes getting all new clothes for the family!!

Birthdays Birthdays Birthdays

My Mom's, my Mother-in-Law's (Carolyn), and my Father-in-Law's (Ray) birthday are all really close so it seemed like we were getting together with family a lot this month to celebrate. We had Mom's and Carolyn's birthday dinners at our house. We had a good time. Ray's birthday we decided to go out to eat so we picked a Japanese steak house so Tate could be entertained. Well...this didn't go as planned because Tate was sick. He slept through the entertainment and actually threw up for the first time on the way home. He was so pitiful!

A few more videos...

My work schedule right now is 6:30 to 5 so I am already at work when Tate and Travis wake up in the mornings. Travis has the privilege of waking Tate up and dressing him in the mornings. Sometimes he is not too happy but other days he wakes up with a big smile. Frequently I get a picture or a video sent to my work account and boy do I love that. I usually open the e-mail with a big smile on my face. Here are some videos that me and Travis or just Travis in the mornings has taken over the past few months...

Smokers Laugh - 2009:


Tate's First Remote Control Car - Dec 2009:


Tate and Izzie Dancing - March 2010:


Laughing Shot- March 2010:

First Video from Travis's phone

This is the first video that Travis sent me while at work. He took from his phone one afternoon after picking up Tate a little early. I will always treasure this. Tate's laugh is priceless.

Snow! Snow! Snow!

This is the first time that we have been snow bound with Tate and we enjoyed every minute of it. We were mostly lazy the entire time making good food and watching Elmo but we did get out to enjoy watching Tate play in the snow. Tate didn't know what to think about the white stuff on the ground. He just walked around in it and smiled. Travis tried to sled with him but Tate wasn't too fond of the sled (maybe next year). Tate did not have the proper snow clothes so we did have to go in a warm up a couple times throughout the weekend especially when he found the street drain and all the melted snow. He loved splashing in the puddles. Travis was hard at work most of the time building us a snow family. One big snow a year is great and we had a great time but come on spring and summer!

Christmas 2009

Better late than never! Christmas was a blast this year. Tate was really into opening gifts....more than I thought he would be. Santa met us at the Knoxville Zoo this year. We went with Abbie and Izzie and had a wonderful breakfast with Santa. Neither one of them were too scared of Santa. After we ate breakfast we walked around the zoo. There were some animals that weren't out due to the cold weather but boy were we in for a show from the gorillas. They were extremely active!

Below is our first picture of Tate and Izzie together on Santa's lap. What cute cousins!





We made gingerbread houses this year at moms and we did make a mess. Tate just enjoyed eating all the goodies. You'll notice his mouth is red. We had to give both of them a bath to get the red stain off their bodies.



Santa was good to Tate this year. He must have been good in 2009 (he is always good in my book). He got a basketball goal (this is his second - he grew out of his other one), a radio flyer scooter, Encore Elmo, and many more toys and clothes.



Can't wait to see what next year has in store for the Shulars!