Updated kids and cousins

Just a quick post to show you how big the kids have grown this summer.

We have gone each week with Brayden and Auntie Rachel to a different splash park and park. Here are the three cousins together on the slide. A minute before Kai was pushing Brayden down the slide. This was about as good as we got!

We have been up a few times to see baby Hannah at Grandma and Papa's house. Hannah will be 2 months old next week. Koa will be 6 months. He has her by quite a bit! :) We try to do these cousin shots each time we are up there. Kai had to be bribed with candy to sit there.

Good, Better, Best

Good, Better, Best

Never let it Rest,

Until your Good is Better,

And your Better is Best.

This year's project on the house occurred in the kitchen. These were projects that we knew we would have to tackle when we moved in two years ago, and have finally gotten to them.

The people we bought this home from had two huge dogs, thus the doggy door. We do not have dogs anymore, so we did not need the door. All it did was let in the cold air in the winter.

Good:We got a new door, without the doggy door. Otherwise it is pretty much the same door, except the blinds are inside the door. We still need to paint the door.

Whoever thought white linolium was a good idea did not have kids! I had to mop the floor at least every other day, and still it did not come clean. I eventually tried a magic eraser and that would work, but there is no way I'm getting on my hands and knees to clean the floor several times a week.

Better:

To replace the floors, we went with Pergo laminate floors. So far, they have been much easier to clean, and they are NOT white! Even better!

The last poorly designed aspect of our kitchen was white countertops. It had stains from Hawaiian Punch, scratches, etc.

Best:
We changed the countertops to quartz. They look like granite, but they are easier to take care of. They don't need to be sealed, they don't chip, stain, etc.

Here is an up close view of the countertops. Nathan and I are going to attempt to put in our own backsplash eventually. We are thinking the glass mosaic tiles. These are the same ones that are in our bathroom. That will be another post!