The girls had so much fun last year with skating lessons they wanted to do it again.
The boys got to do free skate on the girls’ last day last year and they asked to do it this year.
It makes busy Wednesday even busier; but with Nan’s help we are making it work.

When we first closed on the house, we expected that we’d get the bright blue carpet out of our bedroom right off the bat.  They we learned it was High Quality carpet, and it was in excellent shape.
We almost changed it last year.

Things lined up for us to approach this project again this year. 
It’s all about timing.  Moving all that furniture out and storing it in our already full house is half the battle.  Then there is the time to paint, and the living in limbo.  But, it worked out this year.  So here it is.

The before pictures.  The folding table is where we do lots of school.

What it looks like when you move a trunk.

Nigel was a champ helping Daddy pull up the carpet. 

This was our model from the old house.

Let the painting begin.

It went SO quickly.  I would have been done in two days…

If I’d painted it the right color.
Really.

Then I found the right color.

And our WalMart’s paint machine broke.
We got our first snow of the season that night keeping me from checking out the next closest WalMart then and there.
But I was there early the next morning, only to find out they don’t DO Glidden at that WalMart.
So I went to the NEXT closest WalMart.  And eventually got started with the right color.

Oh yeah – not much different. 

Then they called and said the carpet was ready a full two weeks before we expected it.  Woooo hooooo.

So we camped out on the floor.

And made a few marks on the subfloor.

And they brought the carpet.  What a fabulous smell.

All put back together.  Nigel put the bed back together. 

Love it.

So worth the wait.

Food.  Family. Friends.  Fellowship.

Looking forward to 2016