Before photos of kitchen

After photos

My New and Fabulous Kitchen

Happy to announce that the kitchen remodel is complete, (well almost) still need glass for upper cupboards and the metal mesh for the island cupboards, but at least it's in working condition. After about 3 1/2 months of construction, dust, money, patience, more patience, some bad words I'm loving my new kitchen. It is soooo nice to have such an open floor plan we can all eat dinner at the island and have plenty of room.
I was so worried about not having a pantry and where would I put all my crap, well all the crap that wasn't or hasn't been used since we've lived here went in the garbage and for all the other stuff I have plenty of room even have unused drawers and cupboards now. Luis my cabinet maker did an amazing job!!!!!!!!! If you haven't done you need to check out his website @ CapunayDesigns.com.

Kennedy turns 3

Some little things about Kennedy,
She is now 3 going on 33.
She loves her brother and sister and is very sad on Monday mornings when they leave for school.
She cries and wants to ride the bus too.
She loves to pretend that she is the mom and I'm her weetheart.
She LOVES her Aunt Jodi, so much that when we are with Aunt Jodi she is her mom and I'm Stephanie. She will tell me, "mom this is my mom ok, your Stephanie." I think she would live there if I'd let her. She will only drink milk for A. Jodi.
She loves to play with her cousins and asks to go there on a daily basis.
She loves to play with the dogs and feed the horses with her dad.
She still has 3 hour naps and will probably be in her crib forever cause I'm not giving up nap time.
She changes her clothes 50 times a day I never know what's clean and what's dirty so she keeps my washer going all the time.
I don't know what we'd do without her, she brings so much joy to our family and we all love her very much.

More christmas photos

Summing up the month of December

December is and always a very busy month for us. This year Laramie & I went to the NFR in Vegas the first weekend in Dec. and had a blast. Gabrielle turned 10, where has the time gone and we had Christmas 3 days later.
Gabrielle had a great b-day this year, seems like now matter how I try to have her day special something always happens, someone has a sickness and can't come or the weather is horrible and family can't make it. This year was an exception to the rule, no major sickness's and the weather was on our side so that meant that Aunt Jodi and Aunt Connie were both able to make it. She had a great b-day and was very surprised with her scooter.
Christmas was also a huge success at the Bether's house this year, everyone got what they asked for and more. For the first time in along time I was able to get gifts for Laramie and he had no clue what they were and was surprised when he opened them. The man cave is now equipped with a hair on hide cow rug and whenever Kennedy goes into the man cave she pets the cow rug and says oohhh soft as long as it doesn't moo back at her it can stay.

Disneyland 2010

We had a blast at Disneyland, the kids had alot of fun and rode lots of rides. Kennedy wasn't quite sure of the characters the first day, but after she seen that her cousins were not afraid of them she wanted to get down and see them also. I took her to the playhouse disney show and she had a blast!!! We were the second row from the stage and she was dancing, singing, and bouncing when tigger bounced she had so much fun. The second morning we were there Kennedy woke up and said, " mom I see Minnie, Jesse, Woody." Every morning after that she said the same thing. The day we were getting ready to come home she said, " mom no airplane I go see Minnie".
The first night we were there we went to the parade, Gabrielle was chosen by one of the dancers to go out on the parade route and dance with them she did a great job. When she got back she said, " mom I was shaking so bad." I would publish the video but I don't want to embarass her.
Taylor and Gabrielle went on a ton of rides with their dad, even the rides that I didn't think Gabrielle would like she loved. They rode Tower of Terror numerous times, Screamin California, and Splash Mountain alot. We were lucky enough to be able to go to Disneyland with Jodi and fam, Mike & Laura & fam, and Aaron & Carrie & fam. It was fun to have family and friends there the same time we were there.