Ninja, Pinewood Derby, Baskeball, Dance

We are definitely keeping busy with our kids activities and enjoying every minute of watching them do the things they love, but a break is on the horizon and I'm pretty excited about that too! It will be so nice to be able to get some things accomplished around the house and start prepping for warmer weather!!

Johnny at one of his absolute favorite activities...ninja class! Getting good pictures is really hard because of the glass and the fact they are moving so quickly! 

Us girls spent another Saturday at a dance competition! This particular competition was regionals; the girls qualified for state in both of their dances!! These days are pretty long, but really fun! 

While the girls were at dance regionals, the boys were participating in the Pinewood Derby for Scouts. Their cars ran really well and the boys had a great time! Charlie ended up taking 2nd overall and Johnny placed 7th. It was a super fun day for them (and John too)!

A great group of girls taking selfies at Student Community at church

Winston getting some snuggles from Charlie.

Charlie had to create a robot from recyclables/extras around the house for school. This is the design he came up with.....He used a pinewood derby car that got messed up, some clothespins, pipecleaner, googly eyes and a puppy mouth and ears and made it into a robot dog. He was really proud of it and couldn't wait to get it to school!

Charlie's last basketball game was this weekend. He had a great season and a fun time with a few of his best buddies!

State Dance was also this past Sunday and while it was another long day, it was an experience to remember!! The girls performed their dances the absolute best they've ever performed them and walked away with 4th place in hip hop and 5th place in pom! To say we are proud of them is an understatement! They worked their tails off all season and it really paid off! They were on cloud 9 leaving that building! 

The boys loved watching their sisters, but didn't really care much for the rest of the performances.

Mellany sent me a series of selfies.....

...so John and I responded like this because we are cool parents like that!

Love these two so much! While we were waiting, we realized these girls have been dancing side by side since 2017.....7 YEARS! 

The team performed their pom routine first....

...then their hip hop!

And after a long day, they were given their hard earned trophies!!!

Just so extremely thankful today for my kids finding things that they love to participate in! Nothing makes this mama (and I know John too) more happy than seeing my kids happy! 

 

Boys Bathroom Remodel

It's been almost two years since we've started this project and to be able to say it is finally COMPLETE makes me absolutely giddy!!! 

Soon after we moved in to this house almost 6 years ago, we realized that the boys bathroom was not a user friendly, functional space and started dreaming of what it could be. I asked the question every husband fears: "is this a load bearing wall?" and the project began!! 

The result is a bathroom that is super functional, has tons of storage and is by far the nicest bathroom in the house (no, I'm not jealous at all that my boys have a nicer bathroom than I do ...haha!) 

Here are the before pictures......basically the bathroom was one big maze....

 

Demo day was a favorite of the boys!! (Goodness, they were so small!)

Thankful it wasn't a load bearing wall! What used to be Johnny's closet, will now be a double vanity with Charlie's vanity area and what was Johnny's vanity area, will now be his closet.

After a long while of trying to do the renovation ourselves, we came to the conclusion that we just didn't have the time to fully dedicate, so I made a call and hired a contractor. It was so nice to be able to take it off our plate. After we called the contractor, we had some decisions to make....cabinets, shower door, fixtures.....

Things started getting delivered.....look how long the vanity top is! 

And major progress was being made! 

And then....it was FINISHED!!! We couldn't be more happy with how it turned out! We have a few small things to finish up and our final next step is to install carpet; but it looks and feels amazing! Absolutely worth the wait!

Johnny's finished closet....John did such an amazing job!!