"it looks like a duranged easter bunny"

jake's sweet parents came to visit last weekend. remember when they came and we did this? this time we were nice and didn't make them do anything too crazy. but we did give them an early christmas present and took them to see "the christmas story - the musical" on broadway. it was so good and did not disappoint.


waiting for the show to start downtown

wednesday the whole cooney fam went to see the lights at the botanical gardens in bellevue. they were pretty cool. all these christmas adventures are getting me excited for the 25th!



i'll leave you with this picture i captured of the baby michael. love.

ready for christmas

doesn't get any better than this.

kitchen sneak peak

remember how i was feeling optimistic in this post? well we haven't finished everything quite yet, but have definitely made some progress. i posted a picture in that post of this.
yes. its a DIY painted countertop kit. jake and i would love to put granite or other expensive counter top in, but it just aint gonna happen for awhile. instead we have been searching for other ways to update our countertops cheaply. the cheapest way we found was to buy the pre-manufactured laminate countertops or glue on some formica. but then we came across this kit. its a little bit more money, but not by much. about $50 -$100 more. we decided to go for it. here's our step by step of how we painted our countertops. hilarious. painted countertops. who'd a thunk it.



what comes in the kit.


old rounded oak molding along the countertop edge. we removed the rounded edge and put on a new squarish molding piece.

pictures of our new countertop edge.

taped and covered cabinets and sink.

sanded and prepped the countertop.

rolled on tar-like paint.

spread on texture shavings. let dry for 12 hours.

scrape off extra shavings after it has dried for 12 hours.

sand again.

vacuum up dust and any left over shavings.

roll on gloss and then wait for it to dry. i'll let you know how it turns out. more pictures coming soon.

best weekend ever

why? beacuse of this guy.




thanks for coming all the way to visit us, vawdreys. it was a great weekend.

picked up these bad boys today

cheap anthro pillows

4 anthro napkins on sale for $3.00 + 2 ikea pillow inserts for $6.00 = 2 cute pillows for a total of $24.00. i'm so domestic.