Playing Catch-up

So we've been without internet at the house (still haven't called to set it up yet, it's a little ways down on the priority list right now!), so sorry I haven't been posting as regularly as I have in the past.

We've been really busy lately doing lots of house work and social stuff.

Grammie and Grandad celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last weekend.  We went to Pizza Shoppe to celebrate.  All of the grandkids were there, as Scott & Suzanne made a last minute trip to KC from Texas to celebrate.

A good time was had by all! 

Our group is getting so big...

 Grammie and Grandad!

They are such a good example of love and patience.

 A silly picture of our group!

The best one I could get of Grammie & Grandad with their 9 grandkids.

Meanwhile, just a few days later, Chris was busy proposing to Caitlin.

Brian and Katie secretly headed to the proposal location and hid in the bushes to get some candid shots.

 Here's Chris proposing.  If you look closely, you can see Katie in the background taking some pictures, too.

Brian loved being there to support Chris.

 She said yes!!

 Phew!  Chris, wiping some sweat off his brow, was obviously relieved!

 Here's Maggie with the newest Teson addition, Peter!

He's such a cutie patootie.  Maggie was playing "mother hen" to him and helping feed him pretzels.  Too funny!

Meanwhile, I have been busy trying to do some inexpensive fixes to our house.

I have started and finished spray painting all of the hardware in our kitchen.

We are using the Metallic Oil-Rubbed Bronze color and I love it.

It photographs black for some reason, but it's really a brownish-black color.

 Here's part of the kitchen done.  It really does make the kitchen a lot more high-end looking.

 One night after dinner, Colin was playing peek-a-boo with Maggie.

This was after she decided to rub butter all in her hair.  Nice mohawk Maggie!

We also switched out the chandelier in the dining room (now the playroom) with a ceiling fan!

It is so great to have the ability to make these small changes that make a world of difference.

Colin was helping Dad every step of the way.

We have a lot of stuff planned the rest of the week.

Colin's birthday is today so we are going to Chuck E Cheese later tonight to celebrate.

Then, some family is coming over to our new house on Saturday to celebrate again.

I will try to post more pictures later!