We tasked Ken with choosing the color of her bedroom in the new house.  She chose a color called Blue Cruise… It’s REALLY BLUE!

Angie found this photo of herself at age 8 today… Looks a lot like another 8-year-old I know!

Busy day at the jobsite today:  Exterior has been primed and some paint started… Stone work started today… cabinets are being stained… garage door and septic system installed today. We’re almost there!

Lots of progress today!

The front porch columns are starting to take shape:

And the cabinets are being installed:

Our concrete was stained last week, but it still hasn’t been sealed yet.  They put cardboard down over it to protect while other work is completed.  It’s darker than I thought, but the builder says it will lighten up a bit.  I’m sure it will be fine.
It is a color called vintage umber.

Here are some other choices so far:

Most of the walls will be Sherwin Williams Latte.  All of the trim, doors, etc. will be SW Biscuit.  The kitchen/dining room will be SW Hardware.  It reads a little green.

The cabinets are raised panel maple and will be stained a finish called praline.  I’m toying with doing the island a different color, black, red, gray, green, but I can’t decide, so it will probably be the same as all the other cabinets.  The back splash will be primarily tumbled marble, but I may do some bead board on the bar. 

All of the faucets, hardware, door knobs, etc. will be oil rubbed bronze.  And we will be doing under mounted sinks throughout.

Kennedy’s room will be  S.W. Blue Cruise.  It’s similar to her room in Edmond.  She wanted a kind of aqua/blue (really bright), but we compromised.  This blue was her second choice.

The carpet is a frieze carpet manufactured by Lonesome Oak.  Its color name is cracked wheat.  I don’t think the color swatch does it justice, but I think it will hide dirt really well.

We are meeting with the tile person tomorrow to finalize the tile for the master bath and backsplash.  Yesterday, we picked up this little gem for over the kitchen island:

And this one for the foyer:

And lastly, we saw these at Lowe’s and really think they are cute.  Walt wants them to flank the garage door.  What do you think?

We had Kennedy’s 8th birthday party last Sunday.  I went with the dogs and kabobs theme because K. was getting a dog for a present and she wanted the party to be a cookout.  Three of Kennedy’s friends from her class came and countless relatives, too.  She is such a lucky girl to have so many people care about her.

The kids did all of the usual activities:  swimming, slip n sliding, and jumping on the trampoline.  They also had a water balloon fight and someone gave her a sprinkler that looks like an octopus, so they played in that a while as well.  The cake was in the shape of a hot dog, and Kennedy helped me to make cupcakes with mini-hot dogs on top.  I have to say, the cake turned out well, and it even tasted good.  Walt manned the grill, cooking the hot dogs, chicken, beef and veggie kabobs.  I, of course, also made salsa.  Walt cooked everything to perfection!
Our gift to K. was a kennel for her dogs, Lucky and Buddy, and I think she woke up the next morning at 6:00 to go check on them.  Later, when I went outside, one of the dogs was whining in the pen, and Kennedy was playing outside the pen with the other one.  I said, “Ken, just let them both out to run around.  They’ll be fine.”   She pointed her fingers in the air and gestured, “My eyes can’t look two ways at once!”  She’s really stressing about taking care of these animals!

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate!  We had fun!

The walls have been insulated, heat and air and electrical are done… and sheetrock starts tomorrow!

Kennedy and her friend Rylee had the chance to ride their bikes in Luther’s Alumni parade Saturday.  She said they had a great time.  Obviously, their role was easier than this poor gal’s: