Let the Painting Begin!

I have the most wonderful family!

This past weekend, Jordan betook himself to southern Iowa to hunt deer again, leaving me all by my lonesome.  :(  Thankfully, my family came to my rescue!  I did end up spending Friday night alone, but I made that seem as short as possible by going to a movie with a friend and then out to Culvers for some ice cream.  I got home around 10:30, and stayed up for another two and a half hours cleaning.  Pretty amazing feat for a pregnant girl!  ;)  

So, back when Jordan first started planning this hunting trip (around the beginning of this month), I asked my whole family if they wanted to come stay with me.  I was thrilled when they said yes!  Even Julie made plans to drive to Cedar Rapids Friday night after work and then ride over to Clive with Jason & Julia on Saturday!  Then, to make everything even better, Jason offered to paint my kitchen for me!  I had pretty much put all painting plans on hold until after Little Horak arrives, so I was so excited at the thought of getting the kitchen painted over the weekend!  Then, Mom offered to bring Saturday night's supper for everyone so I wouldn't have to worry about cooking in the mess!  I really had it made!!!  :)  So, Saturday morning, Jason, Julia, Kaden, and Julie drove over and met me at the Sherwin-Williams store in Clive.  I was so thankful for Julia's expertise in choosing paint colors!!  We found the perfect red and tan colors to go in the kitchen!

Here we are picking out paint colors

Kaden and Jason entertained themselves while we waited for the busy attendant

Mom and Jessica met us at the house not too long after we were done at Sherwin-Williams.  We got the walls prepped for painting and then went to Culvers for lunch.  After lunch, Jason got busy painting and we girls escaped the fumes by going shopping at the mall!

Here is the painting in progress...'after' pictures to follow!

We girls had such a great time at the mall!  

Kaden is a constant source of entertainment!  He's so cute!

Kaden was getting tired of riding in the stroller and really wanted to show off his walking abilities.  We had to keep ahold of him so he wouldn't get run over by other shoppers!

Saturday evening we enjoyed Mom's string pie.  That night Julie and Jess slept in my room with me, and Jess & I stayed up until 2am talking!!  Julie was the only smart one...she fell asleep right away!  ;)

Sunday morning my whole family went to church with me.  It was so fun to have them all there!!!  I love them all so much!  After church we had lunch at the Cracker Barrell.  Every time we all sit down and eat a meal together, I am reminded of how hilarious my family is!  :D

Here's Julia, Kaden, and Jason at church.  Don't you love Kaden's suit and tie?!

Jess and I at Cracker Barrell

Jordan took my camera on his hunting trip with him, so these pictures are all courtesy of Julie & Jess.  Jess just got a new camera, and it has a really cool feature that lets her choose which color she wants in the picture and lets the rest of the picture be black-and-white!  We had a lot of fun entertaining ourselves with it!

Here's Julie modeling the new camera's special feature

Jordan made it home around 4pm Saturday afternoon.  I was so happy to see him!  Unfortunately, he didn't get any deer over the weekend, but I'm pretty sure he still had a good time!  My family all ended up staying a little later than planned (which was totally fine!  I was trying to convince them to stay at least until Monday!), so we didn't go to church that night, even though I had already made some scrumptious Guacamole Dip to take to the Taco Fellowship!  But, we definitely enjoyed scarfing it down amongst ourselves!  :D  The kitchen is almost finished...we still need to put one or two more coats of red paint on it, so as soon as that is done, I'll put up the 'finished product' pictures so you can all see how amazing it looks now (I'm not bragging, I'm just stating a fact)!  ;)

So here's a big thank you to Jason for all the work he did:

THANK YOU!

I must be one of the luckiest girls in the world to have a family like mine!!!