Rewind: Jan 2010, Happy Birthday Mr. Ehlers

So after two successful runs hosting dinner for friends/siblings/aka people I knew would be way understanding of any mishaps in the service, we went for a birthday dinner with Brendan's parents (and younger brother).

The whole dining table in the other half of living room worked very well:






Dessert was eaten on the couch, and again I think everyone left happy:


***Note the table "runner" is actually a collection of placemats lined up. We got so used to the lovely Christmas runner Nanie gave us that we didn't want to leave it bare again. HOWEVER, we have since gotten a red normal runner... pics to come.***

Great Success!

A Tree Car I Didn't Desire

Brendan's Dad made short work of that tree (with the help of Aidan):

Walls & Floors

Painting continued... we finished the bedroom and upstairs bathroom. Well, really I ran off with Aunt Debbie and crew to Lowes, and Mrs. Ehlers finished painting the bedroom and upstairs bathroom.






Aidan came upstairs to "help".




Actually he, Brendan, and Mr. Ehlers were rockstars on the floors. Note the lovely piece of black walnut I have as an accent now.






By the way, Mr. Ehlers came back for the next week+ to finish the floors. Things took longer because we got like half a foot of water in our basement and saturated the wood.