New Paint!

It's been an exhausting week! Dustin has been sick again. He has a cough & stuffy nose right now. He also had a rash (I think because I fed him peanut butter cookies), and an ear infection. But even with all that he's been a happy boy. He just wants to be snuggled a lot. Life's tough when you're little.

Before: when we bought our house

After: We just love the grey!

This weekend I we decided to paint the house. The west side was getting pretty beat up from all the sun, and we figured while we're doing it, we might as well do a good job. Dave talked me into grey, and I picked a dark grey color that we absolutely love! Now that the house has a fresh coat though, I can see that the trim needs a coat too. So more work to be done, but isn't that always the case with a house? I will probably see if I can get that done during nap times this week or next week.

Friday we scraped off all the paint that was chipping, and Saturday we painted two coats (and a primer on the chipped spots). By 4:30 the boys were going crazy from lack of attention, so we called Dave's parents to see if they could come play with the boys and we could finish up. Logan loved playing in the sand box and having someone to read him a million books. I think we were done by 7:30.

Sunday Dave and I were both sore and exhausted! I was so glad we had an excuse to take the day off. Dave went to sacrament and Sunday School, then he came home to be with Dustin so I could go to Relief Society and pick up Logan. I swear, being RS Secretary is the busiest job! I spent half of the meeting running around making copies and getting stuff done with the Ward Clerks. I'm sure things will calm down in a month or so though.

Monday morning I went shopping at Savers (they had 50% off for Labor Day). I now have most of what I need for Logan to go through his next growth spurt. I also got a few shirts for me, and the last thing I need to make Dave's Halloween costume.

Speaking of Halloween Costumes, when we found out Dustin was going to be a boy Dave's response was "Can the boys be Batman & Robin for Halloween". Well, Dustin was born in November, so we didn't get that opportunity last year. So I told him this year we could make them Batman & Robbin. Dave decided we should be characters too. So I'm making him a Two Face costume (he's one of the bad guys), and if I can figure it out I'll make myself a Poison Ivy costume (another bad guy, and she used to date Two Face). But half the time when I bring it up, Dave asks if he can be Batman and Logan can be Robbin… Sigh! So we might end up with 3 Batman's come Halloween. We'll see.