Upstairs Bathroom Remodel!

Let's start this post by saying how amazing my husband is!!  He is so handy and will take on any house project!!  Our upstairs bathroom looked OK - but we had dreams of making the shower look much better!!!  So Aaron started by ripping everything out and starting fresh!  

First, he put the shower base down and got it all level.

Then, he painted the walls a light gray and filled in the wall with cement sheets and sealed it up!  It took some extra work because we live in an old house and not everything was quite level or straight.

Lookin' good so far!

Next, he started tiling the shower.  This was where we wanted the shower to look different than before.  It was just thin plastic liner on the walls and it didn't look very nice.  I actually started helping with this step.  

It looks so great!

Next up, the floors!

It went from dark, dark tiles to a light color and it really opens up the space!

He got the toilet all set and level - again, nothing is every level in an old house!

And finally the shower has a door!  We had a cloudy set of doors before, and this just look 100% better!  Love it!  Can't wait to use it!

We ended up not buying a new vanity because it was in good shape, but it still fits with the colors we chose!  

Lastly, he needs to finish hooking up the water to the sink, putting up the trim, and putting in our storage shelf!  Whoo hoo!  We love the updates!

-Maria

GARTH BROOKS CONCERT!!!

 Okay, so one of Aaron's all time favorite country artists is Garth!!!

He came to Wichita and you better believe that he got online as soon as the tickets went for sale!!  Here are some pictures of the night!!  We had a BLAST!!

We were so close!!!

One of my favorite parts of the night was when Trisha Yearwood came out and sang a few songs!!  She is awesome!!

The fiddler player was AMAZING!!  Fastest guy ever!

Did I mention Aaron and his buddies went to the concert twice??!!  We all went to the 7:00 o'clock show and then they went again at 10:30pm!  It was so worth it!

Cheers!

Celebrating Thanksgiving with the Billings!

Hello!

Aaron and I always love our time spent with his family!!  Here are some ADORABLE pictures of our nieces and nephew and the fam!

Madelyn Kate - 5 months

Seems like every time we visit I get a picture of him reading to these two cuties!!

Uncle Bear helped put Logan to bed.

Check out the adorable name-tags made my Makenah!!  She sounded out everyone's name!!  Mine is above (Mureu) and Aaron's is below (Bear).

There's always a little friendly ping-pong action going on in the basement, too!

Action shots here!

Another Saturday tradition is to go to IHOP for some pancakes!!  

Here's grandma with her grand-babies.

The two oldest helped to put the ornaments on Grandma's tree!

Here's little Aaron!!  I hope Baby B looks this cute!!

And Casey is always looking for some attention!  Madelyn really likes to smile and pet Casey!!  What a wonderful Thanksgiving!

-Maria

October Wedding!

In October, we attended a beautiful wedding for Cole and Kathryn Jost.

The wedding was in Wichita, KS at a Catholic church which was just beautiful!

The reception was also a huge hit!  There were about 500 people...biggest wedding I've ever been to!

Cole is Aaron's buddy from Hesston and they have played softball together for years.

The reception was held in a school gym, but they decorated so well that you couldn't even tell!

The live band and dancing was so much fun!

Here's our good friend Billye!

I didn't get a picture of the bride and groom, but I thought I would still document the day.  Cheers!

-Maria

Baby Reveal to our Family!

Baby on Board!

Hello!  We had a fun two weeks of traveling in October to tell our families the good news!

First, we told the Billings family in Garden City!  We drove out to just "hang out" for the weekend and then had a gift wrapped for Danielle's birthday...but little did she know it wasn't a birthday gift!  We surprised her with a onesie for little Madelyn that says...

Everyone loved it and it was a wonderful time talking and celebrating together!!  The Stucky kids don't have 1st cousins yet and we are going to bring them one soon!

(Madelyn looks like a life-size doll baby in Makenah's arms! hehe)

These two just love playing with Uncle Bear :)

Aren't they all just precious!??

Next up...fly to VA for Fall Break to tell the Yoders!

(The Royals were playing in the World Series play-offs as we were flying and so Aaron was decked out in his gear and watching the game!)

We gave my parents gifts to open for my Dad's birthday...but little did they know that it wasn't a birthday gift!  We had mugs made that said, "The best moms/dads get promoted to grandpas/grandmas!"  So fun!  Again, everyone was surprised and it was fun celebrating with everyone!

Here's our little peanut on October 20, 2015.  Less than 2 cm in length.

Yes, we have already have made many trips to Target to look at baby gear!  Aaron has been the best about finding which brands are good and which styles are easy to use.

We think Casey knows the news too :)

Here's our 2nd sono on November 12, 2015.  Doubled in size...4 cm.

At this appointment we saw the baby moving all over with arms and legs!  It was the coolest thing to see!

I have also been able to break the news to my First graders!  They are so excited for me and ask me questions all the time about the baby!  They want to know if it's a girl or boy really bad!  Another said she could see my belly growing.  Cute kids.

Hope you all are having a good weekend!

Love, Maria