halloweenin' it up

the weekend before halloween,

cam & hazel went to boo at the zoo.

hazel did not want to wear her costume,

she wanted to paint her face like

"a scary monster"

so cam let her paint her own face.

this is the text pic i get while at work :)

 then sunday the kids were able to dress up

for sunday school and play carnival games.

we got hazel in her secondary costume 

(from thrift store for $2)

 then on actual halloween

hazel had been saying over and over she wanted to be a

"shark, real scary"

so i procured a shark costume from pottery barn kids (from tabitha)

and made one for me and cam

she didn't want to wear it, but it was cold as balls

so i think that's the only reason she kept it on.

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after the first house, she was like

"go get more candy?"

like she couldn't believe it...

and man, she loved it!

she kept the shark head on til the last couple houses

i call it a success!

i turned 32

several good friends joined us for dinner

at the black pearl

it was delish

and the company was great

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they were so fancy they had button holes in the napkins to attach to your shirt

 me and cam

 me and lo

 cam, me, bethany, autumn, lo, caleb, & stephen

we are too cool for

...school clothes

we got our binocs

and that's all we need.

rock creek farm - pumpkin patch

hazel and i headed out one october day to go to the pumpkin patch.

we had originally planned to go with axel,

but it was soooo rainy and cold.

it was pretty chilly in the morning, but it warmed up.

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we drove to longmont and got some saws, and started picking.

 after we picked some pumpkins,

we headed to the "play area"

it had inflatable toys (like a slide and a jump house)

and farm animals

and wooden cutouts for pictures

and a tractor to sit on

 hazel climbed up this steep thing all by herself and slid down like a boss!

 then we had the obligatory hay bale pic

gosh this girl is cute and fun!

bathroom reno for $500

we started out with this idea of redoing the bathroom downstairs

kinda on a whim.

we always knew we wanted to overhaul it... but that wouldn't be for awhile.

BUT... bethany and stephen would be staying with us for a month,

and we thought, hey, what a perfect time to do this!

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i had painted it this pretty blue color (plumage by martha) when we moved in.

but the countertop was pink, and the toilet was made for a midget little person.

 i was just gonna swap out the counter top (for $2 i found one at habitat restore, but it didn't fit)

(then i was gonna just get a new faucet and paint the top, too expensive)

 once I (yes all by myself for the reals) got the vanity out

there was an obvious lack of linoleum on the footprint.

i had always wanted to try my hand at painting linoleum.

so that's what i did.

 i also had to paint the walls 

 so i primed with no voc primer

 then i painted with floor and concrete paint

it was a really light grey color, but i held up swatches of all the colors

and honestly lighter was better

 new toilet!

from home depot, i think $125?

we have the same one upstairs and love it

it has an elongated bowl

and it taller

and is water saving with a dual flush.

cam did this part

 new vanity!

cam did this part too

and had to finagle sink parts

so it would all fit.

 the vanity was around $225

and the faucet $90

both from homedepot

 etsy find $25

 urban outfitters $14

overall i think it looks great!

so far the floor has held up great, minus where we scooted the vanity and a small piece of painted ripped off... but honestly it is doing awesome!