house progress

New tile in the kitchen, this is before the grout. Much better than the linolium.
Our new granite countertop in the island. Yes that the oven in the family room, good spot for it!
The new sink and countertop, before the faucet was installed
painting, painting, and more painting ( that door really doesnt go there)
Tile in the master before the grout ( nice shot Brady!)


The house is really coming together. Chris is amazing, he is very handy and can do just about anything. He will be able to build us a house next! And I love our new granite and sink in the kitchen, I dont know if I am at liberty to tell who/ where we got it from but you know who you are, Thank you so much! It looks fabulous! We are moving shortly and I will post pictures of the final product! Thanks to all who have helped us out with everything!

Bunko

For a year now a bunch of us friends ( 12 usually) have been getting together once a month to play bunko. I had not been for 6 months because of Bella but I went again last Saturday. There are never the exact same people that come but its always a blast! Oh and Brooke should have been in the picture too but she volunteered to take the picture! Thanks girls for all of the fun times! PS- it was pajama night this time thats why we look so comfy!

New Digs

Love the curtains and dining table light! The house was built well after the 80's but I guess the owner was just stuck with an 80's decorating mentality!
Yes the pool ball walpaper border is already down. Its a family room not a game room!

I love Chloe's face here!
We have already been swimming a few times, Im kinda getting fond of the grecian lady statue!

Yes we finally got a "new" house! Its closer to Chris's office, its "inland" and bigger than what we have now. WE have some fixing up to do as you can see from the picts, but we are excited to pick the decor and get moved in! Here are a few of the before picts!

A few of my favorite things

I love the expression on her face here.
The WHOLE D.P. Allen family
I feel like this picture pretty much sums up each persons personality to a T! Definatly this years Christmas Card!
Sammy is one of the cutest little girls in the world!

Bella and Sarah wearing Sarah's favorite color, which Sarah always looks stunning in!

If you know Chloe, she is in her element here!
They are so sweet together! Chris is her favorite person!
The grandparents have just as much fun as the kids do!

6 month check up

Bella is such a sweet girl and is growing so quickly. Last week she got her first 2 teeth and started rolling over again. At her doctors appt she was in the 84th percentile for her height, 60th percentile for her weight ( I thought it would be greater than that), and the 15th percentile for her head size. She was so good with her shots and didnt cry until the 3rd one and then stopped as soon as I picked her up. She is so sweet.

More picts from SD

I Have a billion pictures from our trip thanks to Michael, our official family photographer ( these pictures actually were taken with our camera) So I just might have more to post later. If you will notice in the background of this first picture you can see Shannon, Katherine, and Devin and part of dads arm ( looking buff dad!) I dont know where Bella got her cheeks from but they are yummy! And you can kinda see that her roots are turning blonde, it is the strangest thing!
Chloe loves the Merry go round especially now that she has seen Mary poppins!
This one was just Bella's size
Chloe and Remy at our favorite ( well one of mine for sure) seafood restraunts

A little break from the norm

Jeni and her family, Chloe wanted to be a part of it!
Matt showing off a little too much leg at our family fun run ( which was way too hard and long for the word fun to be used).
Chloe in front of the "Castle"
Our last day on the beach, and yes this is our best side!

We went to the beach for a week with my WHOLE ENTIRE family last week and it was so fun to get away and just not do anything, But for not doing anything we sure did a lot! I loved the weather and the company. Thanks mom and dad for such a fun time and letting us stay with you guys. I love you! And it was so wonderful to have Chris with me for 9 days straight. I love being with him and so do the girls, we hate that he has to go to work everyday! WE love you! Here are some picts, more to come later, I have to get on the laptop to get the picts from there! And I loved being with Jeni, Michael, Matt, and Katherine and their spouses and kids I love them so much ( Kath I like Devin too).