Plättkalas

On Sunday afternoon my siblings, except for one brother and his family who where on vacation, got together at my parents house. We ate crêpes with jam and whipped cream, visited, played and enjoyed the unusually varm September weather (68 degrees F).

American candy and half a Finnish crêpe.

Traveling

The trip to Finland took a little over 24 hours from door to door, and Edith did really well, despite only about 5 hours of sleep. We are slowly recovering, even though we have yet to sleep through a night. Last night was the best, only 2,5 hours awake. 

Middle of the night games.

A bit of good/fun news...

Went to an estate sale today on a whim, and picked up this BEAUTY for $10. Yes, you read that right. $10. I almost passed out.

Kluvna känslor

Idag är en dag med kluvna känslor. Jag gläder mig över att få åka till Finland och sörjer vår Jesse, vars förlossning var beräknad till idag. Sådant är livet numera - alltid sorg blandad med glädjen.

Vi packar..

..för Finland och provar om mommos igelkottvantar ännu passar.

Bathroom update

The guest bathroom is about 95% done. This was originally going to be a simple job of taking down the wallpaper and painting. After my mom (Sylvia) worked for at least two days trying to get that stubborn stuff off of the wall with no end in sight, we put a hold on the project to decide what we'd do. In the meantime, we discovered termite damage in about 40% of the bathroom. Thankfully it was old termite damage and hadn't made it to the ceiling joists. We decided to sister in new studs and put in new sheetrock and cement board where the old tile in the shower was. 

We dismantled and refinished the old cabinets, put new handles in, and simply spray painted the old hinges (http://ow.ly/AqeOE). We found this very nice sink in the "As is" section at IKEA for the price of a meal at a nice restaurant. IKEA even mailed us new plumbing for free, which wasn't included.

New tile on the floor:

Creepy guy in the shower:

New tile in the shower:

Now it's ready for Fammo!

More Alabama pictures

First Build-a-bear visit.

Cleaning Fammo's windows.

Fixing her hair.

Getting a back massage.