For those of you that know our Daddy very well, you know that he could not possibly let someone "else" paint our house! He painted his way through flying lessons "back in the day!" His best friend owns a painting business and together they would paint side by side....Daddy would day dream about flying as he watched the planes take off and land. He told his friend that he was certain he could land a plane......so his friend said that he was tired of hearing him talk about it....he literally told Daddy to grab his stuff and he drove Daddy to an
FBO that gave flying lessons! The rest is history.....kinda cool because as a child he would lie on the diving board at home and pretend that the sky was the ocean and he was flying....That very same best friend still has his painting business in California and when Daddy was furloughed from his job after 9-11, he went back to California and painted houses! Mommy was then the one commuting back and forth to Los Angeles to see Daddy! (just a little
tid-bit in case we get to read this when we are older)
this is the view from our front door area....
Below we have the walk-in closet on the far left....just as you come in from the garage....right across from it (not visible) is the mini-office that was supposed to be the laundry room. Where you see the bucket in the corner, that is where our refrigerator will go...next to the obvious pantry....and then the cupboards will start. The half wall on the left is leading to the basement, and the other half wall is the island.
Looking into our rooms.....
Mommy and Daddy's room.....
Getting closer!!!
Grandma always decorates so cute for the holidays! This year she apparently had a little help too! Looks adorable Auntie Kaleigh and "Amy"!
This is the extent of my excitement this year......yucky sicky feeling this Easter.....I don't even look like myself! 
Check out this huge egg I found.....I'm not as excited about it as I normally would be....I should probably be home in bed because I'm just not myself today either!
Daddy....what are you doing??
You seem to be having some trouble here.....I'll get it out for you!
Great idea Miley....who needs a spoon anyway??
We headed home early and nestled into bed hoping that we would be feeling better in the morning!
We ditched the Easter Bunny and his little parade of kids and opted to climb up and down these stairs.....so much more fun!
While the other kids made crafts with the Easter Bunny, we had a free for all at the Youth Pavillion since nobody was around.....Mommy watched me remodel the entire stage area! I moved every single chair to a much better place! Mommy was thinking that I might be a big help when it comes time to move, but then one of the employees pointed out that I may possibly be a future interior designer! Hmmmm......never thought of that! This would come in handy at our new house, because Mommy's sense of decorating is ranked right up there with her sense of style in clothes......I ended up moving over 12 chairs!
Now off to check out the other ones......
This one fails....I can barely see out of it! Good thing it really was too high and had to be lowered! Thanks for catching that Daddy! A girls gotta be able to look out the window and watch for friends to play with!
A major hail storm hit!! These pictures don't really do justice when you can stand back and see holes like this all over the house! It is crazy to see! It was reported that there was hail 4 inches in diameter and our entire neighborhood and several surrounding ones had damage just like this! 
this is the view from our front door area....
Below we have the walk-in closet on the far left....just as you come in from the garage....right across from it (not visible) is the mini-office that was supposed to be the laundry room. Where you see the bucket in the corner, that is where our refrigerator will go...next to the obvious pantry....and then the cupboards will start. The half wall on the left is leading to the basement, and the other half wall is the island.
