Kitchen Remodel Reveal

I posted a few months ago that we were going to remodel our kitchen and I also promised to keep you updated, but I never did write a blog post. We did post facebook pictures, so I didn't do too bad. We are in the home stretch of finishing up our kitchen. We still need to get our new stove & dishwasher, give the walls a fresh coat of paint & do our tile back splash. However, The big tasks of replacing countertops & painting the cabinets are finished. Before I show you the new kitchen, take a look at our kitchen before.


And the new, almost finished kitchen.

We felt like the kitchen was really dark and I'm all about lightening up things a bit, so we painted our cabinets antique white, got a smaller cafe table, added the island back in for more counter/cabinet space, got a new sink/faucet, & replaced the counter tops with a more neutral color. I'm proud of the way things turned out. Like I said, it's not finished but we've come a long way. AND the thing is, we did everything ourselves except install the counter tops. Matt & his dad ripped the old ones out and did the plumbing. We are proud of ourselves considering neither one of us are really do-it-yourselfers. We'll be posting soon with the finished product!

When you get a chance, take a look at our "family" website. Matt's going to post about our project outside....

Prom?!?!!!

Today is my 25th birthday and as I began to think about all the many blessings that God has given me over the years, I could not help but to continue to just be amazed that my baby brother went to his junior prom yesterday. It seems like just yesterday he was coming home from the hospital and we were all taking turns "babysitting" him...aka...playing rough while our mom cooked dinner. I remember once we were playing house and my other brother, Andrew, stabbed Luke in the eye with a chair...mom had to rush him to the emergency room because we cut his eye open. Ok, so anyway...I thought I would share a few pictures from yesterday.



I am so proud of all of my siblings, and I am proud of the man my little brother is becoming. He is so handsome! He has big dreams of playing football in college and would love to go to Carolina. He is such a smart boy, loves Jesus, and does such a good job of trying to take care of my momma. Although, he is the baby and he is SPOILED ROTTEN!

Sara Caulder, I promise a sneak peak of the kitchen improvements is coming this week! It's not done, but the cabinets are back in 1 piece, we have a new kitchen table, & new counter tops.

The Occasional Blogger?

Matt's blog is titled "the occasional blogger." I'm starting to wonder if I should rename my blog "the occasional blogger too." Life has just been really really busy this winter.

Our kitchen is still not finished and my spring break is halfway over. I was really hoping it would be completely finished by now...but it's not. We still have no cabinet doors & the counter tops have not been changed...they have been ordered though. We are aiming to have the kitchen completely finished by summer now. Ha! The cabinets should be back to normal within the next few weeks, but we still have the daunting task of painting the kitchen (and the living room since they are pretty much only separated by a half wall).

I promised to write a good blog post over my spring break, but honestly, I haven't stopped long enough to sit down and write. Monday I had to teach, to make up a snow day. Tuesday I went shopping and used some gift cards from Christmas & yesterday I don't really know what I did besides have lunch with my friend Rachel. Today I began a little spring cleaning, but I won't finish before we leave for Kannapolis tonight. Not that any of you care what I've been doing over spring break....

Maybe I'll have a good post coming up soon...something a little more profound that what I'm up to. For now, love you all!

Wow...it's been a while

I think I'm breaking back into my old habit, I have not written a post in a month! No, really the past month has been in the word's of a former assistant principal "Absolutely ridiculous!"

God is doing something in the lives of Matt & I. I can't really share online right now, but I know that in the end God will work everything out. And NO, I'm not pregnant! Pray for clarity & peace, I have no clue what's going to happen....I just know that when everything calms in the "storm" I'm struggling through right now, the outcome is going to be all worth it.

I don't know when I'll have a chance to blog again, maybe Spring break. I have two more weeks of teaching before I get a four day break and I cannot wait. Next week will be great though...I get to visit Apex Middle for their production of High School Musical & see some old teaching friends that I miss so much...hopefully I'll get to see some former students as well! Oh how I miss them too!

The Kichen

I haven't blogged in quite a few weeks...we've been up to a new project around the Keith house. We are in the process of remodeling our kitchen. We've been painting cabinets for the past two weeks and are about halfway done. It takes a lot more than we thought it would to make them look nice. We're painting them "antique white," a cream color. We are going to use our tax refund to get new countertops, oven, dishwasher, and a smaller kitchen table. We're going for the "cafe" look, modern but not way out there. I'll post pictures soon of the progress of the cabinets, for now here's a few pictures of what our kitchen looked like before.

Snow Days are OVER!

Well it's been nice to blog two days in a row, but it looks like I'm heading back to work tomorrow. We are on a 1 hour delay and I have a game tomorrow night...well WMS does. Matt's meeting with a client and I'll be getting home late. Back to the real world...it sure has been fun to get up when I want, drink coffee in my pjs, spend extra time with God, do some blogging, and do a little creative planning for our kitchen remodel. Speaking of....stay tuned, we are using our tax refund to remodel our kitchen. I am super excited and will definitely post pictures. We are beginning this weekend. Hooray!

Thought for Today...

"When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?
Yet you made them only a little lower than God
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You gave them charge of everything you made,
putting all things under their authority—
the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!"
~ Psalm 8:3-9

So powerful! He created us a little lower than himself, and crowned us with glory & honor. How humbling! The God of the universe created us and made us right below himself, we should worship him and our lives should reflect this daily. Definitely something to think about today!

Hope you're enjoying your day, whether your snowed in like me or working. The roads around here are looking a little better. Guess we'll see what Wake County decides to do about school tomorrow. If we're off, I'm going to have to get out of this house. I did at least get out of my pjs today! :)