Family room fireplace make over

We forgot to take a picture of the fireplace surround and glass doors with the brass accents before Mike took them down to paint

But I found this old picture where you can kinda see the brass

A simple change.... new tile and hardwood replaced the dated beige tile and carpet. Brass surrounds were painted black and the wood pieces surrounded the fireplace were painted from beige to white. We originally were going to do stone around the fireplace with a reclaimed wood beam however the guy I was going to get the reclaimed wood from did not have a piece in the size I wanted and because we were already over budget in the family room project we decided to leave the fireplace surround and just repaint for now.

Family Room fireplace make over

We forgot to take a picture of the fireplace surround and glass doors with the brass accents before Mike took them down to paint

But I found this old picture where you can kinda see the brass

A simple change.... new tile and hardwood replaced the dated beige tile and carpet. Brass surrounds were painted black and the wood pieces surrounded the fireplace were painted from beige to white. We originally were going to do stone around the fireplace with a reclaimed wood beam however the guy I was going to get the reclaimed wood from did not have a piece in the size I wanted and because we were already over budget in the family room project we decided to leave the fireplace surround and just repaint for now.

Catholic Family Weekend

Kids enjoyed the annual catholic family weekend in the woods of NH.

First stitches......

 Nairi had a bike accident riding her brother's bike in flip flops. She wins the title of the first kid to be stitched up. Not bad for 10 years of parenting. She got 3 stitches in her thigh.

Last few days of summer

  The required for school check ups and eye exams

 puddle jumping

 dress up

 new haircuts

 sunset

 readers

 crawling means new places to explore

 loving on the baby

 I opened the bathroom door one morning to this " She wants you" said Israel

 New stack of library books

 Homemade tomato basil pesto with tomatoes and basil from our front yard

Breakfast on the deck

Boston

 We are only an hour from Boston and its always a fun short day trip. So much to do there. We went down twice in July. Once with just Avila to meet a friend from IA who was visiting and once with all the kids and my niece Kateri. We checked off a bunch of things we had wanted to do but hadn't ever done. Boston Harbor island cruise, visit to the fort on George's island, Boston public garden swan boats, dinner at Cheers, Boston Common etc

 Riding the T with 5 kids!!! :)

 Frog Pond