Projects far and near~by Beth

 After the elections were over Jon and I flew back to Texas and helped Nathan and Hannah remodel their laundry room and attached half bath.  Here are the Before:

During:

Here are the After:

We had a lot of fun with the grandchildren.

After arriving back in Florida I sanded, primed, painted, and put Polycrylic on an old dresser.  When I cleaned the brass hardware I was surprised how nice it looked.  This also changed the color I planned to paint it to a teal so it looked nice with the brass.  Jon cut a new mirror.

I also washed up a desk that was given to me, and polished up the brass for it as well.  Last weekend we stopped at IKEA and picked up a half priced four shelf unit which we put in the place of the larger wood bookshelf.  I placed the tv on it and was able to center the desk under the window.  I like the whole look of it.

Sewing, again, in June and vacation in July~by Beth

With vacation in mind the girls, and Stephen, sewed aprons with a pattern to give to some of the ladies in our family who we would see on our vacation.

Before we traveled Abigail had her confirmation.

We left July 1 and stopped for a day at the Ark Encounter again.

The following day we stopped at the Creation Museum for half a day, then drove on up to Grandma's house in NE Ohio.

While in Ohio Jon worked on a number of projects, among them rebuilding part of the shed, building out the eaves in the back so the rain would not deteriorate the wall, and fixing up the inside.  The girls and I cleaned out the shed from the furry friends who had invited themselves in.  Gross!  We also went hiking, which was fun.  The pool is always a highlight.

A week and a half later we left for Texas.  We just love our children and grandchildren.

Jon also did projects at Katie's and Nathan's house.

Before Jon and the children left Nathan's house, I had flown home early for work, Charity arrived to visit before heading off to Lake Charles for the Seahawk program.  They fit in a girls' get together.

While we were in Texas our niece graduated from high school in Ohio.  This is her with her two grandmas.  Dad's headstone was finished as well.

Then Jon and the kids went to our family conference where Stephen had the joy of participating in ALERT Cadets.

Right after arriving home the three students began school.