The McLaughlin's

Our House Renos

Our new front door and almost finished deck. (The deck is done now)

Before

During

After

Our new backroom!!! Jim and I decided to go with a new TV with surround sound for our family Christmas gift. We love watching movies on it as a family!!

Jim and Brian discussing what to do next.

During and after pictures of the main bathroom. This I have to say was the quickest bathroom reno we have ever done. It only took us 3 days from start to finish. The last one took us almost 6 months! Partly because we didn`t really use it. LOL!!

Haley didn`t like the dust getting in her eyes! She`s so smart!!

The kids wanted to help us get the sanding done faster and Jim and I were quite surprised as to what a great job they did.

Our new kitchen!

Not true before and after pictures, more like during and after.

Before

After

Our new living room and our new favorite place to be in the house! We love it so much... it's so cozy!

Our house reno adventure was a long and tiring one thats for sure, we started out thinking it would be just a few walls and it turned into a whole lot more! But all in all the end result turned out better then we had ever dreamed and it was worth all the effort!! Now just a few little things to finish...like the TRIM!! UGG!!

We couldn`t have done it though without all the help of our friends and family...Thanks Guys!!

My Birthday Weekend

We started our weekend away with going and getting matching tattoos! We've wanted to do this for awhile and finally had the opportunity to get them done. The tattoo is of 2 J's with a ring around them. They are our new wedding rings. Jim has never been able to wear his ring because of the type of work he does. They are exactly the same size, place, and everything which is what makes them so special!

Me on the VERY SCARY and very wiggly bridge all by myself! This is a big thing for me since I am terrified on heights. Jim was so proud of me and I have to admit I was very proud of me to. :-)

The river so very far below!

What a beautiful place!

I'd love to have this in our backyard! It's so pretty!

Look at the tree hugger or is he just thinking how much fun it would for him to cut one this big down.

Our weekend is over and it's back to reality for us. We had so much fun just the two of us though, we decided we should do stuff like this more often!