While the husband's away...

the wife will paint, sew, and take a trip!

Tom went to Guatemala for the last 10 days on a little service mission with the CDA Eye clinic here and his two brothers. Tom did dental work all day (literally all day) and his brother Dallin was his assistant, while Dave was in the eye clinic doing surgeries all day. He had an amazing time...I'll post some pictures of his trip later.
While he was gone, I kept myself very busy! I didn't want to go crazy, 10 days is a long time with 3 kids, a huge belly, and myself. So I decided to surprise Tom with a few projects.
I first painted Jane's room pink...every girl needs a pink room!
It's really cute.
Here is the before:

Here is the after:

After searching every store here in Coeur d'Alene, and not finding any thing I liked, I decided to make my own curtains for her room. It was a little time consuming, and as you can tell, I was so excited to take a picture I haven't hung the 2nd rod yet (I actually have to still sew the loops on the other two panels and hem all 4 panels). But it was worth it. The material is white with white flowers embroidered and it is really cute! I think I may get some really cute pink ribbon and tie them back. I still have to decorate the walls, but paint was the first step!
Then I did my room. Before:

After:

I am working on getting a bed frame (there is a brushed silver bed from pottery barn I'm in love with), and I also have some silver curtain rods to hang. Again, I couldn't find any cute panels so I bought panels for my room too. They are white as well with some embroidery...really cute. I'll update when they are done, which will be very soon!I finished off with the boys room. they are in the bonus room so it's an odd shaped room, and very big. So I decided to only paint a few of the walls so far. Also, I ran out of time before Tom got home!
Before:

After:

I am going to get a desk or a cute bookshelf for this little nook right here. I have my eye on a two, so we'll see, hopefully soon!
We also decided to go to Seattle on Thursday. I drove over Thursday evening and we spent the weekend there. The kids had a great time. Channing and her kids came up (Dave was with Tom), and we got to visit with Kari too. It was a great weekend and really, I'm quite proud of myself for holding up so well without a hubby for so long! I only broke down once, and it was at like 12:30am when I was tired and my kids had an "off" day...the only one while he was gone. They really were great the whole time. It's like kids know when mom can't handle one more fit or button pushed. Plus, I was too busy to care about the little things like my house being picked up, dinner, if my kids eat 4 packs of fruit snacks in one afternoon...you know.
More pictures soon!
Oh, and only 3 more weeks till due date! Had an ultrasound yesterday to check baby's size (I was measuring abnormally small, yet again) and baby is just fine! Yeah!