Kitchen Renovation during Covid-19

For about a year and a half, we have been heavily considering renovating our kitchen.  Josh and I finally found a great contractor (the contractors group) to do the job we wanted within our budget.  My main goal was to take the wall down between the family room and the kitchen.  Since we were doing that, Josh suggested we just overhaul the whole thing.  Fine by me! :) Though our kitchen had been painted and somewhat updated through the years, the cabinets are original and the layout has not changed.  We kept the foot print pretty similar, but added some enhancements. 

We got all set to start on 3/16, the first day of spring break.  I was thinking it would be perfect to be gone during demo - we would be out of the way and it would be safer for the kids. Well, little did I know, our plans would be cancelled due to Covid-19.  Disney World shut it's gates two days before we were to surprise the boys for their 6th birthday.  

We decided to proceed with the demo anyway, only to receive a "safer at home" order on 3/19...without a kitchen.  Thankfully, the people at the contractors group still showed up for work and knocked it out in 4 weeks!  We have been so happy and it has certainly made this last month of quarantine much more enjoyable. 

Here are some before and after photos.
BEFORE

AFTER

Changes to the Pool!

When we moved into our home, we made a few changes to the house and haven't really done anything since (almost 7 years ago).  Josh and Corbin redid the deck shortly after we moved in and we got a new fence.  That was about it.  Here are a few before shots.

Now, we realized we needed to replace the liner of the pool.  That turned into us completely overhauling our backyard!  Check it out...

 

Daddy and Corbin back at it! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Snow!

Last Saturday, we got a little snow surprise.

We skipped dance and played outside!

These sweet boys got to watch from inside with me...we were nice and warm!

Snow angels

OLAF!