Fixing up the new house

Jason was able to come to town for Christmas.. just in time for us to move into our new house! Except before we moved into it with all of our things, Jason had a goal to redo the floors along with paint. He was planning to do them himself! I know he wants to be a handyman and work on his house on his own, so I gave him a lot of credit. I was nervous for him to attempt to put in laminate himself and not have it professionally done. He's never done that before! So forgive me if I was nervous/reluctant/not wanting him to try it out on my house! 

When he got here, we ordered the laminate and big stacks of it were delivered and it was up to Jason to figure it out. With help from his dad along with his dad's many saws and tools, they were able to do it! It was amazing-- the first official day of working on the house, a handful of Jason's friends met at our house to help pull up the floors, carpet, and paint. It was an unbelievable blessing. They helped so much that first day.

The continuing days, his dad was over a lot as well as Jason's good friend, Matt, who came over multiple times after work and on his days off. He even helped us move furniture come time. Amazing friends. 

Oh boy. A lot of work ahead of us.

Here is the laminate saying "install me!!"

Even Leila helped paint!

Jason's dad putting in the subfloor

Jason and Jerry working hard at our floors. Thank you so much Jerry!

Meanwhile... My poor baby boy got a boo boo

And we got to escape for a night to go see our friend, Andi's Christmas play she was in  at church!

On our way to Jonah and Leila's Christmas performance at church, we stopped in the car at the sight of this beautiful sunset with the trees in the foreground. How amazing is God for creating such a sight?

My little lambies. Can you spot them? :)

Like father..

Like son.

Jason's proud picture of what he accomplished with the floors so far

Taking a break from the house for Christmas! Playing a Veggie Tales board game with dad

It snowed! And mommy threw a huge snowball at Jonah. The size of his head! Hehehehe

My beautiful floors and baseboards. Oh and paint. did I mention we changed paint color 3 times? Just wasn't satisfied. But I am definitely satisfied this time :) It's called "Dusty trail".

Before and after of the hallway. 

Jonah and Leila's early birthday present!! A power wheels!! They LOVE it! Scored it for $45 on CL, just had to get a new battery.

New carpets in the bedrooms. So fresh and clean and smells amazing. 

Pirate kids

After 2 weeks of long hard days and nights, this is the finished product!  God is truly to thank for this... for giving us great friends to help us, to keep the health of Jason to complete this project, the health of his dad and Matt to help Jason  get through it. 

We love our new house!

Lastly, Jason's Christmas sweater I made for him. Looks like the original, yes? :D