My Kitchen Renovations

About a year ago or more I decided I wanted to update my kitchen a little so that it would be a little more me. Well, I started by taking off all of the cupboard doors and applied one coat of primer to half of the cabinets. Then I got busy and bored. I am embarrassed to say, my kitchen stayed like that for months. Then one day a friend of mine said she knew a guy who painted for people on the side to make extra money. She said he didn't charge much and did a decent job. I thought it was a brilliant idea..I called him over to look at it and hired him to finish the painting my kitchen. The I had to summon the help of my brother Austin and sister in law Alysha to help me put the handles on the drawers. You would think I would figure out how to do a project before I dive head into it. Obviously that wasn't the case. However, it is finally complete. Hallelujah! What do you think?

Here is a lovely picture of before....



And here are the pictures of the after...

Not Sleepless in Seattle

I went to Seattle in March to see one of my Brazilian mission companions that was visiting from Switzerland. While we were in Seattle we also met up with another Sister missionary from our mission and had all sorts of good times!! We were definitely not sleepless in Seattle.





Underneath the Fresh Market there is a Wall of Gum. To be honest I think it is absolutely disgusting but actually kind of amazing. The entire wall is plastered with people's gum. Crazy! And as you can see I felt like I had to participate!



We went to the Pier and saw some barges. Cindi fed the seagulls some donuts. That's healthy for them, right?




Eliete and I at Pike Place Market.










Of course we had to eat some Brazilian food!! Yummy!

I love that Seattle city. Such a fun place to be. It was beautiful weather the entire time and I loved spending time with Eliete and Cindi. I hope it isn't so long before we see each other again!!