For All The Moms Out There

Year of Destruction

2008 maybe the Chinese Year of the Rat, but for the McKinney's it is the Year of Destruction, oops, I mean Construction.

We had many projects in our house that we planned to complete in our first few years living here. But, we got involved in a few side projects. The first was in 2002, Project Donovan and our most recent was in 2005, Project Allison. Since these took most of our free time, not to mention sleep and sanity, we put our home projects on hold. We have agreed to take a slight break for any further side projects to finally complete our original house projects.

I painted and gave Donovan's room a new look. He wanted a "Sports" room. You may remember me mentioning it in a previous post "Smurfette". Well, I finished that and even got a thumbs up and "Way Cool".

We also (Matt deserves all the credit actually) put in new windows in the living room, our bedroom, breezeway and parlor. We have to finish the trim and one more project is off the list.

Oh, did I mention also on the list is siding, new front doors, new front windows, new kitchen flooring, and new front porch and roof.

Currently the front porch/roof project is underway. Stay tuned to more updates!

Happy Birthday Bubba!

We tried something different this year. We had two parties.

Our family party (SPEED RACER THEME) was hosted at Auntie Jess's Clubhouse at her apartment complex. One word...WONDERFUL. I was so much more relaxed and was actually finally able to participate and enjoy a party. A DEFINITE MUST DO AGAIN!

The Clubhouse is huge, lots of run for the kids to run and play. It also has a full kitchen.














Our guests were even able to watch "Pirates" in their Movie Room!














The following weekend we had a friends party at National Golf Center. This was great, no set up, they ordered the pizza, no clean up and the kids each got a goodie bag from the Center. Highly recommend this!!! Donovan invited his soccer team and a couple good friend from school.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONOVAN! Can't believe how fast the years go. Six years and First Grade this year!