Kitchen Remodel

My favorite part of this summer was that we got the kitchen remodeled!! I have been wanting to do it for years now and I finally convinced Jeff that it would be awesome. Our house feels so much bigger:) I love cooking in the new kitchen and being able to watch TV and talk to Jeff as I am cooking.

Before view from the back door

This is where I used to do the laundry in this tiny space. It also collected tons of junk!

Before view from the front doorAfter view from the front door:)

After view from the back door

I love it!!!!

Summer Adventures

This summer Jeff and I took a few trips that were lots of fun!! We both feel so lucky that we are both teachers and are able to enjoy the summers together.

Our first trip took us to San Francisco. It was my first time there and there was just so much to see!!

Alcatraz
(The tours to the island were sold out all week so we are going to have to make another trip back)

The Golden Gate Bridge
We rented bikes and rode across the bridge. It was super fun but very windy. As you can see, it was also very foggy:)

Lombard Street
We walked up the street but didn't drive our car on it

On our way back from San Francisco, we met our friends R and M in Morro Bay. They were camping there. We brought our stuff to camp and had a very fun few days with them. We spent one day wine tasting in Paso. They sure new the right wineries to visit!

I thought these two were just the cutest little things. This dog was only 6 months old. I can only imagine how much bigger he will be when he is full grown!

Morro Rock at sunset

After our trip to San Francisco, I was able to spend the day with one of my best friends, J and her little baby. I took a few pictures of her. She is already 7 weeks and I can't believe how fast she is growing.

We were lucky enough to spend 5 days in Texas with Jeff's sister and her family. Our little 3 year old nephew sure knew how to drive his big car an his little brother loved being the passenger.

Mom, Son, Daughter
The Zelkowskis (minus 1) and the Smiths
J and his Cars bed.

C loved being in the bath. He was like a little swimmer:)

Hockey game

We went with Jeff's parents to the local minor league hockey game. We had some great seats and tried to get some pictures of the players slamming each other against the glass.

Spring means...gardening:)

Spring is finally here!! We were actually home for one weekend in March, so I decided to get my vegetable garden planted. I am looking forward to having fresh vegetables. I love cooking and when you get to cook your own vegetables it is really fun. The dogs decided to help me plant the garden.


I got a new camera for my birthday so I have been trying to take some artsy pictures.

Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. All of my sisters were home for the first time in over a year. My little nephew is 7 months old and he is just the cutest thing!! The holiday season always seems so busy, but this year we were able to spend a lot of time with family.

Lincoln in front of the Christmas tree

Jeff and I at Mission Inn

All of my cousins together! (This hasn't happened in a long time!)

I made this blanket for Anthony. Can you tell he loves it!

Jeff is teaching Anthony to be musical at a young age

My new jacket. My Christmas gift from Jeff.

The Kleckner /Dudys/Smith family

The Boys

Mimosas:)

I love my Godson!!

More Home Improvements

We have finally finished most of our ceilings. These are some pictures of Jeff texturizing the ceilings. Once we scraped the ceilings, some of the paint on the walls came off, so we decided to paint the front room and one of the bedrooms. Thanks Dad for coming out to help up paint. We are so excited to finally be done with our house projects. Now we can really enjoy the holidays. We finally got our tree yesterday!