Family Night

Just when we thought we couldn’t get any more family time in, we made more room!

My Mom, Dad, and brother Blake came over to our house last night and helped us finish painting our office.  It wasn’t like we were putting it off, I was just having color anxiety and couldn’t decide which color to choose.  I am NOT a blue person, even though this one is a very GREYISH blue, but I fell in love with this color “Skipping Stone” and decided to go for it.

Funny Story:  a few months ago, I had all of my cousins over at my house for a New Years Lunch/Game Day.  (There were 8 of us born within a year of each other:  Trina, Ashley, Kylee, Katie (Me), Tadd, Brady, Tori, and Caitlin. It’s like my Dad and his brothers all planned it or something…I don’t even want to think about that.)  We’ve all stayed fairly close, and it was so much fun growing up with that many cousins my age!  Anyway, my cousin Trina came to my house and wanted to see our office.  I showed her upstairs, and when she walked into the room she had a really puzzled look.  I had about 6 colors painted in tiny squares all over the walls.  PAINT TIP:  WHEN PICKING A COLOR FOR YOUR ROOM, ALWAYS TRY A LITTLE SWATCH ON DIFFERENT WALLS IN YOUR ROOM.  YOU CAN’T JUST PAINT IT ON ONE WALL AND MAKE A DECISION.  LIGHT DOES DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT WALLS AND CAN COMPLETELY CHANGE THE COLOR VISUALLY. My dad taught me that years ago, but he didn’t think I would try SO MANY colors.  So naturally, I had painted each color on each wall: it did look a little strange.  She said to me, “Wow, your paint job is Edgy!  So different, I LIKE IT!”  I burst out laughing because she had no idea they were samples.  She seriously thought I painted tiny little grey, blue, and tan squares all over my room.  Oh Trina, just another reason why I LOVE YOU.

So for months, our office has been a checker board of sorts.  It’s finally finished!  I can’t wait to move all the furniture back in and hang all frames.

After we painted, we enjoyed some Mexican Lasagna.  Click here for the recipe. So easy to make, and SO good.  This recipe is with wheat tortillas – light cheese – and ground turkey, but if you want the REAL DEAL, you can replace with WHITE TORTILLAS, EXTRA CHEESE, and GROUND BEEF!  Good either way if you ask me (of course I made the UNHEALTHY version for my family).

Last, but not least, my Mom and Zach filled out their bracket for March Madness.  Talk about BORING.  I pick my winning teams strictly on their uniform, while Mom and Zach were analyzing every statistic – but not without my Dad’s two cents.

Ah, the joys of family.  I wouldn’t trade mine for anything in this world.

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