2016 in Review

Most of 2016 I spent working on the house.  I painted the kitchen cabinets, removed the carpet in the living room and hallway replacing it with a hardwood laminate.  It felt so good to throw out the old carpet.  The dogs were sliding so much on the new flooring that we have added lots of throw rugs for traction.  Here is my favorite home project from last year:

The stairs make me smile now.  I am still undecided about painting the stairs a different color.

2016 Wedding

We started off 2016 with the happiest of occasions.  Paul and Aisha Moritz married and we celebrated the union in NYC.  Alison, Shad, Seth, Vara and I flew in before snowmageden arrived.  Being from Colorado, we took it in stride and had a wonderful time.  Here is the beautiful couple:

We were able to meet all of Aisha's family and are really looking forward to getting to know them as the years unfold.

Garden Post

A dear friend and I have been working on a garden post to put in our yards this spring.  It reminded me that I haven't posted in my blog for a long time.  How could a whole year go by so fast!  This is a garden post I made last year for a good friend and neighbor:  It was my first attept, but I think it came out pretty cool: