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I love how excited Jesse always gets about his birthday. He reminds me on the 18th of every month how many months are left until his birthday. That’s one of the best things about Jesse is how the simplest things can make him happy. When I come home from a bad day, he will tell about his day like everything that happened that day is the greatest thing ever. He has a never ending positive attitude that you just can’t help but be drawn to. I am so very lucky to have him as my partner for life. Happy birthday to my BEST friend!

We finally finished painting the downstairs bathroom! It only took me two years to decide what color to paint it. Of course, the project took a lot longer that I thought it would. I even tried to plan in extra time when thinking about how long it would take, but we overshot that too. At least it’s finally finished!

Here is what the bathroom looked like before…

The green square is there because at one point I thought I wanted green. After seeing it on the wall, I was sure I did not want green anymore.

Jesse worked so hard on getting this bathroom done. Didn’t he do a fabulous job??

And here is what the bathroom looks like now…

The hardest, most time consuming part was taping off walls to make sure out strips turned out straight. Even with the level it is very tricky to get the tape down perfectly. They make it look so easy on HGTV.

My inspiration for this bathroom came from this website a friend showed me, Young House Love. They completely re-did every room in their house. I saw the bathroom project and knew that would look great in our bathroom.

Today is my “little” brother’s birthday. He turns twenty! I remember the day he was born. I don’t remember anything about seeing him as a newborn though… I just remember getting picked up from school that day by a friend from church. I can’t believe I’m now old enough to remember something that happened twenty years ago. Weird!

We are planning a family birthday dinner for both him and Jesse (their birthdays are a week apart) next week after the rest of the family is in town for Christmas.

Here’s a quick look at how he changed, just a little, over the years. Happy birthday Andrew, hope you enjoy another great year!