New Bedroom Makeovers!!

We were sad to see Mimi leave on Tuesday but we had so much fun while she was here!  We had to be patient all day last Thursday since her plane wasn't landing until after Bryson got out of school.  Ashlyn spent her rest time setting up a picnic with her babies that she insisted I let her leave set up so Mimi could see it.

While Mimi was here, we enjoyed playing inside, taking walks, playing outside, shopping at the Farmer's Market, and having lots and lots of fun.  I wish I had taken more pictures, but we were so busy and the days went by so fast!

We got to go out to eat at a few of our favorite restaurants:

But what we spent a large majority of our time doing was shopping for the kids' bedrooms and painting.  I've been excited for Mimi to come because we had big plans to paint the kids' rooms and decorate.  Gigi and Grandpa got the kids their new comforter sets and Grandpa Chet helped buy a lot of our paint which was soooo nice of them!!  Bryson was at school on Friday when we started our project and Ashlyn loved that we could open the bedroom windows while painting and watch her swing and splash in the rain and puddles:

She also did a little painting of her own:

So, what did we do to their rooms?  Well, we scored a super cute bedding set on clearance for Ashlyn's room so we picked out the bright green coloring to paint one wall and then decorated it with hearts to match her comforter.  We also added some green to the pink shelves Zane had built her a while ago.  She loves it!!

And she really loves that before moving her babies to her closet, we painted them a special "room" to match hers (even down to the pink rug):

 She loved her bedding set even more when Mimi offered to add some coins to this matching piggy bank:

I'm pretty sure she enjoys her new room...at least I know she looks pretty comfy sleeping in her bed!!:

Bryson's bedroom was an idea that took a little longer to decide on.  We went ahead and got him a blue comforter set but still had no set plans for his room.  He's very hard to excite since you never know what type of change will upset him.  Finally, my mom thought of this camping theme and he loves it!  We added his bean bag chair to this corner so that he can sit and read or play a game under the tree by the fire.  Bryson talked non stop about how we all needed to go camping in his room.  :)

 He really enjoys these glow in the dark stars/moon we put around his walls:

 And instead of a baby bedroom in his closet, he has his drums set up in there:    :)

 My mom definitely had to make this black bear friendly so Bryson wasn't scared to go into his room.  I still can't believe my mom painted him free hand:

I have to explain before you watch this video that when we asked Bryson how he wanted his room painted, he kept saying he wanted Iron Man 2 painted on his walls.  He's never seen the movies or had any Iron Man toys, so I'm not really sure why he loves Iron Man so much but I knew we weren't going to use that as the theme for his room.  So, Mimi picked him out a fun Iron Man 2 toy to set on his bed for when we reveal his new room to him.  I think that was the highlight of his bedroom!  But I also know he loves telling people about his bedroom walls.  :)

Thank you, Mimi, for helping decorate and paint their rooms!!

I guess while we're on the track of revealing rooms, I'll share some much anticipated pictures of our house.  I'm really hesitant to even do this because the house still isn't decorated with what's planned out in my head, but you can at least see what the furniture looks like in our house for now.  :)

Our bedroom is huge compared to the last house we were in!  While our bed used to take up the entire bedroom, we now have so much room to walk around.  We were even able to comfortably set up Ashlyn's toddler bed in our room while Mimi was here so Mimi could stay in Ashlyn's new big girl bed (which was given to us by some sweet friends in our small group...thank you Nick and Ashley!).

 Bathrooms are just naturally boring, but here's a quick glimpse into ours:

And the kids':

We also love our kitchen and all the space in there!:

 And the living room:

Obviously none of that was as fun as the kids' rooms, but at least you got to see inside our new home (which we are still loving)!!!