Our Little BIG Project

I have been talking about it and talking about it. And finally... we did it! We started painting our living room. Now, if you know what my living room looks like, you will understand. For those of you that don't, let me explain. The living room is two stories!!! The only way we thought we would get it done, was to hire someone. But of course I didn't want to do that because it would cost an arm and a leg (and maybe even a kidney or two). I had almost given up hope, thinking that I would have to wait to win the lottery or something. But then I saw a place on the way to church that rents scaffolding! "Wow, that's what we can do," I thought. And then my wonderful niece, Danni, offered to help paint as well. Last week we drove all over- looking at paint, comparing prices (because I was going to need a lot of it), and going to the scaffolding place. I was a little nervous in how much the scaffold would cost, but to my surprise it only cost $100 to rent this thing for a whole month! I couldn't believe it! This was a sure sign that now was the time to paint the living room. I mean, it has only been six years since we have been living with white walls! :) Here are the first pictures. I will post more as we progress. I do love it so far! Gabe on the scaffold... hope he's not afraid of heights!

Lengthwise...to get the full effect of how tall this thing really is!

The first strokes!

The team in action!

First wall almost complete!

Sophie playing with Danni's hair as she paints.

Zach lounging in the window... reminded me of a cat.