Bathroom Remodel

 It is finally done!  The Buyles have spent the last nine weeks working overtime on a bathroom remodeling project.  We've all helped in various ways!  (See below: Raymond "helping" by doing the puzzle of the tiles). But Kenny has gone above and beyond!  He has been working two jobs and spending every minute of free time on the house.  Thanks, babe! It was a long nine weeks without a bathtub to bathe the kids and having to go to the basement to use the toilet but we survived.

The demolition took a lot longer than expected.  Kenny also had to do a lot of prep work  underneath.

Putting tile up!  Raymond thought it was a puzzle.  Every time he would see something new done, he would get so excited!  He is also in the "why" phase.  So we've answered why we are building a new bathroom in a hundred different ways.

The hard worker in action.

Here we had layed out the pattern on Kenny's truck outside.  We tried different ideas with the stripes and  decided to go with two rows of four.  Thanks to all for your help with that decision.  It turned out great!  

Almost done.  Unfortunately we were stuck in the phase forever it seemed.  We kept having to "redo" the grout!  The first time, it dried too fast before Kenny had a chance to smooth it out.  So, we had to scrape every grout line out.  Then, my mom was helping and ran into the same problem to a lesser extent.  So, we got to scrape it all out yet again.  

The floor before we put the vanity and toilet in.  The first vanity we bought was messed up, too.  So Kenny had installed it almost all the way, then had to take it out and return it!  He was pretty frustrated, as you can imagine. We ran into problems with the floor as well.  The tile kept popping up, even after we grouted.  So we got to scrape the grout out around many of the tiles and glue them down again, then grout again.  URGH.  

BUT, The final product was SO WORTH IT!!!  WE LOVE OUR NEW BATHROOM!  I could sit in there all day!  Here it is:

New towels to match!

Hungry Girl

A Hot Fourth of July Celebration

We braved the heat on the fourth of July to go to the parade in Webster Groves.  We had a great time, but were pretty exhausted from the heat.

When I grow up...

Raymond brought up the following yesterday:
"When I grow up, I want to be a worker."
"What kind of worker," I ask.
"A train worker.  I will build trains and tracks." He replies.  "And when I'm done, I'll do chemistry."

Water Babies

So, one of our kids loves water, the other is terrified!  Raymond hates having "water poured over his head" as he tells us EVERY SINGLE TIME we try and give him a bath.  So, I took my sister in law's suggestion to  try goggles.  It worked a bit.  He liked the idea at first, but then got scared as usual.  The experience sure created some funny pictures.