Wallpaper and primer and paint, oh my!

3110 Conner Dr. Canyon, TX 79015

The day we closed, we started tearing it down.

From bad to worse!

We're sure glad the kids like to help.

I gave Hayden a paint brush and let him go to town with the primer. It lasted about 5 minutes.

Kate helped texture Hayden's wall.

Ah, the start of something new. The cocoa colored Media room.

Well, we closed on our house and we are officially home owners! We have been busy painting while the house is empty. We are not expecting our stuff until September 11, so I have plenty of time to get everything painted. We have removed wallpaper from 4 rooms and advise any of you thinking of wallpaper to reconsider. It is a mess to remove. We started in Hayden's room and pulled down the gold velvet wallpaper. Underneath it, another layer of wallpaper-Ugh! We found the same thing in the formal living, formal dining and the entry way. We tried steaming down the second layers of wallpaper and they wouldn't budge. Solution, we are priming and painting over it. I have textured Hayden's room and will sand it and prime it tomorrow. I finished the media room today and got Rachel and Sarah's room done too. They have lime green walls with a blue ceiling. It looks really cute. We will be painting the entry, our room and Kate's room. We are painting every room except the large living area and kitchen. Yes, I have been dreaming of painting and removing wallpaper. If you need any painting tips, let me know; I could probably write a book.

The kids have been great. We are still in the hotel in Amarillo and drive to Canyon everyday to take them to school. I drop them off and go paint. I try to be done and then go back to the hotel after school. It's not working the way I planned. Even though I have good intentions, I paint until 3 o'clock and then hurry and leave to go pick the kids up and then we have to go back to the house to clean up my mess. We can't wait to be in the house and drive 3 minutes to school every morning instead of 25 minutes.

God has already brought some new friends into our lives even though we are still displaced. (Believe me, staying in a hotel for a month without your things is not the lap of luxury as most of you military wives already know.) John's sister Erin has a lady that goes to her church that just moved to Canyon also. She and her husband have two daughters Abbey and Emma. They are Sarah and Rachel's ages. They actually knew our last name and were told to keep their ears open. Abbey walked up to Sarah the 2nd day of school and asked if she had an aunt named Erin. The next day, Emma did the same thing to Rachel. Instant friends! We went to the park with them today after school.