Project: FINISH THE BASEMENT has begun!

Right after we moved into our new house it became very apparent that we needed more spaced.  Moving from a house that had more room than we needed to a much smaller home is not an easy adjustment to make.  My boys share a room, which really is fine, but the room itself can't handle the space.  They are VERY crammed in there.  So, we decided the basement needed to be finished ASAP!  I'm so glad I married a handyman that can do everything he puts his mind to.  It helps that he worked as a project manager for a home builder because he observed and figured out how to do a lot of the stuff.  The best part of this project is that Jason is LOVING every second of it!!!  I don't think he's ever been happier (and that makes us all happier).

Here's my man at work....tool belt and all!

I personally love the safety glasses/ear plugs look!

Someday this space will be 2 more bedrooms, a bathroom, a workout room, a kitchenette, and a family/theater room.  I can't wait!!!

Rachel gets her ears pierced!

I can't even tell you how excited Rachel was when she got an empty box for Christmas from her Grandma....with a note saying she was going to take her to get her ears pierced (of course she got permission from me first).  So, the whole Braithwaite Gang met at the mall a few days after Christmas to get it done.

She kept saying that she couldn't wait to "look like a princess"!

Finally it was her turn!

Marking the right spot

I think she's a little nervous, who wouldn't be with a gun to their ear!

And Done!!!!

Okay, not done.  About an hour after we got home she came up to me and her right earring was sticking half way out and the back had come off.  I tried to gently push it back through the hole but the sucker had already closed up.  I couldn't believe it!!!!  So, I called the next morning to see how long we had to wait to get it re-pierced and they said they could do it that day (OUCH!!!)  Rachel was so distraught because now she didn't look like a princess anymore with just ONE earring that I decided to just do it that morning.

She's still smiling even though she knows what is to come....

AND DONE!!!!!