New Changes for the Boulter Home

There have been many new and exciting things going on at the Boulter home over the summer and continuing for the next little while. I will try to keep everyone updated on how things are going. It is so exciting to see all the changes and we are anticipating great things for this house. Mom and Dad have been working so hard to make a nice home and they are doing a wonderful job. It started outside this summer and has since moved inside. Dad poured cement and made a nice big patio outside so that we will have a place to gather our big family together for parties and family dinners during the warm weather.

Then they took it one step further and made a pretty garden full of flowers and trees. They used some of the cement from the patio and made stepping stones and each of the grandkids got to put their handprints or footprints and names on one. We had the first get together about three weeks ago to celebrate when Tim moved home from Vermont.

It was so much fun to see the kids running and playing and having so much fun. It was nice for all of us grown ups to be able to just sit around and hang out all in one place. We lined all the kids up on their little stones to take a picture and they had so much fun running from one end of the garden to the other trying to only step on the rocks.

We were missing a few of our cousins, so we sill have to take another picture of all the kids the next time we are all together. It is so much fun to see all of them in one place. I can't wait until next summer to see the garden in full bloom.

So then it was on to the inside of the house. Mom had actually started pulling wall paper off the walls in the kitchen several months ago thinking that she was ready for a new coat of paint and things sort of ballooned from there into a full scale kitchen remodel. Dad has pulled out the cabinet drops and the dropped ceiling. Eventually they are going to texture the ceiling, and there will no longer be any cabinet drops to be seen. Mom has bought all new appliances, countertops, and some new cabinets. She is going to re-paint the existing cabinets and all of the walls. She has done a really great job of picking out the perfect colors and her new kitchen is going to be a beautiful place to be.