Spring at Our House

Tulips

Garden

Pat's Graduation

Pat graduated in May

Julie's Graduation

Julie graduated this year in April

PROM

In April Cindy and Karen were both asked to prom

Mary's Baby Shower

There was a huge storm that came in so everyone who was invited wasn't able to come. The faithful (and close by) came:
Cindy, Julie, Mom, Doreen, Mary, Angie, Deborah, Ana, Karen and Sherie
We played a baby shower version of the game "25 words or less" that Doreen made up:
Opened presents:
And ate cake that Deborah made:

Our Out of Order Bathroom: Fixed

The tiles in the downstair's girls bathroom have been out for almost a year now so Jared and Doreen decided it was time to fix it. Jared has some tiling experience and youtube can teach you how to do just about anything so together they were able to get it done. Jared finished the project after Doreen left so we don't have any "After" pictures yet.
Cleaning the cement off of the tiles took the majority of the time. Dad did a lot of work on those tiles but just wasn't able to get around to finishing the job. Even with Jared and Doreen working on the tiles it took several hours for them to finish scraping the tiles to prepare them to be put back in place:

Christmas Day

Christmas Eve at the Call's

Dad and Angie's youngest, Bronson:
Dad and Doreen's youngest, Crew:
Landon, Bert and Jared:
Dad reading about Christ's birth to the grandkids:
The whole family together (Tim, Theresa and her family missing):

Karen and Cindy's Graduation Pictures

Doreen took Karen and Cindy's Graduation pictures for them.
Here's Karen:
And Cindy:
And both of them:

Extreme Makeover Call-Home Edition

For the past 2 years instead of giving small presents to my parents for their birthdays or special occasions (ie. mothers/fathers day), my brothers and sisters and I have been pooling our money together and putting it in a fund. The money in this fund is used to get bigger and cooler things for our parents, instead of a bunch of small things. Our first big purchase was new couches for the front room. Then, when Doreen came out to visit last summer we used more money from the fund to repaint the front room, get a new end table, mirror, vases, a wall clock, and lamp. When we got the hutch, the room finally started to look complete so we took some "after" pictures. We still have a few other things we want to get for this room, but they'll have to wait for now. Here are the before and after pictures.
BEFORE:
AFTER:BEFORE:
AFTER:
BEFORE (next two pictures):
AFTER:

The Finished Garage Project

Here's the only "before" picture we have of the garage. This was taken just before we started priming the garage:
Pressure washing was our last step. It's a pretty wet process:
The final product after pressure washing the floors (still wet in the pictures):
Those poles on the wall are the beginnings of Dad's shelves that he is installing. He said he's been wanting to put these shelves in for 14 years. I'll try and add a picture later of the shelves on the wall.

Garage Painting - Day 2

The crew for day 2: Deborah, Aubrey, Mary, Jared, Karen and Doreen. Painting the first coat was SOOOO much easier than sanding and priming everything. The ceiling was still a literal pain in the neck.
A sneak peek at what the garage looks like right now:
Excited to get this garage done:
Day 3 will be the second coat of paint. Day 4 we will be power washing the floors and Day 5 we'll be painting the floor.