Finally! But...

OK...after the bathroom remodel taking much longer than it was supposed to take...we are FINALLY done!

We would have had it all done last night....but those amazing mirrors that I fell in love with at the mall were too long!  GRRRR...so Michael took them back and found the oval ones.  That was this morning...so thankful that we were able to get those hung this afternoon.


By the way... Brendan and Zaira must have been convinced we would finish last not also because they stayed up late into the night.  Brendan fell asleep on the floor while watching Michael.  Zaira fell asleep in the bed after putting up a good fight!


BUT...before we came home from buying the mirrors...we took a side trip to the ZOO!  YAY!!!  This was Zaira's first trip to the zoo...unless you count the brief one made last fall for a hamburger dinner (She was only two months old...so I am guessing that trip does not count!).

She was able to walk into the zoo.  And she spent most of the time walking from one exhibit to the next.

Zaira also got to ride on the zoo train for the first time.  She really enjoyed this.  We told her to wave and she took this job very seriously...she waved her best at everyone we passed.  She was so cute!  I am so glad we chose to do this first because I do not think she would have been awake by the time we finished the walk around the zoo.

Michael and the children had a blast!  The animals were somewhat lethargic in the humid summer heat.  This was disappointing for the older ones but made it a great experience for her.  She especially loved the tiger (She said TIGER!) and the macaws (thanks to Michael's regular antics).

She was definitely worn out by the time we came to the last exhibit...I really thought she would love the flamingos...being so pink!...but she was wiped out by this time.  She almost fell asleep on Michael's shoulder and was fast asleep by the time we got her buckled in the van.



We also got several pictures of Christina for her senior pictures.  We also got several family pictures.  It is hard to believe that we might not make it back to this zoo as a family.  Of course, we are not sure about this but I just could not resist taking as many pics as I could just in case!  We really love this zoo but there are other zoos to visit...we will always find fun in other ways also....and maybe we will make a trip back here again before we move.


Back home...we did get those mirrors hung.  There were a little bit of a pain but it all worked out in the end.  AND...we finally finished our bathroom!

BUT...we are not finished with bathrooms.  Watching us work on ours...the girls began work on theirs (mentioned in a post a couple of days back)...they are just going to take out the old linoleum counter to replace with tile and paint...and finally get a mirror that fits the wall space.

We also have a small guest bath that looks great except for the fact that it does not have paint on one wall and it needs a different faucet and mirror.  Those are both easy fixes and we already have what we need to fix it.

SO...we are almost there but will probably be working through the weekend to get it done.  I am pretty excited because the original intent to remodel our master bath has led to these others and it ended up costing about what I planned for the master bath to complete all the projects!  Not bad...it makes me feel like I walked into a store and got a "three-for-one"deal!  YAY!

More pictures will come when the other baths are done...looking forward to having things completed soon.