Zoo trip with cousins

We took a trip to the zoo with Mike and Jamie and Katelyn and Dylan. We also brought the twins' friend Farin along. It was a great day at the zoo! 

Enjoying the new splash pad.

 

Even Tiffany got in on the splash pad action. She wanted to crawl in there but didn't want her knees on the ground. She eventually figured it out.

Waiting for the bird show to start. I think all of the kids said it was their favorite part of the zoo.

To go along with all of the lego animals on display, they had these giant lego blocks for the kids to play with. They had a great time building a castle.

Tiffany loved it too.

When it was time for us to leave, some other children enjoyed the castle our kids built. 

I wish I would have had my camera handy when we were actually looking at animals. The polar bear was especially cool.

Cabinet project

1984. Almost 30 years ago. Also a book by George Orwell about a dystopian society after a global atomic war. But in this case it's the year that my house was built and the year that the cabinets were put in. I'm tired of them. They're the classic 80s cabinets. But I decided to paint them and drafted Steve to help me. We got it done in 1 weekend plus a couple days and I'm pretty happy with the results.

Step 1: Remove cabinet doors and scrub everything down with TSP.

Then scrub it all off with water and sand everything.

Step 2: Paint every surface with primer, then sand everything and dust

Step 3 and 4: Paint with more primer, sand and dust, Paint with more primer, sand and dust.

That's right, 3 coats of primer with sanding and dusting in between each one.

Step 5: Finally, time for paint! I chose a high gloss white.

Steve is a wizard with this little roller. It saved so much time and there are no brush strokes to deal with!

Step 6: Another coat of paint. Finally after 3 coats of primer, 2 coats of paint, and a lot of sanding and dusting in between, we're done. Love my new cabinets!