Paint by Number

A couple of weeks ago when Lacie was visiting she mentioned that I should paint one of the kitchen walls red, reconsider my cabinet hardware, update my kitchen faucet, find a new home for my newly purchased (antique) china hutch, and restyle the island. All of this in a relatively newly built home I have live in just eight weeks (since marrying Jim)! I was a little overwhelmed and decided to grab some paint samples while at the home improvement store this weekend.

After looking at the samples for a few days, I have definitely come up with a favorite, and then I had a thought, "what is the perfect color ISN'T among the four samples I have chosen?" I need to find a color that will work well with the existing kitchen walls, in fact, I need a color that will actually compliment the existing walls, what if I haven't given myself the right colors to choose from?

Then somewhere in my search for the perfect red I remembered that my Math Professor told me that calculus is used in every day life and I remembered that each color had its hex code based on the amount of primary red/green/blue it contains. In order to find the perfect kitchen red, I would need to find the hex code of the existing walls (Sand Trap 187/167/149), run those values though a color wheel program and mathematically determine what color would analogically accented.

The results? Sherwin Williams 7585, Sundried Tomatoes, which isn't even close to the four samples I started with!

Sunday Breakfast

Last last night I found out Mike and Lacie (and baby Lillie) were planning on dropping by this morning......I decided to break out the waffle maker and extended a last minute invitation to Nicolas and Ashelyn (and baby Addy).

What resulted was a home full of family, a kitchen full of food and some great Sunday memories. Pictured below are some of my favorite people.

Post It

I'm still a little surprised when alone in the house I find a a Post It note attached to the bathroom mirror, fridge, car, or dryer. This subtle reminder helps to reinforce to me that I am in a healthy relationship with an amazing guy (the notes are always positive) who cares deeply for me.

Forty Weeks

Last Tuesday prior to a Logan road trip I had to BEG Lacie to let me take a photo of her, let me explain....I wanted Aunt Judy to have the opportunity to see the Little Princess in utero but Lacie was so paranoid about going into labor two hours from home that she was reluctant to commit to the trip.  Up until the time that I pulled in front of the house I wasn't sure she would really get in the car. I packed my camera with a second agenda, I wanted a photograph of my daughter on one of the very last days she would spend being without a child because somehow as the days move forward and she becomes Lillie's mother, it feels like she is less my child.

Fast forward seven days and today I got my camera out (again) to record the very last days she would spend without a child (again).  As Lacie and I were running errands I asked her if it bothered her that people look at her and mentally think, 'Wow, that lady looks like she is going to pop!' Lacie said no, not really, but if she had it to do over again she would have worn a shirt that says, 'induction scheduled.' This is what amazing looks like at 40 weeks.

Murdock Canal bike ride

Jim and I have been walking the recently completed Murdock Canal trail each morning before going to work. I believe the trail begins (or ends, depending on your direction of travel) at the mouth of Provo Canyon and extends north to Cabelas then eventually ties into the Jordan River Parkway near the county line.

Today we decided expand our view by breaking out the bicycles and riding south. The trail if relatively flat (it is built above the canal) and meanders through some very pristine land on the east bench of Utah County. I am not exaggerating when I say that the ride was amazing! The view was outstanding! And the company superb! I hope to spend many more mornings on this trail.