Welcome baby Owen

I am very excited to announce that I am the proud Auntie of Owen James Block. Brent & Jamie had a baby boy this morning around 3:30 am. He is 7lbs 13oz, 21 inches long and very cute!! We went to see him this afternoon, and I couldn't believe how small he was! He is almost the exact size that Ashtyn was, but I sure don't remember Ashtyn being that little. Jadyn was so excited. He was asking all day to go see him. When he got there he just ran over to Owen. He loved him before he even saw him. It was so cute. Jamie is doing pretty good, besides being extremely sore (3rd degree!! ouch!) I'm sure a few of us can sympathize with her. Anyway, There are all doing good and are very happy to being holding this little bundle in there arms finally! Here are some pictures of my new cutie nephew...

Quick Update

Well, it's been a while, but I just haven't felt like anything interesting enough has been happening in my life to blog about. Also, since Ryan has started working from home, I really never get to use the computer, so I don't really get the chance to blog anymore. So, here's a quick update... Ryan's new business has been going great. He's had full time work since he started, and there is no sign of it stopping anytime soon, so that is awesome. My kids are growing like crazy. In the past month or two Ashtyn has started crawling, climbing, walking along furniture, eating table food, started weaning, and getting into absolutely everything!! He's a ton of fun, but sure keeps me on my toes! Jadyn is just getting more and more like a big kid. He is loving the warm weather and wishes he could live outside. Here's a few pictures of our day outside. Ryan and Jadyn are driving cars.
We have been doing lots of reno's on our house again. I redid our main bathroom (I will post pictures some time) and are in the process of doing our en suite. We are re-shingling and painting the outside of our house this month as well. I think once this is done, there will be nothing left in or outside our house to redo, so maybe we can relax for a while.
Other than that, we are just awaiting the arrival of our new niece or nephew. Brent and Jamie are expecting there new baby any day now. Her due date was yesterday, so she is very ready! I will try to post again when the baby comes!!

Introducing...

New Wave Design & Drafting Inc. Though it was very tempting to use "mennonite guy who draws", we came up with a name and actually got it! Right now we are in the process of getting incorporated. Ryan's last day at work was today, so starting tomorrow we are on our own! Aaahhh. It's kinda scary, but Ryan already has quite a bit of work, so as long as the work keeps coming, we should be ok. Anyway, that is about the focus of our life right now, so other than that I have nothing else to report. oh yeah, I am going to the Juno's on Sunday. More details on that to come next week...

Goodbye Security!

This has been a pretty interesting week for us. Ryan has always planned on having his own drafting business eventually, and has been doing house drawings, and other stuff on the side for years already, but last week he got an offer he couldn't refuse. My aunt is starting a business manufacturing sun rooms and she asked Ryan to be her drafting department for this business (from home). He said he would, and he has already had some work coming in. Besides the sun rooms, he has been doing other work for her and other people 2 days a week for the last year, and still has that besides the sun rooms. So the decision had to be made. On Monday Ryan gave his resignation at his job, and starting in April, he will be officially self employed. This is a little scary since there is no guaranteed income and everything he does is contract work, but the opportunity with this is really good and there is potential for him to make alot more money than at his job. Right now we are trying to get a business name, which is kinda annoying. We have to pick a name and pay $50 to apply for it, then they tell you if the name is available. If it is too similar to something else in Canada, we cant have it. So far we are on try #2 (for another $50), so we are just waiting to hear back right now about that. We have been/will be in meeting after meeting with our accountant, insurance people, banks, lawyer, etc, etc, etc. It's pretty crazy, but we're really excited! So if anyone needs a house, renovation, piping stuff, electrical, or pretty much anything needs to be drawn, give Ryan a call!!

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Need some advice

So I had a realtor come into my house last week to tell me what it's worth, and she said that I HAVE to paint my kitchen before I can sell my house. If you've been to my house you probably remember the bold burgundy color it used to be. I've never loved it, so I had no problem changing it. The realtor told me to paint it a tan color that would match my back splash and the flowers in my poppies picture. My Mother in law had some paint left over in the Benjamin Moore color Jackson Tan so I tryed it out. It looks really good with the back splash, my picture, and even my green living/dining room, but I'm just not sure about how it looks with the rest of my decor. My colors are oliveish green walls with lots of black picture frames and red/burgundy (not both, it's burgundy now, but I'm changing to red) accents like curtins and candles. My main and favorite picture is the tulips one which is kinda grey/taupe. I dont really have any brown or tan in my house, so I'm not sure if it works. I think for someone else it would be ok, but with my deco's I'm just not sure. so I need some advice. I already painted tan, but what my question is, should I leave it tan or paint it the green like my living room? Here are some pictures showing what the tan looks like and what the green looks like and what some of my decorations look like. The tan doesnt show quite as tanish in the pictures as it really is. It's a little darker. The picture of the whole kitchen shows the color the best. Thanks for the help!!