So I guess this is from May, but I missed it....we spent memorial day weekend painting some rooms that we have procrastinated for almost 6 years.
Stairwells are just intimidating to deal with. We had this lovely paisley boarder and chair rail with more wall paper below (I forgot to snap a before pic). It was just really ugly and out-dated. The walls were a beige but it has always looked way to pink-ish to me. 
So....some tricky manovering on a tall ladder & demolition of the chair rail finally produced a neutral stairwell that I love. Now to figure out how to fill the large walls with some sort of art...
Our teeny-tiny kids bathroom was bright/dark blue with more wall paper boarders (the previous owners loved wall paper boarders). I've always wanted to re-do it but the thought of having to paint 100 coats of primer to cover up the color was overwhelming. In the end it wasn't too bad and I'm so happy it is neutral although Maya is disgusted with my "boring" color choice and refused to use it for a couple of weeks.
We also framed the bathroom mirror in the master bath using molding--super easy and cheap upgrade! More uses for molding coming up as I finish them...
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Now onto actual June events...
Our playgroup arranged a tour of our county landfill. I've seriously wanted to do this for so long! Truth be told, it was kind of boring for the kids but it was good motivation for me to do better with recycling. And who knew they could make trash from the last 30 year look so scenic?!?!
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During the last week of school Hayley was in the school's multi-cultural fashion show. Last year she wore my British school uniform. This year she showed of an outfit from Ryan's uncle's family who live in China.
School finished late here in VA. Hayley had an awesome 1st grade year.
But we were happy to see June 18th finally roll around and summer begin!
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Ryan's sister, Rhonda, her husband Greg, and their two darling girls Ruby and Cora came to visit. It was so fun to meet Cora and let the cousins reconnect.
Ruby and Alice are the same age. They were a cute little pair.
One hot night they had to wait for Hayley and Maya's to have their swim lessons.
They found the little foot shower on the side and ended up stripping down and having a blast!
No family can visit in the summer time without a trip to our favorite ice-cream stand: JoJo's
We ended the week of their visit with a big BBQ and water balloon launchers at G'mas house
Sweet little baby Cora!
Busch Gardens Amusement Park
There's a super-fun, clean, family friendly amusement park about 2 hours from us.
We never thought that an amusement park would be fun with little kids but this place is our 2010 family vacation....over and over again.
We got season tickets (same price as 1-day!) and we've been going on day trips there every couple of weeks.
There are so many kiddie rides, splash parks to cool us down and amazingly fun shows to watch. My personal favorite is the Irish Dancing show.
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