The Jones Family

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Virginia Trip!

We had the most amazing opportunity to go visit my sister Heather in Virginia! We had the absolute best time ever – hanging out, seeing the sites, just enjoying our time together. Heather and Javan were so kind to act as hosts and tour guides, and we loved visiting them!

Here we are on the plane, our first time flying as a family! The kids did great!

Watching a movie helped. :)

…and a long nap.

Here are some of the wonderful places we visited.

Georgetown.

Beautiful time of year – tulips and cherry blossoms!

Checking out a turtle (notice how different each person’s hair is in our family! Crazy! Kris would have me point out their awesome mullets, too…)

Liam and Shelby – all that site-seeing wore them out!

Roosevelt Memorial.

Natural History Museum. (Kris and Kasey are pretending to be sharks).

Site-seeing in DC.

Love these kids!

Shelby with her apple. As you will see, she was loving apples on this trip.

Cute little Liam with his hat – love that kid!

Kris is in heaven. Hamburgers!

Arlington Cemetery.

Roosevelt Park – just love little Liam’s head looking over dad’s shoulder!

Zonked.

Beautiful view of Georgetown.

Potamac River at Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument.

Playing at the park. Shelby: I just gotta bite this! Liam: Hmm, looks like traffic ahead.

Jefferson Memorial.

Lincoln Memorial.

Washington Memorial.

Aviation Museum.

DC Zoo.

Kris and Kasey, pretending to sneak up on their prey.

Shelby looks pretty unsure about this.

Love that dimple.

Cousins!

George Washington’s Estate.

Look ma, we’re packed and ready to go!

Kasey making some great faces.

Washington DC Temple – thank you Javan for taking such beautiful pictures!

The Bowles Family – gotta love those guys!

Say goodbye Virginia and Bowles Family! We had the best time ever!

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Catching up…Big Time

So, I believe these pictures were taken in January… yes, I know it’s November! But in an effort to make this blog our family journal/scrapbook, I have to back track a little. I’m going to spend some time here and there catching up on pics, so here we go!

Making Fort Jones:

Next post, our DC visit. Here’s a sneak preview…

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Tiffany’s Dreams Come True–a Dishwasher!

See that awful pile of dishes devouring our countertop space? This was the norm, before…our….KITCHEN REMODEL!

Here’s a few more pics of the previous kitchen.

Take a nice long look, double-handled faucett, charming vegetable decals on the tile, white counter-top clashing beautifully with the cream-colored cabinets. Yes, our kitchen was classy. On a typical day you could catch me jerking our drawers open or mopping up the water that constantly streamed off our slanted counter-top. And, then along came my crafty, handy husband. You could pretty much call him Kris “Bob the Builder” Jones.

One fine evening, the destruction began. First, Kris started with the cabinets.

Check it out – layers of paint and wallpaper! Also notice the pile of papers, etc. that had fallen behind the cabinets. We found pics of our house from the 80’s!

A closer look at the wallpaper.

Check out the boards and plaster behind the walls. This is one old house (we’re talking 1896).

Time to bring in the cabinets.

Good thing Kris had a little assistant to help. His matching mullet definitely secured him the job.

Cabinets are in!

Here she is, 24 hours after Kris started demolition. I was only without a sink for 24 hours! That’s incredible!!

And the final product, with dishwasher (I still can’t believe you just put the dishes in and turn it on!), paint, and tile backsplash. The drawers slide beautifully, the granite cleans like a dream, and the counter is level – no more waterfall off a slanted edge! Much easier to clean than white cabinets and counter, and matches better too. :) We’re loving it! Thanks hon for doing such a beautiful job! You’re amazing! (And thank you landlords for paying for it!)