Misty's House

After 6 long months of living with my parents, my sister Misty and her family, hubby Eric and girls Kylie & Tory moved into their newly renovated home December 23rd 2008.

Their home originally was a single story ranch home but now sports an upstairs the entire length of the original more than doubling the daily living space. I wished I could find a pic of the original home but for the life of me could not in the plethora of pics that I have acquired over the years...go figure.

After showing Kylie how Vanna White does it, she proceeded to give me the first class tour of her new home. She was so excited as you can see. I have mentioned before how much I adore this child haven't I????

The downstairs was completely opened up to to make the kitchen and living room one area. The former playroom and Kylies bedroom were opened up to make room for the steps to the upstairs.






Vanna aka Kylie started the tour with the purple playroom which formerly was her bedroom.









The old master bedroom will become a guest room.












Upstairs we started with Kylie and Tory's bathroom which is decorated in girly girl with none else than shoes!! I want this bathroom!!



































Also a pic of Kylie in her tub (she's such a silly girl) and the window that overlooks the front of the house.





















Down the hall is Kylie's room in yellow with pink circles which my sister did for her.



















Tory's room is a divine lime green and she has the jungle painted furniture Misty did for Kylie. The little lump in the middle of the bed is Tory :)



















Another guest room is upstairs next to the girls rooms.














The bonus room over the garage is going to be used as a craft room which I have no doubt will be well used.




















Misty & Eric's room at the opposite end of the house is a really cool gold color and will go wonderfully with the renaisance them Misty has going on in there.



















She once again has a room as a closet. When she was little she had the huge closet that she put her playhouse in and still had room for friends to play too.


















I love the tile she used in the master bathroom and the vanity is divine!!














I'm sure they will love their new home and now when family (his is from Massachusetts) comes they can stay with them and enjoy the stew out of the darling girls.

Didn't Kylie do a wonderful job as Vanna? Of course she's much cuter than Vanna...

Motley Crew

Brandy asked why the picture of me with her and Phillip, Kris & Shawn wasn't blogged...

Here are the pics per request. Guess I can no longer deny why Timothy makes faces in pictures either...nothing like being caught on camera acting like a goof. :)

Saturday After Christmas

Damon and Tim came up from Charlotte the day after Christmas while Doug and I were at his sister Donna's. When I got up on Saturday morning this is what my mom was doing for my brother for breakfast:









Of course Damon and I give each other a hard time about who is the favorite child and of course having a blog I will make the most of publishing it so others know too. Actually my mom cooks for everyone when we come up to visit. It's really nice too. Oh and she provides orange juice :)

Eric and Misty were still getting things from Mom and Dad's to take back to their house. Eric brought the girls with him and baby girl Tory was getting really sleepy by the time they headed back home for her nap. She is so adorable with her hair up in an I Dream of Jeannie ponytail.














Mom and Daddy looking at the album Tim put together of their trip to Alaska this summer. The amount of time that he put in that must have been incredible. He even collected little hoohahs to go along with the pics. Great job Tim!!














Tim and Damon

Day After Christmas at Donna's

It works out that our Christmas get togethers with my inlaws takes place the day after Christmas. Donna and Tim both work and yet she still finds the time to prepare a wonderful meal for all of us each year. This year Noah helped with the cookies and I wish I had a pic of him. Donna took several so there is proof :). He did a great job too!! Andrew's girlfriend (I wish I could remember her name) celebrated with us too. She's very quiet and quite cute too.


Noah got a pair of helicopters that he was flying (and trying to teach others to fly) in the living room entry way where Donna has high vaulted ceilings. No need to tell you that Noah was the only one with control so it was NOT safe to try to take a pic from the room!!



Walter was home from college and joined us. Walter & Mei.















Doug, Joey, Donna & Noah















Kate got a new camera (I believe she confiscated her boyfriends :)) and Noah taking a break from flying














Dad & Mei



















The herd of us:Joey, Douglas, Michael, Doug, Kate & me














Noah, Tim, Donna, Andrew & girlfriend (I really stink at remembering names)

Christmas Day at Mom & Dad's

Christmas Eve was the first night my sister and her entire family spent at their newly renovated home but they were at Mom & Dad's bright and early (10ish?). There are plenty of pictures of Tory and her first Christmas along with big sister Kylie (who just turned 6!!!) and daddy Eric & mommy Misty.







Sometimes Auntie Kim gets a little scared when the little ones are carrying the baby



















Isn't this the most precious little face?!?!?! And have I mentioned that I get to go back to Md in a couple of weeks to be godmother to the little sweetie too - YAY for me!!



















Auntie Kim (yes I'm in my pj bottoms which my nephew Louis pointed out when and his family showed up), Tory & Kylie in her fabulous sunglasses and Hannah Montana shirt (a movie star in the making???)














Kylie (not sure what happened to the hair there) and momma Misty



















Uncle George & Tory



















Misty said that Tory's favorite present at home was her bath poof...well now she's thrilled with the tissue stuffing...we could have all gotten off cheaply with this little one this year if only we'd known














Tory cheezing with her new riding toy



















yeah she really does like that toy














3 generations of Houghton men: daddy, nephew Joseph/Joe, and brother Erik (not to be confused with brother-in-law Eric)














more chaos and mahem and small people carrying the baby again *argh*














The Houghton Clan without George who was manning the cameras and Tory who was napping:
back row: Doug, me, daddy, Joe, Mom & Holly
middle row: Eric, Misty, Erik, Louis
front row: Kylie, Jennifer, Melissa & James

Christmas Eve

Brandy, Phillip, Kristopher & Shawn came to mom's from Delaware to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. This way their family has time to relax on Christmas Day without running the roads. Joe & Kate came over too. Kylie spent the day calling Douglas 'Little Douglas' and Doug 'Big Douglas'. She was such a hoot and both were really good sports about it. :)






Cousins, Brandy & Kylie spend time together.














Michael, Doug, Douglas, Kate & Joe














Brandy , Phillip, Kristopher & Shawn


















Phillip and Doug trying to keep out of the way of the camera but alas it is impossible. :D













Kristopher, Brandy and Shawn. Shawn is now wearing his glasses full time instead of just when he's reading. Mom-mom (me) knows what that's like since I got mine in the 4th grade. He's quite the handsome guy don't ya think??














Michael














Kate, Douglas and Joe














The Monday before Christmas my friend Debi Shanahan and her mom Pearl Early came to moms and spent the afternoon with us playing catch up. It had been almost 20 years since Debi and I had seen each other so it was great to see her.














Tory likes to go bye bye and when she's ready to head out she gets her coat, lays it on the ground and lays on top of it waiting for someone to zipper her in. She's so funny. Here she's preparing to go. Sweet baby.