Painting Parties

New Homeowners + Summer = Lots of home improvement projects!

This last week we helped with three painting parties. Last Saturday, we helped our friends Justin and Annie with painting in their new house. You can go HERE for more information about that painting party. They didn't have air conditioning at their house yet so we were very warm, but we enjoyed helping out and getting to see their house. Then on Sunday, we had some friends over to help us paint our guest bedroom. We had most of the prep work done before they came over, and it went so fast. I think it took just about an hour to paint the room. We're so thankful for help. The room is very green now. The color is a little brighter than we were wanting, but overall we're happy with the results. Here are some pictures of the work in progress.

Last Wednesday we attended Matt and Erica's painting party. Well, actually just the girls painted while the guys did more "manly" projects. At one point we looked out the window to see three electrical engineers staring at the Reader's Digest Manual. We might have laughed just a little at them. We got one coat of paint on their master bedroom, and I think the boys were somewhat productive at their shower head project.
For someone with very little painting experience before this summer, I'm getting lots of practice. We keep laughing that we're all motivated this summer to get stuff done, but come Fall instead of working on our houses, we'll be getting together to watch movies or football games.