Celebrating Christmas On New Years Day

Christmas was a little belated with Brandon's family, but what a nice day to start the new year together. We had a blast. We had Papa Murphy's pizza and an awesome ice cream bar that reminded me of Cold Stone. Amazing. We also exchanged white elephant gifts. Always a fun game. Brandon's dad had put together a slide show of their family. It was filled with pictures of the kids (Brandon, Tami and Clint) growing up. It was shocking to see how Colin, Joshua and Jersey resemble their parents. It was definitely one of Brandon's favorite things. We all had a great time. When we got home we watched the movie Grown Ups. After watching the movie I definitely think it would be fun to get the whole family together for a long weekend up at a cabin.

Brandon's First Piece

Brandon found this on Craigslist a couple of weeks ago for $40. It had a picture of it and the ad read the buffet looks better in person. The woman bought it at a rummage sale and wanted to restore but didn't have time. Brandon got it for $20. Well when we got there I was a little shocked on how bad it looked in person and I think the picture looked nicer. Also I wasn't to happy to see she still had the rummage sale sticker on it for $10. I mean come on take off the sticker so I at least feel like I'm getting a deal. Brandon had sometime off during Christmas so he did this himself with my coaching. It took many hours of sanding and painting (I think 3 days). I let him chose the hardware for the drawers. He picked a gold which I love because it pops with the black paint. I told him we have to keep this because this is his first and he may decide it could be the last, but never the less it such a cool piece. It makes a great buffet or I hoping one day we can use it as a TV console in the living room with the flat screen we have in the family room.