Phase III

As many of you know we have lived in our home for 28 years. The last time we painted was 20 years ago. To be honest the paint held up really well but it needed to be freshened up. Our home is a lot like us. Getting older. It has a few bumps & imperfections like we do as we get older. We have had leaks in the ceilings that have stained a few areas. It also has kept us safe, warm, protected. So we thought it was time to give it some TLC back.

I have been planning & thinking & re-thinking all the little details of the changes I would like to make to our home when & if we ever had the chance. Well here we are!!!! Oh don't think it is over yet we still have Phase 4 this will be taking down the rails in the living room, building up the living room floor & putting in tile & wood floors. But we are talking of NOW not 4 years from now.

WOW what a change!!!! Now most of the rooms just got a fresh coat of paint ceiling & walls. The doors & trim are now painted. New nickel hardware. New electrical outlets. The only rooms that did not get this nice update is Spikes room & the Master Bathroom. The bathrooms was done a few years ago so we though t we would save some money & wait. Spikes room, well we are waiting out his life before doing it. It will be a guest bedroom so there will be a lot of taking down shelves & removing carpet, etc...so we are waiting.
Jennifer's room got new closet doors.
The Living Room & Dining room had a lot of changes. Not only did they get a fresh coat of paint but we took down the brown beams & added new light fixtures. The Dining room also now has accent walls, no more wall paper!!
The Kitchen also received a change. No more plastic diffuser light. We have opened it up & added track lighting. This was an easy change & made such a huge difference!
The table in the kitchen received a new light.
Now for you Cary, Eric, Tommy & other tall people in the family we have changed out the ceiling fan in the Den. It is more of a flush mount style so we can all wall under it.

As I have said in the past this house holds A LOT of memories. Even now it brings back a favorite one from about 20 years ago.......the beautiful little girls walking down the hall sing......
"Don't touch the wall, uncool, don't touch the walls,uncool.......... :)

What a Year so for

What a year!

I’m not sure about you but The Jarvis FunHouse has already had a busy year and it is only June! Jennifer, Cary & Brylee moved to Maine. Kim, Tommy & the girls to Ohio. Erica, to a new home in The Colony. Dad & Barbara moved to Little Elm. Spencer is now an Eagle Scout & will be graduating soon. Eric got a promotion. Bryan & I had our first holiday out of Texas. Bryan & Jeff won The Brian Collins Memorial Award. Bryan & I had a very busy 2 weeks with visits from Toney & Angie. Then Jennifer, Cary & Brylee came in 5 days later. Let’s throw in the Texas LAFS Convention. Ashton is now wearing his new leg & doing well in Pre-K.

We have had to say goodbye to love ones & hello to new little angels. We were honored with being invited to the wedding of a young man we watched grow up. So many more changes are on the horizon.

One that is VERY SPECIAL to us, Thanksgiving, will not be held at The Jarvis FunHouse this year. Bryan & I will be in Maine with Jennifer & Cary. Jennifer will try her hand at preparing the Thanksgiving meal this year. She does not have to worry - she will have plenty of help & advice. Maybe more than she would like. I’m sure you are all invited but you will need to let her know how many will be coming. If you can’t join us but also don’t want to cook and would like to enjoy some familiar faces for Thanksgiving, Bill has offered to host Thanksgiving @ his place. He lives in Euless. He has the same concept as we do here at The Jarvis FunHouse & that is, everyone is invited & if you know someone who does not have someplace to go bring them along. Please just let him know how many. Some of you may want to start your own Thanksgiving Tradition(s). I hope you share them with us. Yes, there will be other Thanksgivings here @ the Jarvis FunHouse, just not this year of 2011.

This is really just a heads up to let you know if you had planned on joining us this year we will be traveling. I will be making M&M cookies in Maine so I can watch Brylee enjoy a favorite family treat. Oh, what about your cookies?!? Erica has been baking M&M cookies since I put the recipe out on the blog. Bill can do the No Bake Cookies, so it sounds like you are all covered. I would just contact them & ask them very nicely if they will make your favorite treats. HEY! I’m not sure I like this, you will not need me for Thanksgiving any more. L The upside is that Jennifer & Cary, along with Brylee will start some of their own Thanksgiving traditions, along with a few of you.

However, it does look like we will be having a Texas Christmas here this year. Mark your calendars if you think you would like to join us. I will send out more info closer to the holiday.

Remember we love all of you & it will be a little strange not seeing everyone, even stranger possibly having a White Thanksgiving! But the times, they are a changing…..

So now on with the rest of the year………….

Bryan & Tressia

{Bryan wants Thanksgiving Lobster in Maine!}