I have been meaning to post every day, but life keeps getting in the way.  We have been pretty busy this past week or so, and although it is with good stuff, I am ready to have a few slow days.  I am exhausted.

One of our biggest projects this week has been sorting and organizing our stuff.  We decided to rent one of the garages that our complex offers and use it for storage.  We were so tired of trying to cram EVERYTHING into our apartment, and it is amazing the difference it has made.  We also got rid of a few things, and made room for a few new things (including the cutest table and chairs for Lily – look for pictures in a later post). 

Today I spent cleaning up the mess we created while we were busy organizing.  It is amazing how de-cluttering makes such a huge disaster of things before it gets better :).  So I am officially wiped out.  There a few places left to work on, but they are things I can take care of later. 

I wish I had taken before pictures of everything – you will just have to settle for the after pictures:

Lily's Room and closet:  Although Lily's room is still in the works – I need to paint her new table, am waiting for her new bed to arrive, and still have to get her quilt finished, I did manage to get her closet revamped for playing and storage.  I also fixed up her bookcase.

 My Laundry Room/Pantry:  It has been such a struggle to figure out what to do with this small space, but now it is finally workable :).

The office:  Last, but not least, and definitely our biggest conquest (other than our outside storage closet).  We packed up 6 boxes of books, and so now our bookcases are no longer overflowing.  It is so much nicer!  If only I had a library, I would have room for all of our books, but you know, beggars can't be choosers :).  Hopefully our organization lasts.

We have been busy with many other things as well, and Kevin has big news from this week, but I am waiting to get the pictures off my old camera so I can post about it.  I can't find the right cord – it has been too long.  I'll leave you with some pics from my latest photo shoot – my friend September's family pictures.  She has four of the most amazing boys I have ever met!  They were so fun to take pictures of!