The Mueller Family

The Mueller Family

Monday, June 2, 2008

Heather's New Kitchen!!! YEA!!!

Where to start. We didn't start tearing down the old kitchen apart until Karl was done with his thesis for his Masters @ Penn State. We started tearing the old kitchen apart the 2nd week of Nov. of 2007. The only thing about the old kitchen that I liked was the counter top. Note: It weighed a ton. Not fun at all removing. The whole kitchen project would of only taken us 1 1/2 months to get finished. Unfortunately, Lowe's ordered the wrong bottom corner cabinet and was suppose to be rush in 10 days took 2 1/2 weeks later. This also put our counters top back 1 month since by this time Christmas was approaching, and they were off until the beginning of the year. To get us through the holiday season, Karl went out and bought some nice white particle board for a temporary fix. January 2008, yea our counter tops finally came. The only other thing that we had to do is put the lights underneath the cabinets and pick out what kind of tile we were going to put up for the back splash. The back splash seriously took forever to decide. There was too much to choose from as well as how big the tiles and not to mention the grout. That took forever too. We finally finished the kitchen including sealing the tile the middle of Feb. only 3 1/2 months later. We still have to put the kick boards down. We are not to sure if we want to tear the floor tile out in the kitchen yet or not. The other thing that we did is put plantation shutters down in the kitchen table area and painted the whole down stairs a darker color. One thing that I have to say is I'm glad its over with and Karl did a wonderful job of the kitchen. He did everything except the counter tops.
Karl you ROCK!!
Big difference. Pay no attention to the counter tops. We were starting the construction. The other thing we did which if you compare the before and after pictures is the top cabinets went from 30 inches to 36 inches. I wanted more room and wanted them to go to the ceiling.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Ward Camp Out



Feb. 29th-March 1st we had our annual Plantation Ward camp out (church group). We couldn't of asked for better weather. Despite a little rain earlier that day we had to wear light coats that night. Everyone had a blast. Unfortunately, Hayden & I sleep at home that night, not because I didn't want to camp but because Hayden was getting over a cold. It's the truth!


Hayden having a blast stealing the football.


Little did Hayden know that he would be tackled by Joshua Green. Hayden continued this most of the morning and had a blast.


Jared, Brendan, Evan & Steve Frahm tending the fire (playing with it).


Jared a.k.a. PYRO warming himself up the following morning. This has always been on of Jared's most favorite things to do. He loves it so much later that day when we got home from the camp out I found out that he was playing with matches in the front of our community. He was reprimanded and grounded for a few days.


Jared getting ready to cook is first tinfoil dinner. This was one of his requirements that he had to pass as a 11 year old scout. It really turned out great. Yumm!









Pictures of the Eclipse





Here are some great pictures that Karl by hooking up our telescope to the camera. There are pictures of the eclipse half-full, near full, full and the little speck on the bottom is not a UFO but Saturn. Very cool. We had a great time watching the different stages and taking picture. These were taken in Feb.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Saturday, March 1, 2008

My 1st Blog

Hi everyone,

I thought that I would try this blogging thing out & see how it works. I thought this would be a great way for friends and family to see whats going on with the Muellers in Florida. If I figure out how to post picture I will let you know. I'm not great at this stuff so please be a little patient with me. Please feel free to leave comments or questions.