We finally have the down stairs bathroom done.
YEAH!
Here are some before pictures.
It's hard to see but because of some plumbing problems in the bathroom above we had to replace portions of the ceiling and walls. Which was okay with me because the tile only ever went up about 8-12 inches above the tub. We could never use the shower without damaging the sheet rock on the wall. I wanted to go all the way up to the ceiling with the tile so the shower could be used. With 7 people and only one shower it was kind of a pain.
Mike had surprised me while I was at girls camp by tearing out the old tile so we could get started. I was a little worried about tearing it up whit Harrisen watching. I didn't want him to think he could take a hammer to the new stuff when it was done.
Here are some shots of the FHE where we enlisted the help of the whole family to tear up the old flooring.
Harrisen had a blast but the girls wished we would have done something else that night.
Uh, yeah, we forgot about taking pictures of the process until all that was left was the last little bit of grout. Mike did a great job of cutting the tile outside in the back yard and handed the pieces through the window to me as I needed them.
Don't look too close, I generally don't do anything but pull my hair back when I'm working on something like this.
Tile is done. waiting for the grout to dry so we can put it all back together. (And I can't figure out how to turn this picture sorry)
Harrisen was thrilled when I told him he could help me paint. He thought that was the best job ever. Even better than pulling up the old floor. He stood in the sink and painted everything he could reach from there.
Here is the finished product. . .
We still have a few things I would like to do once Mike gets a job and we have the money to do so. I would like to replace the cabinet and sink but for now this one works just fine.
Although we tease them about trading and giving them the other bathroom because this one turned out so good. Now the girls have their own bathroom to shower, do hair and get ready, and I get to keep their messes out of our main bathroom.
We had a few hang ups along the way that were pretty frustrating to deal with. Like the fact that we were 7 tiles short and since we bought the tile over 18 months ago there was no more tile that was the same or even close enough to look okay. But in the end we were able to trade for different tile and we all like the new tile a lot better than what we had originally. so it all worked out okay in the end.
Boy are we all glad this project is finally done.
I made scripture bags and a matching tote for each of my girls.
Well and one for me of course! 
I've seen bags similar to these around and I love them but they are super expensive so I decided to make some. But hey guess what. . . you can't get a pattern for what I had in mind so . . . I just made one up! Actually I made the pattern for three sizes but opted for the largest and the smallest bags.
The front pocket on each of the large bags ( the one big enough to use for a school bag) has a clip sewn inside so they can put their house key inside and it would never fall out! Not that my kids ever have much need for a house key, I am usually home when they get home, but it would be nice for them to have one just in case.
