Our kitchen is (almost) done!

For those of you who've been following the progress of our kitchen, the latest update is that we're almost done! At this point, it's 95% complete, with just a few small details such as some new trim and baseboards that have yet to go in. After a summer of eating out, we're thrilled to have our kitchen back. (Colin cooked up a batch of white chicken chili in the crockpot today...mmm.) Thanks again to Bob and Ron who helped us by doing beautiful work on the floor, walls and just about everything else.

Here's a slideshow with some before and after shots -- it should be pretty easy to tell which is which!



In other news, we've been playing a lot of soccer this fall. It was a high scoring weekend for the StalinBenesters -- five goals in two games. On one of her goals today, Stacy broke her shoe -- fortunately one of the other team's players was willing to loan some tape so she could play the second half.

More progress!

Today was a very exciting day in the StalinBenester household, as we not only regained use of our living room -- which had been home to boxes and boxes full of cabinets -- but the installers came to actually put them in. Wow. That's all I can say. What an amazing difference, a completely different kitchen. They still have a few doors to put on and some molding to put on the top, but it looks fantastic. They'll be back tomorrow, as will the electrician and the person to measure the countertops.
We'll post more pictures as more things get done!