What a weekend!

Whew!!  What a weekend!  We made it...to functionality, that is.  I knew all along we wouldn't get to 'pretty' yet--there are still hours and hours of work to go, but we got function back in our kitchen so hooray for eating real dinner instead of pizza!

A HUGE thanks to:

Mom--for hours and hours of work

Dad--for hours and hours of work

Kasey--for hours and hours of work

Kyron--for hours and hours inhaling insulation while doing work

Jillisa--for hours and hours of kid help, and work

Chelsi--for hours and hours of letting Kasey come, and for a yummy dinner complete with the biggest burgers I've ever see, and for the good idea of support for my range decor.

Austin--for sharing Jilli and hours and hours of work

Rebecca and Mike--for watching my kiddos-ALL DAY-even my mama's boy Luke!

Jenny and Seth--for watching my kiddos as a surprise and thereby exponentially increasing our productivity and for letting us use your oven.

And a huge, huge, huge thank you to my sweet hubby.  You're brains, brawns, and patience make you the BEST project buddy I could ask for! Whoop!!

Before:

After our weekend--where we literally ripped apart our entire kitchen, then put it back together again... (man, I wish I had taken this picture from the other side of the room, to get the better comparison.  Just appease me--it was a lot of work! :)