I finally brought in pictures of the boys to work. It makes me smile everytime I glance over and see their pictures. Now to bring in a picture of the husband...

From our family website:

***** LOST AT SEA ***** Our adventure continues - they were unable to repair the engine and we are sailing along at a maximum speed of 16 knots. We are going so slow that we will be unable to visit Half Moon Cay - we are proceeding directly to St. Thomas. A team from Holland America is flying in there to attempt to make engine repairs. It appears that we will be in St. Thomas until the repairs are complete - how long we don't know. This is truly an excellent adventure - the weather was perfect today and we're having a great time. Losing an engine on a boat is much better than losing one on an airplane. Stay tuned for more of this continuing saga...

We're replacing the builders special:

With this:

And for the entry way, we got this: Now to figure out how to hang it...

It only took about two years to get to this point. I guess we finally arrived at a point where my desires to succeed outweigh my fears of failure. What am I talking about you ask? Ekota Design. This week I have met with an accountant (who put me at ease about the financial aspect of this), gotten my Federal Tax ID, and now opened a bank account.

My next two steps involve contracts and a website for myself.

Above the chair rail will be the red, below will be the tan, and the trim will be the white (which looks a lot whiter in person). We finally found colors we could both agree on. I'm sad there's no chocolate brown, but I think it'll look nice.