Kookie Kellie: Katie + Sunny = Lifesavers

I went over to Katie's house a couple of weeks ago with the girls and she showed me some tile that she was going to put up on her fireplace. I told her I wanted to do my back splash, and she said it would be easy and that she and Sunny could come help us do it. So we made plans to do it today, but Adam and I had to go to Home Depot to get the supplies. I asked the guy for help because I wanted help picking out my tile. He then began to talk to Adam and told him he didn't need mortar, that he only needed this new thing called a "tile mat". It is a plastic sheet that is sticky on both sides. You just stick it on the surface, then take the film off, and stick the tile on the sticky surface and you're done. No messing with mortar. So we bought it and got all our supplies.

So this morning the Sundstrom family came over to get started on this project. Not too long into the project did we realize we needed something from Lowes. Then we needed something from Lowes again. By then it was lunch and this whole time, Katie had to do all this measuring and cutting of the stick mats because we had three outlets to work around. (I was watching the kids) So that took a long time. So I made the kids some sandwiches and got out some sourdough bread to make sandwiches for the adults and realized that the bread was all moldy. AND by then we realized we needed something else from Lowes. So while the kids were buckled at the table, I ran to Lowes and stopped at Taco Bell to get lunch for the adults.

By the time I got back, Higgs was done with lunch and down for a nap in the guest room. My girls sat down at the table with us and ate a 2nd lunch. (Emilie ate TWO tacos...little heifer!) Then after we ate, I put our girls down and we were all working hard together to get the job done. We were having a hard time cutting the glass tiles with the tools we had. We also had a hard time because on the sticky mats, once you push the tile down, there is no turning around. And there was a couple of pieces that we wished we hadn't pressed so hard. But, FINALLY, when it was getting dark, we were done putting on the tile and it was time to do the grout. The rest went smoothly and we took our sweet friends Katie and Sunny out for dinner as a thank you. We really owe them much more.

We are so lucky to have such sweet, thoughtful friends who are willing to spend a day off doing a project at our house. Especially right now. Katie and Sunny are such a perfect match. They both work hard and are so creative. Katie can do any project and Sunny is an excellent cook. We're so thankful for them and their help today. Our kitchen looks great! And best of all, the kids had fun running around and playing together.