The Masser Story

ok...major selling point! the house the Lord led us to has this great pool and hot tub! here in this part of the country you can swim from April to October, so it gets good use! Hot tub you can use year round. Now you REALLY want to visit, huh?

Ok, huge other selling point! This addition is fabulous! It's an enclosed sunroom off the dining room / kitchen (we've discovered that here you don't call them "Florida rooms." ha!). It is like 18' x 24'. We call it the "Ballroom" or the "Billiard Room". hee hee. It opens to the backyard where the pool is. Lots of fabulous light!

This is London's pink room "before." We called it the "fecal faux painting" job. It was covering up lots of holes in the wall; we had a lot of drywall patching to do here (our guy did great!).

Fabulous faux paint continues in old hall bath......needed lots of TLC


This was the girls' initial vote on the house. You should have smelled it. Like 20 wet dogs were locked up for weeks at a time.........

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Process underway! LR has been scraped and textured....awaiting the lovely new paint job! (same color as old one .... Claudia loved it!) We were so blessed to have a painting contractor in our church who handled the job for us!

Here begins Sydney's stripe idea. Both girls got to totally pick their colors / themes. They were thrilled! Our little "green" Syd wants blue and green - all about nature. And conservation. Reuse! Reduce! Recycle!

Our youngest princess wants to be pretty in pink. We were literally blinded by the pink glow once the walls were done! Would you believe mom talked her out of picking RED!?

Sorry if you needed to use the restroom......it's kinda under construction! Hall bath needs new tub kit, and here we have removed old nasty comode, and Marshall is scraping the 3 layers of peel and stick floor off. Luckily there are extra lovely tiles in the garage we can put down here...

We put up all new fixtures, thanks the the wonderful help of our electrician friend from church! The inspector got a kick out of the interesting fixtures before we replaced them. One ceiling fan was held up in the attic by a crutch (literally) as its brace. And it had a sock stuffed in it to keep it steady. Well, that's safe! Here is a shot of our bedroom with the "accent wall" in the background.

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This is where you can rest your head when you come visit! Our guest room is up and running and we've already had one guest! We're ready for YOU!

Warm and cozy guest / hall bath. We were able to salvage the white cottage vanity from before. Otherwise, it's all new. New tile, new shower/bath, new toilet, new mirror, etc. It's beautiful! Thanks to my friend Brenda for the lovely paint color ideas!

Sydney wants to create a "rain forest" feel in her room....She's got the blue sky / waters, and the green stripe for vegetation. It's a fun work in progress! Since this pic, we've added lots of artificial greenery too. We're thinking maybe a mural someday too.

Little Miss London must have her pink room! It was quite overwhelming before the furniture helped cut the glow. She LOVES her room and her crazy high loft bed. Believe me, she's a born mountain climber, and she's right at home up there!

Our gorgeous living room! Claudia loved the cocoa wall color (its' edible! not!), and Marshall laid the amazing Brazilian Cherry floors. Woo woo!

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While we were in Hawaii, it was both Uncle Tommy and Sydney's birthdays! So, we got a fabulous cake and proceeded to celebrate....

Here's Syd opening her gifts...

And London (well, hers was in only 12 days...)

And Nate......(well, we didn't get to see him for his back in April!)

And Will! (his was coming up in July)

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Nate and Uncle Tommy digging at Bellow's Beach

Grandma Fran watching the kids (big and little) at the playground

"Who says so?"

Walkin' in Wakiki

Daddy giving rides on the kayak each morning to the kiddos

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Nate liked playing with the girls' Groovy Girl dolls :)

Syd making a P,B, & J for her buddy Cousin Will.

Oh, Cousin Nate! You've made a friend for life! You let London play "Beauty Parlor" with you for hours and hours! And you look great!

Tho I'd check that operating license if I we're you....

Leapster was a huge hit with Will. He loved it so much, he got one for his birthday!

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Oh my! I used to CLIMB that tree! This is our visit to our old house on a military reservation. My day to go back in time! I loved that old tree. I had another smaller tree, closer to our house I climbed too, but it was no longer there. :(

This was our very backyard! It's changed a bit. When we lived there, 8 papaya trees lined the back fence. We didn't much like them, but the neighbors and the birds did! :)

Here's Dad posing in front of our old house. What memories! We lived in the bottom of an old crater, the neighborhood wound all around and we were in the last cul-de-sac. During Christmas-time, Santa would ride thru the whole neighborhood on a firetruck (if I remember correctly) and throw out candy to all us kids. Woo-hoo!

"Do you need to go to Tripler?" says Dad. That's our hospital! Hmmm....I think I'll go THERE next time we have a boo-boo. How much are tickets to Hawaii, anyway?

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This is our friend Maui, who we got to feed with lettuce, at Sea Life Park. Yes, Sea Life Park is where they filmed "50 First Dates".

Hang loose in Hawaii!

Mr. Professional Model, posing for Aunt Claudia!

Here's "Miss Ham 2008"

He's so cute!!!

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Sea Life Park on Oahu had really neat interactive experiences. Here, the kids got to pet a turtle. All the turtles had their names written on their backs. This one is Gizmo.

Father / daughter moment while the kids pet the turtles and starfish.

Another father / daughter moment! Looking out into the ocean.

Ok, that's cool! Sea Life Park boasts the only known "Wholphin" where a false killer whale has bred with a dolphin.

OOh! aaaah! Good shows!

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One of our last days of the Hawaii trip, we visited the Polynesian Cultural Center, which is so neat. They set it up like several islands of Polynesia, and you go around to each one and experience the culture through food, shows, hands on activities, etc.

Here is where they welcome us with shell leis

It's a bright, bright, bright, sun shiny day!

I think our favorite "island" was SAMOA, where this guy shimmied up a coconut tree! then they demonstrated how to open one up super fast, drain the liquid inside, and squeeze out the meat to make milk. They also showed us how to make fire!

Also, the information guy in SAMOA was very funny.

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The kids got to learn some hula dances at the Polynesian Cultural Center.

My first (and only) tattoo!

Cool tattoos in "Tahiti" at PCC.

Don't mess with me; I'm cool!

Yes, I'm capturing it all on film!

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