CHRISTMAS SURPRISE!!!

Christmas morning

 our boys woke up to find this brand new door on our stair landing.

Of course it had a big red bow on it!

They were in awe of what could be behind the door...

A new playroom!!!!

I had a hard time fitting everything in one camera shot, 

 there is a fire pole and a ladder on the other side.

This door is a closet and there is also another door which leads into the backyard.

Inside the firehouse

As soon as we set up Brooks' bed in the boys' bedroom we were really wishing we had a third room so the kids could have a place to play. 

We had talked about converting part of the garage into a playroom for awhile. 

It was sometime in early September my cousin, Brad, the owner of Harmony Homes, 

was over and we got talking about different ways we could make this happen. 

After coming up with a plan we realized it would be finished a couple weeks before Christmas. 

We had planned on doing this project before and the timing all worked out just in time for a Christmas surprise!!!

We ended up taking the back half of our second car garage and

 framed two walls and sheet rocked the space underneath the stairs to create our playroom. 

It worked out great because we still have most of our garage and more space for the kids to play.

Definitely a win, win!!!

We had so much fun putting this project together and are so grateful for my cousin, Brad, and all his help! We could not have done this without his help and creative ideas! 

Justin and I would put the boys to bed and go work while they were asleep. 

The door on the landing was the last thing that got done. The boys knew there was some work going on the garage but did not think much of it. 

We all used the door in the backyard to get inside so the boys could not see what was going on. 

The boys LOVED it Christmas morning. Connor kept saying how awesome it was. 

Unfortunately, Justin and Connor had the flu pretty bad on Christmas so I was happy to get any kind of reaction out of Connor.

We had kept this project a secret from everyone and had fun showing off what the boys got for Christmas. 

My mom asked Connor if Santa gave him the playroom. I was kinda waiting to see what Connor would say because we really did not clarify who/where it came from. 

Connor replied, No, it was not Santa, my Dad built this for me because he loves me!! SO SWEET!!!

So bring your kids and come play!!! It is awesome!!!!