We live in a 2-bedroom single-wide trailer. It was initially a 3-bedroom house, but the previous owners took a wall out in between two bedrooms so a king bed would fit. That was our master bedroom. Living in a small house with 6 people can be difficult, and our master bedroom became the catch-all room as well. There was not an inch of wall space that was not used. Needless to say, Josh and I didn't spend a lot of time in there because it felt enclosed, cramped, and almost chlosterphobic.
(These photos were taken on a typical uncleaned day)
In 2004, we added on to our home: a bonus room right off the living room. As the twins grew and another baby arrived, it became the boys' play room. It also served as a partial bedroom from time to time.
(the living room before)
Over Christmas break this year, we moved the bunkbeds from the playroom into the 2nd bedroom because Kanyon had started sleeping through the night. However, as soon as all 4 boys were sleeping in one bedroom, Kanyon's regular sleeping habits returned (up every couple of hours every night).
We knew we had to make some changes because we were all having sleep deprivation problems. Although we could've just moved the bunkbeds back to the playroom, it wasn't the ideal solution because the environment isn't quiet being right next to the living room and Josh and I being night owls. We stewed over what to do for weeks. I finally came up with a doable solution: Josh and I would take over the current playroom as our master bedroom. The three older boys would take over our current master bedroom as their bedroom. And Kanyon would have his own room again.
The first step was cleaning out the playroom, scrubbing the walls, and hanging closet rods (because there's no closet in there) so we could move Josh and my belongings in: the dressers, king bed, clothes, and all the other crap.
Once our master bedroom was vacated, the boys helped me paint the walls for their future room. I let them each pick one color: Ammon chose green, Jonah wanted blue, and Micah picked orange.
We primed the wall, and they each helped me paint their color on a designated wall (the closet in their room is one entire wall, so there was no 4th wall to paint). All their toys, and their clothes, and their books were brought in. They also get two TV's now: one hooked up to the satellite dish and the VCR, and one hooked up to the two nintendos. They got new bunkbeds too, a single on top and double on bottom, and were so excited to sleep in their new beds in their new room! This room is the biggest in the house, and we wanted it to serve as their bedroom AND their play room, to help cut down on the clutter and the noise in our living room.
Kanyon was moved from a toddler bed to a twin bed during this process, and we rearranged his room. We moved all his toys into his room, and moved his furniture around. He loves his new room. He requires a lot of personal space, and so this new home layout works so well for him.
The final step was rearranging the living room furniture. The new master bedroom is about 1 foot shorter in length, and 2 feet less in width than our old room. So the computer desk and a TV in our room wouldn't fit. We moved the living room TV to a wall that can be seen from our bedroom, and moved around the couches so that a smaller computer desk would fit in that room as well. It's crammed now with 2 couches, a piano, a bookshelf, the TV entertainment center, and the computer desk, but surprisingly it feels more open and larger than its previous layout.
(The view of the living room from our bed)
(the living room now)During this 7-day project, we got rid of two dumpsters of garbage, took a big load to the dump, and have a shed filled with yard-sale items. That in itself is a great feeling! I love our new home layout!! Kanyon is doing better with his own space and the boys feel like they have their own special place and are enjoying it. Although it was a sacrifice for Josh and I to move into the smaller room, it is opened up to the more peaceful living room, and we spend more time in there now. Our home is more peaceful and calm and HAPPIER!!! Hopefully this fix will work until we buy our new home in about 2 more years!
For decorations, I cut up large egg-shaped posters, decorated them with purple patterns, and wrote fun egg phrases on them, for example "don't put all your eggs in one basket". On the tables, I put Cadbury's mini eggs as edible centerpieces, and had pencils wrapped in swirling purple duct tape and egg trivia forms for people to fill out.
The dinner menu this time was biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs with diced green peppers, and mini cups of fruit, with bread pudding for dessert. 
After dinner, the activity for the youth was an egg triathlon. Every participant was assigned a number which was pinned on them. They were given three hard boiled eggs, and used those eggs to earn points in the three categories: Egg Roll, Egg Toss, and Egg Relay. 
The youth with the highest scores, out of a possible 15, received golden eggs with gold-wrapped chocolate candies inside. All of the other participants received a candy-filled plastic easter egg.
I spent hours shopping alone (normally I'm a git-r-done shopper). I had lunch with a dear friend (at the new Red Robin--yum yum).
When the day was done, I drove home alone in silence (I even turned off the radio). 
The overnight trip was just what I needed. It was so nice for me to be alone: to feel the peace, to hear the quiet, to have some solitude. The last time I did this was May 2003. I think maybe now I will do this more often than every 6 years! I felt rejuvenated because of it, and have been in good-mommy mode ever since!
100% of the proceeds from the baskets is returned to the teacher's classrooms. My husband is an ebay fan, and just loves the silent auction! This is our third year of purchasing a basket! This year, Josh ended up with two! We won "A is for Afternoon Snacks" and "F is for Fathers". I really love this event! I think it is so much fun and promotes a great cause!
Good thing I just finished editing my New Orleans trip photos, or I wouldn't have even had a 6th folder yet!!! Josh and I went to New Orleans at the beginning of February for our 2nd annual Anniversary Trip. After the plane arrived there and we took our bags to the hotel, we spent time wandering around the city because we had no definite plans until the next day. I wanted to find a cool place to eat lunch, and since I've always wanted to go to a Hard Rock Cafe, and neither of us had ever eaten there, we decided to walk there to eat. I had a giant hamburger of some sort and a cool drink. It was so good (and pricey)!
That night, he slept on it very uncomfortably and woke up complaining the next morning. (I did not have sympathy for him--when I was a child, every Saturday night I slept with pink rollers in my hair. Enough said.) So I took out the braids, and he adorned the crimped afro hairdo that day.
Then I got to cut it for him! The clippers died halfway through, so I even used scissors, just like a real hairdresser!!! It took me an hour and a half to do it, because I was trying to cut it even with the scissors and be thorough using my fingers. 
When I was finally done, I was so proud of my accomplishment! I told him I should always cut his hair now, and I could be his new barber to save money. Since then, he's purchased a new set of clippers so that next time it won't take so long!