To give you a little reminder, this is the wall that used to separate the kitchen from this room. (Sorry about the small picture, I can't find the original right now...
This is what it looks like now from the kitchen... It's so open now, I can't even imagine what it was like anymore with that wall there. Our next big project is to get an island put in... we already had the electrical run for it when they put the floor down (code requires an island to have outlets.)

The stuffed dog is my Bridal Shower Dog, it has a little veil on and all the ladies at my shower signed it.