New kitchen countertop

We finally made the decision to get new kitchen countertops now knowing that we will be in Tulsa for a few more years with Bob's new job.  Alright... Mommy wanted to replace our old laminate countertops :-)  We went with a light quartz color since our kitchen doesn't get a lot of natural light.  Here's the before:

And here's the after:

I guess you can't really tell a whole lot of difference from the pictures, but trust me... the quartz feels and looks a lot better!  Although, I told Bobby that now with the new and fancy countertop, everything else in the kitchen looks so old!
Here's the other side of the kitchen.

As you can see, we still need to work on our backsplash.
Here's the countertop up close.  You can somewhat see the light-grey and brownish veins in it.

Well, looks like the projects in the kitchen continues now that we've started with the new countertops.  Backsplash next and then, the cabinets - that's going to be a challenge. Who knows when we'll be done!