The kids had the most fun playing together and using their new water guns that Gigi bought in the swimming pool.
These kids are getting too old too fast!
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Brenten's 7th Birthday
We celebrated my nephew, Brenten's, 7th birthday by having a pool party at Nana and Papa's house.
The kids had the most fun playing together and using their new water guns that Gigi bought in the swimming pool.
These kids are getting too old too fast!
The kids had the most fun playing together and using their new water guns that Gigi bought in the swimming pool.
These kids are getting too old too fast!
Monday, July 23, 2012
Gigi's Visit
We are blessed to have Gigi come for another visit. This was our first time together this trip. I took the kids over to my parents' house and they enjoyed a book with their Gigi.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Lately
Family shopping trips and eating out....
Baking turtle cookies....
Play dates with cousins....
A little gossip while listening to Daddy's band....
We. love. Summer.
We. love. Summer.
Welcome to our foyer!
Kelly is hosting Show us Your Life: Show us Your Foyers! So- Come on in!
When we were searching for house plans before building our home, we knew we wanted a plan that had a large foyer. I know it seems like wasted space, but I just don't like opening my front door to strangers or neighbors and feeling like they are in my living room.
We do use this space a lot. The dining room is right beside the foyer, so when we have kids' birthday parties or baby/wedding showers, I will put the cake table on the wall that the buffet is on. When we entertain I will put up a kids' table beside the dining room table. The extra space has served us well.
This picture was taken around Easter time. I don't always decorate with bunnies and carrots. ;)
I'm looking forward to seeing all of the foyers and getting great decorating ideas! Thanks for visiting today.
When we were searching for house plans before building our home, we knew we wanted a plan that had a large foyer. I know it seems like wasted space, but I just don't like opening my front door to strangers or neighbors and feeling like they are in my living room.
We do use this space a lot. The dining room is right beside the foyer, so when we have kids' birthday parties or baby/wedding showers, I will put the cake table on the wall that the buffet is on. When we entertain I will put up a kids' table beside the dining room table. The extra space has served us well.
This picture was taken around Easter time. I don't always decorate with bunnies and carrots. ;)
I'm looking forward to seeing all of the foyers and getting great decorating ideas! Thanks for visiting today.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Dawn's Baby Shower
My mother and I hosted a baby shower today for my best friend, Dawn. It was just beautiful and I am so glad that the turn out was just perfect. She had several close friends here and lots of family.
We can't wait for Klaire Ann to make her debut on August 6th!
We can't wait for Klaire Ann to make her debut on August 6th!
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Welcome to The Loo!
Kelly is continuing the home tour today with bathrooms!
I had a lot of fun picking out vanities and lights and paint colors for the bathrooms when we were building our home. I didn't want my bathrooms to be cookie cutter and I think I achieved my goal. They are very different from each other while still keeping with the overall style of the house.
Here is the master bathroom. This is my vanity. Finally, we don't have to share. This is our fourth house and first one to have two sinks! Sharing a sink has never been an issue for us, but it is nice to have our own if we are getting ready at the same time.
I'm wanting to say I found the vanities at Home Decorators Collection online.
Out of all three bathrooms the lights in here are my fav!
The extra tiled space has become a fun hopscotch game for the kids. Who knew?
And this is Jordan's vanity- which gets a lot dirtier a lot faster than mine does. I don't know how that works.
This is my de-stresser, my first jetted tub. I. love. her.
Bless my husband's heart. He did a fabulous job on the showers, but this shower made him pull his hair out. It's big...and it's all tile....9 feet high. We do love it.
And the commode, which is pretty standard. We love that it is enclosed in it's own little room. One thing that I begged a little for while building was this toilet (in each bathroom). It is smooth all around the bottom by the floor, no knob thingies to mess with, a dream to clean, if that's possible.
Next is the kids' bathroom and my favorite of the three. Their vanity came from Sam's Club online. It is very dark brown, almost black. I like that the drawers don't slam, they close slow.
All of the bathroom mirrors came from Hobby Lobby, half off! This one is a monster- it took two men and a woman or two, along with a special $20 molly wall anchor, to get hung correctly.
I don't know what I was thinking by not taking a better picture of one of my favorite things- the brick floor! You can see a little of it in this picture. I was not on my husband's good list during brick floor installation and especially during the black grout removal. It was a nightmare! But it looks good now and that's all that matters, right?!
And finally the 3/4 bathroom or guest bathroom. This is our only whoopsie during the building process. It needs two little canned lights. The sconces give off a romantic glow while using the potty. We thought they would be strong enough since the space is quite small, but they're not. It's on our to-do list or should I say it's on my honey-do list!
This was my husband's brilliant idea....on our house plans this was to be a 3/4 bathroom with a stand up shower, but once sheetrock was done and measurements were taken there was no room for the shower. After tossing around ideas and just being down right disappointed, he decided to build the shower under the stairs that go up to the theatre room. Amazing. It all worked out perfectly!
Thanks so much for stopping by today to tour our bathrooms!
I had a lot of fun picking out vanities and lights and paint colors for the bathrooms when we were building our home. I didn't want my bathrooms to be cookie cutter and I think I achieved my goal. They are very different from each other while still keeping with the overall style of the house.
Here is the master bathroom. This is my vanity. Finally, we don't have to share. This is our fourth house and first one to have two sinks! Sharing a sink has never been an issue for us, but it is nice to have our own if we are getting ready at the same time.
I'm wanting to say I found the vanities at Home Decorators Collection online.
Out of all three bathrooms the lights in here are my fav!
The extra tiled space has become a fun hopscotch game for the kids. Who knew?
And this is Jordan's vanity- which gets a lot dirtier a lot faster than mine does. I don't know how that works.
This is my de-stresser, my first jetted tub. I. love. her.
Bless my husband's heart. He did a fabulous job on the showers, but this shower made him pull his hair out. It's big...and it's all tile....9 feet high. We do love it.
And the commode, which is pretty standard. We love that it is enclosed in it's own little room. One thing that I begged a little for while building was this toilet (in each bathroom). It is smooth all around the bottom by the floor, no knob thingies to mess with, a dream to clean, if that's possible.
Next is the kids' bathroom and my favorite of the three. Their vanity came from Sam's Club online. It is very dark brown, almost black. I like that the drawers don't slam, they close slow.
All of the bathroom mirrors came from Hobby Lobby, half off! This one is a monster- it took two men and a woman or two, along with a special $20 molly wall anchor, to get hung correctly.
I don't know what I was thinking by not taking a better picture of one of my favorite things- the brick floor! You can see a little of it in this picture. I was not on my husband's good list during brick floor installation and especially during the black grout removal. It was a nightmare! But it looks good now and that's all that matters, right?!
And finally the 3/4 bathroom or guest bathroom. This is our only whoopsie during the building process. It needs two little canned lights. The sconces give off a romantic glow while using the potty. We thought they would be strong enough since the space is quite small, but they're not. It's on our to-do list or should I say it's on my honey-do list!
This was my husband's brilliant idea....on our house plans this was to be a 3/4 bathroom with a stand up shower, but once sheetrock was done and measurements were taken there was no room for the shower. After tossing around ideas and just being down right disappointed, he decided to build the shower under the stairs that go up to the theatre room. Amazing. It all worked out perfectly!
Thanks so much for stopping by today to tour our bathrooms!
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Happy Birthday, Dad!!
We celebrated my Dad's 49th Birthday by having dinner at one of our favorite restaurants in a neighboring town. It's a little German restaurant and they have the best filets in the world!
Happy birthday to the most selfless Daddy and Papa I know. We love you dearly.
Happy birthday to the most selfless Daddy and Papa I know. We love you dearly.
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