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We had such a blast last weekend hanging out with Mom and Dad and Scott and Elizabeth!  Our weekend was packed with good visiting, shopping, swimming, and eating! We kicked off the weekend at the “Fajita House” near S&E. This is a small BYOB Mexican food place so it was right up our alley! Their fajita portions for one person can easily feed two people! Saturday, Elizabeth and I enjoyed browsing around the craft stores in our area.  These days, the decorating options for weddings are elegant and beautiful BUT, there is SO much to choose from!  It’s quite overwhelming.  Elizabeth and I both felt like our brains were on overdrive just walking down each aisle!  Whoa.  We didn’t have much luck in actual purchases, but I think we’ve narrowed the field of options a bit. That evening we went to Mom and Dad’s house to eat and swim.  I caught these hilarious pictures of the pups while we were out at the pool. Top Left: Sophie testing fate by walking ar

Projects projects projects!  I sometimes feel like our list of projects never end.  There is always something that needs to be organized, purged, cleaned, re-arranged, purchased, or refreshed.  Whew!  It's enough to make you crazy, but certainly helps when you have a great team mate!  Jordan makes an excellent partner in crime!  Our most recent project was to repaint a bookshelf.  We started this project in June ( HERE ) and finished it a few weekends ago. When we last posted pictures, the painting process was only half way done because we ran about of paint.  In the interium, I was able to purchase more paint and also found some beautiful wallpaper to go on the back panel of the shelf. Top Left: We used York wallpaper because it was on sale.  It was an adventure to find the wallpaper because home improvement stores no longer carry wallpaper anymore!  We also discovered that wallpaper is classified into groups by price (usually A, B, C, etc.) and most often comes in

Happy 4th of July to y'all!!!  I just love the spirit surrounding this holiday.  It's so 'merican" with summer, burgers, water, fireworks, sunscreen, and fun. Jordan and I split our long weekend between the lake and home.  It was kind of hard to leave the lake early but we had a fantastic time (as always). I failed to take very many pictures of the events but y'all, sometimes the camera is tough to manage in the heat and around the water.  Here are a few pictures that I DID take from our Sunday swim time with friends and family. Top Left: Little Sophie was so sleepy!  This pup loves the water and everything about it.  She really worked hard swimming around with everyone and I think she finally hit a wall of exhaustion.   Top Right: AJ and Cassidy floating on the inner tube island! Bottom: Cindy and Mom looking beautiful and getting some sun on another giant tube/platform! Libby (my my first cousin once removed) had a ball at the lake!

We've been diligently working on our yard this calendar year.  It's definitely a slow process but hopefully the end result looks nice!  I've been trying to capture a few pictures during the process to share with you all!  I don't have many yet but we'll see how the next few months shake out. These pictures are about 4-5 days after we put out some weed killer.  When your yard is made up of 95% weeds and you use weed killer, that means 95% of your yard dies!  Oddly, I felt great satisfaction when looking at the dead patches.  It's ugly at the moment but in the long run it will allow grass to take root and establish itself.  Just check out these dead patches in both our front and back yard! The trees are getting special attention too!  In Feb of this year ( HERE ) we took a LOT of branches off our live oak tree in the front yard.  Now, just 4 months later, this tree has really taken off. Left: Feb 2016 - Just after a major tree trim. Right: Ju