In Bloom

So take a peek at what's blooming in my very own back yard!

Now I must confess, none of these beautiful blooms were of my own doing. They were all the handiwork of the previous owners. Because we moved in the fall we had no idea what kind of plants would be popping up in the spring. It has been fun to look out the kitchen window each morning to see what new flowers were blooming. I must also confess that our backyard is not a beautiful garden. These few little flowers are rarities amongst the weeds that have taken over our backyard like a disease. We have only one small patch of actual grass about 2' x 1'. Randall has tried two different types of weed killer and neither one seems to be making a dent in the masses of weeds.  At this point I think we may have to just dig up the whole backyard and start from scratch. My goal is to have a lush green St. Augustine lawn by the time our kids are walking (so we have a few years!). Any ideas?

Master Bedroom

So here is the before and after of our master bedroom. When we bought the house the walls of the master looked disgusting. It looked like someone had repeatedly thrown buckets of dirty water all over the walls! If you are just now joining us, you may be wondering why we took up all the laminate wood flooring that was put in throughout the house. Well it looks fine in the pictures but in reality the boards were not installed correctly and there were many large gaps throughout the house that could not be fixed. Also, we preferred the darker wood flooring we now have in our living areas and Randall was insistent that we had carpet in the bedrooms. So in this room we: scraped popcorn ceilings, put in carpet, painted walls, painted trim, replaced light fixture.

Before:

After:

The color of our walls is Benjamin Moore - Gravity. LOVE it. It is such a calm and relaxing color that I am now trying to figure out where else in the house I can put it!

Our family just got a LITTLE bit bigger!

We were excited to welcome Kinley & Ansley into the world last Thursday evening. They decided it was time to come and there was no stopping them! There were over 30 people at the hospital awaiting their arrival. Thank you to everyone who has been saying prayers on these little ones behalf. They have worked! 7 weeks ago we had a scare that they might come WAY too early. But thankfully Katie was able to keep them in 7 more weeks and we are so grateful for that. Praise the Lord! They needed that time to grow and get strong. It appears that they are very strong indeed. Although they came out weighing only 3.3 & 3.5 pounds each, they are breathing on their own now and are doing well!

I got to visit them in the NICU on Saturday and it was so exciting to finally see them. Enjoy these pictures!

Me with Ansley Grace

Ansley

Miss Kinley Kate

Jewelry Making Machines!

Some girls from my brothers youth group came to stay with at our house for a weekend retreat where I taught them how to make jewelry. I was so impressed with how great the girls creations turned out. I am a perfectionist so it takes me forever to put something together. But they whipped out necklace after necklace and they all looked wonderful! Here is our work in progress- we had to have sonic drinks to keep our energy up of course!

And here are some of the finished product! They will be sold to raise money for the youth group! I predict that they are going to sell out and have to make more very soon! But more importantly we all had a great time talking and hanging out together having some girl time!

As an extra bonus, two little cuties came along and stayed at Papa-Dede's house!

Fresh Spring Decor

These are some pictures I took of a couple vendors at Canton that I thought had especially cute displays. I am loving this look right now- clean white and tan with fresh green natural accents. Enjoy!