All because two people fell in LOVE.....

LOVE this one!

 

 

That's us.  The Palmer's

 

 Great Grandma with Kyrie

 

 The Paul Anderson's

 

 Tiger Jake

 

 The Richard Anderson's

 

 The Grandkids

 

 The Scott Anderson's

 

 Credit goes to Frippery Photography

Thank you Heather!

 Let me start out by saying that I have the most amazing husband in the entire world.  I am constantly dragging him into all of my little, I mean, BIG projects and he is always so willing to help.  After all, what else is he supposed to do when he comes home from work and his wife has ripped all of the carpet off the stairs?  

 

 I was really hoping to find some wood under that carpet but I was out of luck so I bought some pine stair treads for about 10 bucks a piece.  Everything else for this project I had on hand.

 I sanded my boards smooth and then made stencils by printing off vintage logos off the internet.  Pepsi Cola, my favorite!  After painting my logos I distressed them with sand paper, I wanted them to look old, and then stained over top the whole thing.  The final step was 3 coats of polyurethane to make them shine.

 Here's where Robbie came in. He had the job of ripping up all of the old treads and gluing the new ones. I'm sure glad he is so handy that way, this man can do anything!

And here is the finished product. I love how they turned out!  So me :) 

Garden Progress

The garden is moving along nicely this year.

 I hate to pick the lettuce because it looks so pretty.

 One zucchini plant is always more than enough. 

 It's fun to compare the before and after pictures of the garden, the vine on the fence has gone crazy!

Garden

I say this every year but this year I REALLY mean it.  I am going to have an awesome garden!  I have accomplished a lot this last couple of weeks.

 Starting with a fresh coat of stain on my garden boxes.  Here's a before and after.

 I also had to finish staining my concrete

and top off my boxes with some gardening potting mix.

 

Next comes planting.  Everything from seed this year.  Wish me luck. :)

Play Ball!

Batter's Up!  It's T-Ball time!  Saturday was opening day for little league baseball.  My oh my was it a beautiful day!  Robbie and I are coaching this year and it has been so fun.

 As you can tell the boys were ready to go.  This is what you get when  you ask Sawyer to smile.

Warming up.  This is how Rocky throws a ball......

.....and this is how Sawyer catches it.

I was so proud of our team.

Even if they did get a little distracted.

Sawyer brought me several dandelions during the game.

I think their favorite part of the day was the parade.

Isn't that a good lookin' team we've got?

GO SEADOGS!

It's about time

Hey friends! Did you see my last post? Yep, fall pictures. I decided I'm way overdo for a blog update, especially since my wonderful, amazing, generous husband got me the best Christmas/Anniversary/Birthday present ever and he deserves credit. New floors! I had been begging, yes pleading, for them for months. Our original carpet had taken a beating from the 3, no 6, no 7 boys (gotta love the nephews) coming in and out with their dirty footsies. I knew it would be pointless to replace the old carpet with new just to get destroyed again. I decided to go with a laminate flooring for durability reasons and found this awesome rustic laminate for a heck of a deal.I love how the planks look like reclaimed barn wood. If you know me, you know I like things that look old, rustic, handmade, like they have a history. We carried the flooring throughout the whole main level. I was a little concerned that with all the hard floor we might have a bit of an echoing effect in our home but with the upgraded padding we haven't noticed any difference.I also love that it has been so easy to clean. I just run a damp Mr. Clean microfiber mop over it and it's done. I only use water so not to leave any streaky residue on the floor.We've even fooled a few people into believing that these are real hardwood floors. Now if I can just get my timing right I will start begging for new carpet upstairs and maybe by this time next year...........;)