I love books!! I have wonderful memories of going to the library as a family and I would run up the stairs to the children’s section and feel like I was in the middle of heaven. I hope we’ve put that same love of books into our children’s hearts. In our house there is an […]
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OLIVE GARDEN’S CITRUS GLAZED SALMON
Hey Beautifuls!! I’ve been away from the blog for way too long. When summer comes around, my life and free time are gone! Playing with the kids is my top priority. This summer I vowed to teach my girls how to cook. Daughter #2 is afraid of anything hot ~ she doesn’t want to […]
“SPRING”ING THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE
I haven’t worked on the outside of our house since we built the wood pallet fence around our ugly air conditioning unit a few years ago. We’ve been in our house about 17 years and I really wanted to change the color scheme up a bit. After the HOA okayed my plans I got to […]
COLLEGE GRADUATION ~ and a little picnic
Just yesterday I was walking Son #3 to the bus stop for his first day of kindergarten. Then I blinked………. and this happened. As a toddler, he would jump around the house like “Tigger.” He was a ball of energy that ran full speed all day until he crashed into bed and fell fast asleep […]
SHRIMP SCAMPI
Happy Sunday Y’all!! Because the LOML and I have been spending a lot of time outside “Springing” our exterior, the kids jumped in to help by preparing dinner. Daughter #2 picked SHRIMP SCAMPI AllRecipes.com Ingredients 1 (16 ounce) package linguine pasta 1 pinch kosher salt and freshly ground […]
FEELING AT HOME “AT HOME”
Have y’all heard of sweet little store called AT HOME They call themselves “a home decor superstore” and super it is!! Last week, me and my sweet friend Miss H spent a large portion of a day strolling through our nearest At Home store and we had lots and lots of fun!! Here’s just a […]
A BEAUTIFUL NEW DESK FROM THE RUBBLE
Do you remember when I told you about the LOMLs desk that we were going to move into Son #4’s bedroom when we were building the cozy reading nook? How it fell apart in our hands as we were transporting it. We didn’t make it ten steps before all the joints broke apart! We ended […]
A PEACOCK ROOM ALL GROWN UP!
Do you remember when I showed you Daughter #2s new peacock bedroom? It’s still one of my favorite rooms in our house? It is so HER! I can’t believe it’s been five years!!!! She used to share a room with her big sister when we brought the girls home from Kazakhstan when Daughter #2 was […]
SAYING GOODBYE TO THE TREE MURAL!
Hey Everybody! How’s everyone’s week going? The LOML is in China this week and I’m not used to it. He travels about once every decade. While he’s gone, I’m getting some stuff done. I’m trying to take advantage of the warm weather (minus the pollen…it’s killing me!) so I got outside and did some […]
THE READING NOOK ~ The final reveal!!
I’m so excited to show y’all our new cozy reading nook in our master bedroom! But before I do, a little recap of how we got here. We had a small alcove in our bedroom that housed the LOMLs computer desk. I’ve wanted to revamp our master bedroom for awhile and when I saw this […]
