The Day Has Finally Come!!

We are DONE with the bathroom!! Well, other than cleaning up and putting the door back up. :) But I consider that close enough to done! Here are a couple of before and after pictures. I will post more soon!!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

These are a few of my favorite things....

....about the spring and summer! I love it when the weather starts to warm up and all the plants start to turn pretty colors again! It just puts a smile on my face!




I also looove the smell of fresh cut grass! I think it reminds me of growing up in the country...someone was always outside working in their yard.

I also get excited about the warm weather because that means camping is just around the corner! We already have plans to go camping with my family Memorial Day Weekend! What could be better than a few days to soak in the sun, play in the water, grill out, and make smores?!

Then there's watermelon. What is a beautiful summer day without some cold, juicy watermelon? YUM!

And finally, it means that it's time to be planning our summer vacation!! This year Seth and I are going to NYC to see the Mets and the Yankees play in their new stadiums. This will be Seth's first time in New York, so we are also planning on being typical tourists, maps, cameras and all! More to come on this later!

Painting...

Good Monday morning, everyone! I hope a wonderful weekend was had by all! We had a great weekend! Friday night, we were lucky enough to have a night at home with nothing to do....ahhh, how nice! We ate and watched tv....it couldn't have been better. :) Then Saturday, we won ALL three of our baseball games! Maybe that's why I am in an unusually good mood for a Monday morning.

Anyway, I have some more pictures to share! While Seth was gone, my parents also helped me paint our master bedroom. Well....Mom helped with the painting. Dad helped move furniture and "supervised." And by supervise I mean watch basketball from the comfort of the couch. :)

I had been meaning to paint and put up new curtains for a few months, so this was the perfect opportunity. I had to take advantage of my helpers while they were around! Here are some pics of the finished product.

We also painted our bathroom while we were at it. Back before our current bathroom renovations got started, we had plans for this one as well. However, due to the craziness that the guys have gone through for our first bathroom, I'm pretty sure this one will get left behind. We're not too crazy about the tile all over the place, but the blue makes it look a little better. This isn't the best picture, but you get the idea. :)

The work still continues of the current renovations. I will try to get you an update on that soon!

The Red, White and Blue

Since Seth has been gone the past week or so for work, my parents came down to help me take care of some stuff around the house. Seth has been staying so busy with work and baseball that I thought it would be a nice surprise for him to come home and all of this stuff was done. So, one of our projects was to put up our flag. Dad put his handyman skills to work and mounted the flag for us. It turned out great! Thanks, Dad!

Please ignore the untrimmed hedges. That will be a project for another day! :)

Our Boys...From Little to Big

I realized last night how long it had been since I had a post...I have been slacking!! So, I'm gonna make up for it...I'll probably have three or four this week! :)

A few weekends ago, we had our first beautiful spring weather for baseball. It was wonderful! Up until then, we had to drag along all our winter clothing and blankets and scarves and anything else that MIGHT keep us warm. Hopefully all of that is behind us for this season! On this particular Saturday, we had a triple header with two other teams so we were at the field ALL day. But it was wonderful! Not only did Caleb hit a home run, but Eli also got to come watch! He seemed to love watching all the action...and getting to play in the gravel. :) Here are a few pictures from the day....

Our very own Madison County Tigers

National Anthem

My Favorite Coach :)

Eli, Taking in all the Excitement

He kept wanting the throw his ball through the fence for the players to use.


My turn to entertain Eli...we played with the camera. That seemed to keep him intrigued for maybe five minutes. Oh the attention span of a one year old. :)

Our Favorite Baseball Player and FUTURE Baseball Player

Seth was proud for capturing this cute little moment.

Dropping rocks through the fence while Uncle Seth wasn't looking.

Playing with Uncle Seth...in the gravel! Uncle Seth teaches him many things that his momma may want to beat Seth for later. :)

Watching the Game

Winter Wonderland

Another great thing about being at my parents' this past weekend was the SNOW. Yes, that's right....it actually snowed! About 5 o'clock Saturday evening we took my g-ma out to dinner and it was just barely raining. When we came out of the restaurant about an hour later, it was pouring down snow! By the time we got home, we had about 2 inches of snow on the ground!

It was absolutely beautiful! As we sat there enjoying watching the snow fall, we hear someone knock on the back door. Would you believe that my brother and his wife drove their teryx about 20 miles to my parents' house?! They were just out playing in the snow and thought they'd come visit. Haha...they're crazy!!

Well, the next morning we woke up to about 8 inches of snow at my parents'. Although some people in the area got 10-20 inches! Adam measured about 18 inches on their cars.

Now that I have been able to enjoy one beautiful snow for the winter season, I'm officially ready for SPRING to be here!! :)

A Day with Luke

Since Seth was gone the past week for work (and will be gone ANOTHER week), I took off work Friday and went to my parents house for a long weekend. I picked a great weekend to go, because my mom was keeping Luke for the day!! We had a great time, but MAN that kid will wear you out! He is one of the most talkative, social babies I've ever seen! He LOVES for someone to be talking to him or entertaining him all the time. His momma said we wore him out and he slept all night...but I think it was the other way around! :) Here are a few pictures.

I think, by this time, he was tired of the camera. :)