A cherished piece of art!

Mario's late grandmother Mary Lee was as I've said before a very neat person. She loved art and to paint so when Mario was a boy and showed interest in art it really made her happy! So much she framed these 2 pictures he drew and colored the top one of a knight on a horse which she put the age at the bottom he was 5 and the bottom picture was of a ship which Mario drew at the age of 7. They have been framed in her home all these years and now we have inherited them. Ethan also loves to draw so someday we will pass them on to him! :)

Our Sunroom Deals!

I know I've been shopping a lot here lately. But this is a great time of year to find some deals. I bought this wicker settee and chair with the cushions at Pier 1 for a deal! The cushions have chocolate, greens, pink and yellow colors. The wicker is a distressed green color so it looks great up against the grey! This room has turned out to be a great hang out spot for our family. And to think a few months ago this room was used for storage!!!

Emma's new sign above her bed!

I thought this lilac distressed sign above Emma's bed turned out cute! She loves to dance!

Shopping at Gordman's!!!

I was cleaning like a crazy person the day before our house guests arrived and I broke my favorite urn that I used to put these feathers in on my desk. Luckily I found this neat planter at Gordman's and I actually like it better! Whew! I thought it would take me months to find the perfect replacement! And the best part is I got it with a coupon so it cost me only $10, very cool! They have a lot of neat house decor at a good price!

I also found this at Gordman's this past weekend with our family visiting from OKC and I was shocked when, you guessed it, they already had their Fall goodies out! I found this fun piece I'm not sure what I'll do with it but for the price I'm sure I'll think of something. It's not like I don't have around 3 months to think about it. HA! I think sometimes these retailers get a little ahead of themselves, don't you? But I fell for it, didn't I!!!

The Beast, Our Trampoline!

As you can tell the kids do really enjoy our little investment!

Our 15 ft trampoline, we are waiting for our playground mulch to arrive! Mario got tired of moving it to mow so this was his idea. Lay more weed control fabric and we are going to put edging around it. Whatever keeps the peace in our home, right. I can't wait until we get our new gutters next week and we finish painting the back of our house! We spend a lot of time at our home so we want to make it an enjoyable place for the family!

Back of our house

"After"

"In Process"

Our latest project has consisted of painting the back of our house this nice deep gray color. I forgot to shoot a pic of the before here but I think it would have just scared you! We had a ground cover growing in this flower bed that literally took flight and was covering our air conditioning unit! So after we killed it bought a few new plants and transplanted some of our great hostas we are ready to lay down the black weed control fabric so hopefully we will never see the ground cover again!

Mowing Buddies!

Ethan loves to get his lawn mower and mow when ever Mario mows! Looks like the boys got the job done!

Our flower beds!.

Our urns on our front porch have finally taken off! We always have good luck with the Silver Falls and Sweet Potato vines in them.

Our Japanese grasses are huge and to think we trimmed them down to the ground last winter!

Our new Hemlock seems to love the new location in our front flower bed, it has grown a lot this year!

Our flower beds are finally filling in after a cooler than normal and very rainy spring!

Ethan's favorite super hero!

A month ago I talked about Mario's Grandma Mary Lee passing away. Well today I regret to say that this morning Mario's Grandpa Joe passed away. He had a stroke last week and unfortunately his body just couldn't recover. This past month had been very hard on him because of the loss of his beloved wife, Mary Lee. He missed her so much and today they have been reunited. It is sad to see him go but I know they are together again with God. Amy