I broke down and put some lantana in the front bed. I know it will do well there, but I have been hesitant to put it in because I know how it can spread. Oh well, I’ll just have to keep it in check.
And we just added some simple marigolds for color as well.
Some other garden shots:
And a ‘friend’ we found. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!
Check it out: Nesting Place
Gorgeous home decorating ideas.
We were inspired to finally put up a back splash in the kitchen.
We also picked some new flowers for the planter out front. I’ll post pics of those after I get them in the ground!
Oh yeh… Tim rocks. Today he totally helped me get the house clean. He did tons of laundry, serviced the vacuum (getting enough hair from the beater bar to make a blond wig…ewwwwww), vacuumed the house, then later did the yard. I did help… honest!!! I got the bathrooms in shape and then dusted everything. Climbed up on the bookshelves and removed all the nick nack stuff and CLEANED. And I’ve been doing a little bit of work on the side as well. But really… Tim rocks. Just face it.
A couple of years ago I found some chopsticks in the dollar spot at Target. The kids LOVE these things. They are connected at one end and ’springy’ making them super easy for the kids to use. Tonight we had stir fry since we ended up with some tasty fresh snow peas fresh from a friend’s garden. (Yummmo!) So, of course, the chopsticks came right out.
And then I thought I’d include some pictures of the front porch area these days. We have some gorgeous potted bougainvilleas Tim got us recently at Home Depot. Love those. And the potted hydrangeas are coming back fairly well. Next Fall I will send them to the greenhouse to winter over I think. Less trauma to them.
Look what I discovered…
Life with kids is amusing.
It’s a pretty calm Saturday around here.
So, I give you pictures of Glory Dog.
Have a great weekend!
Every school morning right now the children get up and look to see how many tree frogs are on the kitchen windows. The record currently stands at seven frogs.
Glory would like to add that the frogs are somewhat tasty.
(Yuck!)
And I would like to remind all frogs that I give fair warning before turning on the grill.
(Ewwwwwwwwwww!)
Other than warily watching Dean last week, we have nothing exciting to report. Dance has started for Tori. TJ and Tommy are both signed up for Soccer. And I officially drive the kids around way too much.
And that’s about all I have for you tonight. 
Recently I found a new love: black spray paint!
I brought together modpodged frame hooks, cubbies, and a white framed dry erase calendar today. Love the new look in our mudroom. The names in the frame hooks were simply done in Photoshop (Amber Clegg’s papers) with text and printed off at Walmart.
The front porch also saw benefits from black spray paint. We inheritated a couple of white chairs from Nana and Lalo that I adore.b (Thanks you!) The white stood in stark contrast to the house. But black is PERFECT!
So, can you see the froggy body print and footprints in the condensation? The kids thought this was so funny Friday morning!
It’s been a mostly laid back project day. Tim is working TWO jobs today and the poor guy is sick too. Daddy get’s a day off Sunday for sure.
Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend. Catch you later…
Check it out!
These are Ikea 5×5 frames, and Making Memories Chipboard words that I got at Target. 10 layouts printed at Walmart on 5×7 sheets.
Cool.
For a well appreciated house warming gift, Gama and Pop Pop had the Rainbow Set moved for us today. How exciting!
Tommy was stuck home all day, unluckily, due to a particuarly nasty stomach bug he managed to catch. YUCK! (Poor kid.) He thought it was cool to see the set in our backyard again, but had zero desire to go out on it as you can see here.
No action shots here, trust me, you’ll appreciate that!
Hope he feels better quickly.
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TJ and Tori was thrilled to come home and run out to play and be… well… goofy.
Thanks so much Gama and Pop Pop!
Hoping we have much more quiet night around here that does not involve Clorax and such.
