yard work

This morning Jake headed out to tackle the front flower beds, while I cleaned the inside of the house. The previous owner planted lots of bushes, randomly (in flower beds & the middle of the yard). Jake is working on transplanting them and placing them.

Looking like flower beds!

man of MANY talents

I decided to make stromboli today. I strongly dislike rolling out the dough. So my helpful & talented husband helped me. I got an action shot! Impressive, huh?
I forgot to take a picture of the stromboli when it came out of the oven. It looked good & tasted even better.

ART

I have been looking for ART for both of our bathrooms for months. I could list a dozen or more stores that I have gone to searching for art. Since I couldn't find anything, I decided to make my own. I already had these frames with the matting. They used to have prints in them of an old phone & typewriter. I took the frame apart, used some scrapbooking paper, did some cutting & pasting (literally) & put it all back together. So excited to finally have art in our bathroom.

For My Minnesota Friends

Picked up some Dunkin Donuts whole bean coffee today. I couldn't help but think of my MN friends who LOVE Dunkin Donuts coffee, but do not have a Dunkin Donuts store. I remember how excited they were when Target started carrying DD coffee. Anyways, I just wanted my friends to know that I think about them a lot & miss them like crazy.

I also wanted to show off my cute new sign. You can change what kind of coffee is in the mug as well as the date. Love it! Thanks Dave & Jenny.

tis' the season. . .for BABIES

We have 3 ladies in our church that are due any day. One of them is due October 5 and the other two are due October 7. Two of the babies have come and we got to meet them both this evening.

Our friends Adam & Anna welcomed their first child into the world on Sunday evening. A sweet baby girl, Kinley Grace - 8 pounds 1 ounce and 21 inches long. I forgot to take a close up of Kinley, but here is Jake "holding" her - don't ask.

Our friends Dave & Jenny welcomed their third child on Monday morning. A sweet baby girl, Ailie Grace - 8 pounds 13 ounces and 22 inches long. Below are her proud big brother & big sister.

birthday party

Jake & I are taking care of Micah a Laci for a few days this week. Their Mom is having a baby on Monday. We took Micah & Laci tonight after church. It is Micah's 8th birthday, so we had a little party!

Happy 8th Birthday, Micah! We're so glad you got to share your birthday with us.

No Sew Window Treatment

My next project, on the house, really needs to be the window treatments. We have 2" white "wood" blinds in all the windows but I need that finishing touch. I have been dragging my feet a little with this project because it will be hours of sewing. I am planning on doing drapes for the living room (3 windows) & dining room (1 large window). I also need window treatments for both spare bedrooms (2 windows total). I have drapes up in our master bedroom, but I am not really in love with the fabric. They were given to me & they match our bedding so they are up for now.

Today I made a no sew (board mounted) window treatment for the grey bedroom. I have these tea towels from Anthropologie that I LOVE. You may recognize them from here. I used my trusty staple gun & another one of our extra pickets, from the fence, for the board.

Now on to the next room . . .but first I need to find fabric.