Happy weekend, y’all! I was so excited when Olga over at Stardust – Decor & Style invited me to guest post on my family room. Hop on over there and check it out!! Now, we’re just three weeks in and our summer days are turning out to be everything we had hoped…full of doing just as we please with no hard fast plans. We’ve crossed a few things off of our First Summer Vacation Ever bucket list and have added a few new ones as well. As far as the aforementioned list goes, we’ve hit up the library, completed Vacation Bible School, started working on first grade math, read TWENTY books (!), chalked up loads of pool days, gone mini golfing with Daddy, used the zip line a gazillion times, played family games more nights than not, tended to our garden and already started to enjoy the fruits of our labor, built at least a hundred indoor forts, and had our evening baths on the slip n slide (you know, the whole kill two birds with one stone thing.). Now for off the list activities, the littles concocted a game called “Undie Dodge Ball”… (I suppose they were desperate for a valid reason to throw armfuls of underwear at each other.) We’ve played some good old fashioned back yard baseball… Some of us have driven the (darned) rocket cart around the grocery store while dressed like a super hero… And, we’ve had friends over to help dig in the front yard where the gigantic oak tree fell down this spring. We’ve been using this free entertainment as a lingering excuse to not haul a truck load of pinestraw out here to fix it. I mean, as embarrassing of an eye sore as it may be, this pile of dirt has logged hundreds of hours of fun. I suppose this weekend will bring more of the same. And I couldn’t be happier about that! xoxo
Dallas
I don’t know about y’all but I’ve lightly mourned the loss of the great television soap operas I grew up on (you know, the likes of Days of Our Lives and Guiding Light) for a few years now. So, I was beyond excited to have this little piece of American nostalgia back for consumption by… Read More
On My Bedside
At the expense of my full DVR, I’ve been spending my evenings after the littles are in bed reading rather than watching the tele. The Night Circus This is a beautifully written and mesmerizing story. I enjoyed every word on every page. I very, ever so rarely read a book twice, but if I did… Read More
Powder Room {Before & After}
I have finally procured a piece of art for the one big wall in the powder room and am beyond thrilled to cross another room off the impressively extensive list we started with three years ago. (Though, serial decorators never really cross anything off the list for too long.) Here’s the before. Unlike in the… Read More
A Little Southern Gentleman
Blonde AW (as I’m now calling my bestie down the road) and I were positively delighted to host a Southern themed soiree in celebration of our dear friend Amanda (also known as “Blonde Amanda” and “Reese’s Doppleganger” on this here blog) and her little Southern gentleman on the way. Find the invitation in my… Read More
Porch Progress {Week 7}
*womp womp* No progress to report on the porch. Zip. Zilch. Nada. I know, I know, good things come to those who wait, and I have no doubt that it’ll blow my skirt up when done. Trouble is, waiting comes hard for this admitted instant gratification gal. So… for this week’s edition of Porch Progress,… Read More
Parrotheads
Atlanta parrotheads united at Lakewood to spend a day tailgating and cocktailing in festive anticipation of Jimmy Buffett taking the stage last night. It’s a revered and not to be missed tradition in this family – I think I’ve only been absent from two shows in my eighteen years (gasp!) in Atlanta. With sangria,… Read More