There's No Place Like Roam

Last Thursday Shea and I took the boys to Lake Winnie. They all had a blast, and honestly, so did Shea and I. Carter and Peyton showed no fear, riding the craziest gravity defying, Tilt-a-whirl type rides several times in a row. Hunter had some problems with heights. He wasn't able to climb up the really high stairs going to some of the rides. He was one inch too short to ride several of the bigger "thrill" rides, and I don't think he minded one bit! Collin took a little persuading, but ended up riding some of the bigger rides more than once. Graham was quite cranky in the morning, but once we got him on a ride, he was begging to "do it again"! We pretty much spent the entire day there. We made it back to the house just in time for supper. Thank goodness for Papa Johns. We were exhausted! The boys are already begging to go back. I wouldn't mind at all. I think it would be fun to go back in the evening. I'll bet it looks cool at night, all lit up like...

Well, I guess at this point you could say that we will do just about ANYTHING to avoid finishing the dining room. Not really, but its just been such a long process that its just plain "feels better" to work on something that might actually get finished in a day or even a weekend. Jason had been talking about clearing out the flower bed in front of the bay window, because the shrubs there had really taken off this spring and were about half way up the windows. They kind of looked like they were eating the house! So I mentioned something about pruning them down so we could see what it would look like with smaller stuff in the beds and he gave me the green light. Well, that was early in the morning and by 9:30 PM, we were finished. It looks SO much better. And I have to say, I am TRULY IMPRESSED at how hard working and just plain strong my husband is. I could barely budge the stumps left after my pruning and could hardly dig in the rocky soil. But Jason took over with an axe and...

Well, the wallpaper removal has gone MUCH slower than I had hoped. We are still working on the dining room. Graham's room has been put on hold until we complete the dining room. However, we have got things settled on the deck, and spend the majority of our early mornings and evenings sitting out there enjoying the weather. Here are some pictures. Our VW "Bug" planter Jackie planted for us I sprayed this candle holder Laura Anne gave to me to match the umbrella and added some mini tikis The deck with our pots of herbs, tomatoes, and flowers :-)