lots of work

 This is the back of our house- we have this huge, super old wisteria plant that is covering our backyard overhang- and during the warm days, it is swarming with huge, black bumble bees. like the biggest bees I've ever seen. You walk outside and just hear a humm- from all the bees. It's actually pretty cool and not scary because the bees never come down from the top layer. 

our yard needs work, we just had a new fence put in this weekend (the old one was literally falling down and we could see our neighbors pool- not so comforting when my 2 year old can see it too)

we're getting ready to rip up the dead grass to lay sod soon- so dad and parker are always covered in dirt!

the inside was pretty much ready to go- we had our sofa delivered yesterday, so I'm almost ready to post pictures of the inside! ;)

 Constant Projects!!

 Parker is such a "help" :)

kitchen table

of course I did not take any "before" photos. I don't know why I can never remember to do that. But basically this table was one giant hunk of brown, scratched wood. My parents found it on the side of the road and my mom's "eye" knew it would make a great kitchen table! 

So they offered it to us, and my mom helped me re-do it! 

It has been perfect for our kitchen and we loved it. 

we added knobs and the white bottom paint, then distressed it and added a poly finish so it is nice and shiny. The top already had some time of laminate finish, so i re-stained the wood and then finished it off with a poly finish too. 

pictures of it in my kitchen coming soon! (as soon as I clean the kitchen up a bit :)

poor blog + a great link

This poor blog has been so neglected! Part of the reason is because every time I think of doing a blog post- I think of how much I have to catch up on and that exhausts me!

So, I'm just going to bite the bullet, and give you 7 pictures and a video that has basically summed up our past couple months.. we have very exciting lives apparently- it only takes 7 pictures to sum up 2 months for us ;)

 We bought a house! (pictures of the house coming soon) 

being in a house is awesome. having a yard for Parker to get his wiggles out is even more awesome- having a helper to clean/vacuum for me is the awesomest

 My handsome boys ready for church on our new area rug that I love

signing our lives away on a million pieces of paper for our house!

We are still madly in love :)

I was definitely spoiled for my 24th birthday this year- we went to Ruth Christ steak house. basically, one of my favorite all time places in the world. Brett and Parker also brought me breakfast in bed that morning- which as it turned out Parker was confused and thought that HE was getting breakfast in bed- so he stole my bacon and smeared it all over our bed sheets. 

I know what you're thinking, "wow Emily, bacon for breakfast and steak and lobster for dinner? you pig." But remember- it was birthday. Your body doesn't recognize calories/fat on your birthday, you didn't know that??

 

my mom and my 3 sisters and I went on a girls trip to Tahoe in early march-

It was so so fun and just the break I needed. 

 we ate delicious food, and treats and watched all the chick flicks we wanted and no one complained that it there wasn't enough guns or fighting or shooting. It was great!

 + i recently found this article on another blog today and I thought it was so applicable to me, and I thought it would be a good read for a lot of ppl : 19 things to stop doing in your 20's. 
(even if you're not in your 20's- it's still a great read)

This would be busy Parker these days. If he's not dancing, he's singing, if he's not singing then it's to quiet and you know he's doing something naughty like putting a whole roll of toilet paper in the toilet and trying to flush it. which he did this week too.

WHEW... ok, that takes care of the catch up! no more back tracking!

p.s. I have a goal of at least posting every other day starting Monday of next week. I like to document things so I don't forget them! Hopefully I can follow through!