4 Generations

Last weekend, my dad came for a quick visit. We had a great time hanging out. We even sprung my grandma from her retirement home for the day. I think she loved getting out for awhile!

Oliver and his Pawpaw

Digging the new car Pawpaw bought him

He has an interesting way of getting in :-)

Loving his new ride!

Look out!

Not the best picture but 4 generations all together

My sweet family of 3

I'm 30!

I turned 30 this month...wow! To celebrate, we invited some friends and family over for a cookout. We had beautiful weather, delicious food, an amazing cake and an awesome time with our friends! Thank you to everyone who came over to help me celebrate my jump into the thirties!

Oliver and Addison...I love how they are playing together and ignoring each other, all at the same time!

My unbelievable cake...love it!



Beautiful...and delicious too!



My two guys and me

My best buddy and her family made the trip down for the party!

Cincinnati

Back in July, we traveled to Cincinnati for my good friend, Jess's, wedding.  We had a great time at the wedding and hanging out in downtown Cincinnati the following day.

My two handsome men at the wedding reception

My little dude and the beautiful bride

Oliver was a dancing fool!

We forgot to get a picture of the two of us so this is the best we could do...in the mirror in the hotel room...lol!

Getting ready to head to downtown Cincinnati

Oliver loved the dog!

Along the riverfront...beautiful park!

At the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Museum

Talking on the phone

Oliver loved this area with a slide.

Dressed like a Reds player...

He wasn't so sure about the helmet.

Up and down...up and down...

Just chillin'

Clean up time!

He wasn't so sure about these statues!

Memorial Day Weekend

I know I am so behind on posting, but I'm trying to catch up...honest! Over Memorial Day weekend, my parents and brothers came to visit from Georgia. We had a busy, fun-filled weekend!

Daddy and Oliver, as we walked along the canal downtown

Noah, Brock and Pawpaw, outside the zoo

Brock and Noah, inside the NCAA Hall of Champions

Duking it out as "referees"

Yikes, Nini has a gun!

I don't think Oliver wants to be held!

Visiting great-grandma

Noah, Pawpaw, Oliver and Brock

Taking a rest at the mall after dinner

Brock teaching Oliver how to high five

Such a big boy!

Our New Mudroom

It seems like we've had multiple home improvements going on recently at our house. First, since warm weather is upon us, we stained and weatherproofed our deck. It's a lot darker than before and looks great!



We also made major changes to our mudroom. Here are a few "before" pictures...

We decided to put up our own version of wainscotting by creating boxes with pieces of lumber.

Then, everything below the railing got a fresh coat of white paint.

We also installed new hooks for all our coats, bags, etc.

And added a few finishing touches...

I made these, thanks to Pinterest!

Then, we decided to go ahead and put in the window seat that I've been really wanting. The big window in the mudroom has just been begging for a window seat! Here's the first part...

Then, we added dividers and baskets for each of us to keep our winter hats, gloves, scarves, etc. in.

I had been looking for a cushion for the top but wasn't really finding exactly what I wanted so I decided to go ahead and make it myself. I found this great coral suede (in the clearance aisle!), added some batting and attached it to a piece of MDF. I love how it turned out and it compliments the pictures I made so well!



Next up: landscaping...yikes!