Sunday, May 18, 2014

A Tour of our Yard, by Gabe (and Johnny Tractor)

I like my yard. 


This is where I drive Johnny. 



And here. 



Over here is good driving too. 



This is an interesting looking thing. 


And here's a "flower". 



It's nice. 




Here's the fence. 


And this is my escape route to the front. 


My sidewalk!



Here's where mom yells at me to turn around. 


I like my yard. The end :) 

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Do It Yourself Time!


Over the last few weeks we have done a few little updates around the house.

First up, my kitchen...


Noah's parents had this little gem of a shelf stored away at their house. So I cobbed on to it and brought it home :)  I had been looking for a way to display my decorative plates for a long time, and this worked perfect! A quick layer of paint, and some "rustic" sanding, and it's the perfect addition to my coffee nook. I envision adding some prints and frames around, but that's future Emily's job...


Gabe and I headed over to the What Cheer flea market the first weekend in May and scored this Union Pacific Railroad map. Our guest room is blah city at the moment, so I threw it up on the wall to add some pizazz :) I'm sensing a "Trains, Planes and Automobiles" bedroom in the future....


I know, I know, I've showed you this coffee table a bizillion times. And you all know how much I love it. But what you might not know is how ridiculously heavy this thing is! Like "break your back to move it to vacuum" heavy! Well, we solved that problem! WHEELS! And, I actually love it even more now! 


And, drumbroll, our finale... PALLET GARBAGE CAN HOLDER PLACE!

...we're working on what to call it...


So I used Mother's Day as an excuse to rope Noah into helping with this "vision" I had. We have no space in our garage for our garbage cans. So we always sat them next to our garage. However, we live in the windiest city in the world. So it was always a fear that they, and thier contents, would fly down the street. This was my DIY solution! And I think its pretty charming! I still need to paint the pallets, and plant the clematis which will eventually climb the pallet, but I'm pretty happy with my vision!

There are a few more DIY's on my list, but summer is coming so they might just have to wait.

9 more days. 9 more days :)

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Our Month ~ April 2014


It's been a while. A whole month the be more precise. I could offer up all kinds of excuses, but I shouldn't really waste your time. Because you'll need that time to swim to the end of this post...

Our month in photos. 

We started our April with a little injury. Gabe learned the word "hot" ...(Unfortunately I'm not really sure much was learned at all, except by mom and dad who now are experts at hand bandaging.) 

No worries though, he is all healed up and as good as new :) 


We spent alot of the last month snuggling...




And crafting...



Odie was even chosen as the subject of Gabe's artwork.



We celebrated the beautiful life of Grandma Cronbaugh. She gained her angel wings April 11th, joining Grandpa in her forever home.

95 years. 5 children. 18 grandchildren. 36 great-grandchildren. So much love.

A blessed life.







We gave praise to our risen Savior! Easter was celebrated with an egg hunt, family, and lots of love!









We embraced the Spring weather! Outside is now one of Gabe's favorites! 





But we still have fun with our inside toys too...






Thank goodness April has inclued some naps!






Last week we took a trip to Grandma and Grandpa Schmelzer's...






And we finished the month at Nana and Papa's farm...







The end :)

I will do better blogging in May. I will do better blogging in May. I will do better blogging in May.