Summer Projects:)

I'm working on little projects throughout

my house.  My first big one was

my office:) and the very first thing

I wanted to do was make it BRiGHT

and CHeeRFuL so T-dawg painted

it yellow for me!!!

This is my little room:)

 ...and especially where

Trendy Mindy and her Loves happens;)

 LOVE these that Walker and Hadlee

did in 4th grade and 1st grade!

 My shelves are filled with

TREASURES (to me anyways)...

 I'm talking SeRiouS treasures to me!!!!!!

 I cherish, cherish, cherish pictures!!!

This wall and the many frames in this little

room represent so many that

I love love LOVE!!!

 I may drive people crazy taking

so many pictures, but that just won't ever

stop!;) This picture alone is worth

more money that I could ever grasp...

it was the last picture I took of

Travis before his accident (I took it

a couple of weeks before). 

It's priceless to me. 

 Another space I worked on was the hallway

leading to the kids' rooms.  Troy painted

it fig cookie...my fave neutral paint. 

Then I worked on pictures to

represent my three loves!!!

I have framed one each of

their Star Student awards because

to me there just isn't a better

award ~ no sport or talent can top

being kind and getting recognized for it!

But I do have their favorite

activities very well highlighted

in our hallway:)

Hadlee helped me narrow down my

choices to our favorite ones:)

Trust me, I had plenty to choose

from for Walker & Hadlee. 

Won't be long until that will be true

for Big Huds!!! 

At the end of the first six weeks when

Walker was in kindergarten, I showed up

to pick him up and his sweet teacher

was like, "Walker has something

very special to show you.  He got

awards from each of the 'specials' teachers

on the first round for the first six week

 ~ I've never seen that happen before!"

Of course Walker didn't even tell

me about the awards until I asked,

but WOW...we were SO incredibly

proud and honored!!!

I framed three of them...he also

got one in art and they have been

hanging in his room ever since.

Recently he asked me to change

them with team pictures:(

I finally did with three

of his favorite teams from recently. 

 He has other younger team pics

in his room, too!  This kid loves

being on a team:)

I am NOT crafty AT ALL, but I have

been doing some painting here and there!

I love the turquoise that I see everywhere

and I decided to give painting a table a try;)

BeFoRe

 After...

(I'm still working on the frames and what it

going on it...but I love it!!!)

 I also painted this shelf navy

for Hudson's room!  He is so proud

of his shelf and decorated the second

row himself!  :)

We also added some chevron to my

'chevron lovin' little girl's room:)

I have other little projects I'm

working on...and even more than

these projects, I'm so thankful

that I cleaned out lots of closets

and got things organized!!!

Still more to do...but I did

accomplish quite a bit:)

 

Troy and I sometimes discuss

moving/building again...and not because

we need a bigger home ~ we certainly

want to keep our home simple. 

But more because

there are a few things we wish

we had done differently with this home

and as the kids are getting older,

we are realizing it more and more.

We just don't know...

but I feel confident the Lord

will guide us in the right direction.

Our children certainly don't want

to move.  This is our home.

To us, it's beautiful and perfect...

and Home, Sweet Home.

We are blessed, that's for sure..

and it has nothing to do with

our home or material possessions!