Progress

After a whole lot of flooding...

We are finally making progress...

 

On our garage!

River Vacation

Over the 4th of July we took a week off from work to relax and do nothing by the river. We spent the week, boating, kayaking, swimming, and just relaxing. It was wonderful. My mom's whole side of the family came for the week to so we got to spend time hanging out and catching up! Here are some pics from our week on the river.

My mom makes the best fried fish EVER!

Swimming in the river while boating!

Kayaking with Max in the trees

The boys grilling us dinner

RoCk BaNd!!!

Family Kick Ball

Blue

For our guest bathroom we went with a blue that I thought went perfectly with the shower curtain that I seriously LOVE. So here are some pics of the bathroom that we painted a few months ago. Better late than never right??

In Color

We FINALLY got some color goin on in this house and it is really starting to feel like home. We painted the kitchen and dining room this week and it looks great. I had the color picked out before the house was even built so it is great to finally see it all coming together. Here are some pics of the new color...notice the lovely pink color of the primer before we painted the red on in the heart pic!!

Winter vs. Summer Mollie

Mollie just got a her Spring/Summer haircut. Her long black locks just get to darn hot for her in the summer. So she goes to PetSmart for a day of pampering and comes back happy as can be.
Here is Winter Mollie with her fluff:

And here is the new Summer Mollie cool and ready for the pool:

And of course the grandparents are SURE she is too skinny and needs more treats...which makes for "Spoiled Mollie."

May is Here

May has been one of my favorite months ever since I was little. A lot of it probably has to due with the fact that my birthday is in May. But I have always loved this month for a BUNCH of reasons. Here are just a few of them:

1. My birthday (May 19th)

2. My hubby's birthday (May 14)

3. A whole BUNCH of birthdays. We have SO many special people that share May birthdays with us including one of our fave cousins Kelsey, and many Aunts and friends. So we have many reasons to celebrate.

4. Summer is right around the corner. I always loved May when I was younger because I knew warm weather was already here and hot weather was just around the corner. Meaning bring on the beach days!

6. Thursdays on the Beach. May usually marks the start of Beach Thursdays. In the summer we usually spend our Thursday afternoons on a beach somewhere with Max's mom. We started the tradition last summer and hopefully it will stick!

7. Gardens and Flowers. This is the month that the garden gets planted which means YUMMY food later in the summer and fall. And of course all of the flowers are blooming.

8. May is the month the back in 2002 that my huz brought me a McDonalds cheeseburger and shared it with me on the floor of our friends apartment building and I knew I was head over heels for him. :) And the rest is history...

These are just a few of the reasons I love this wonderful month of May!

Lets Make a Date

I love going on dates!! Seriously, I think it is the best. I met my huz in the fall of 2001 and started dating in August of 2002. On June 26 we will have been married for 6 years. Amazing. We spend all day together everyday running our own business and LOVE it. People constantly ask us how we do it and if we just want to get away from each other at the end of the day. And to some peoples annoyance the truth is NO! I feel incredibly blessed to be with my huz everyday all day long. We are just two unique people who love to be with each other all the time. I can't explain it...it is just the way God made us.
One thing that most people don't realize is that working together is NOT spending time together. Yes we see each other all day long but we are WORKING. Not enjoying each others company and really spending time together. My huz is a HARD working man and I love that about him. It is one of the reasons our business is so successful. This also means working nights and weekends not just set hours every day of the week. Not to say that there aren't benefits to it too but you definitely put in A LOT of extra time when your business is your own. And it is at times when we would be watching a movie or tv in the evening and Max was busy still doing work that I had to point out that this was still not really spending time together. And that is why we both LOVE dates!
Time set aside to just go out and spend time having fun with each other. Yesterday we got to double date with two of our favorite people in the world, Randy & Brittany. My brother and future sister-in-law! We went to The Last Song, which I would recommend to everyone, it was amazing. And then we went out to Jimmy Johns for subs before heading back home. It was simple, it was relaxing, and we had a blast. I live for dates with my husband. Nothing in the world could make me happier then spending time simply enjoying the man I love more than anything and who makes me happier than I ever thought possible.