I'm sorry if the following post bores you, but I have been so excited about sharing my family vacation pics with everyone. So here goes...

Thank you Lord for such a wonderful time and many memories!

I can't wait to take my grandchildren (when I have them someday)!

A DAY WITH MY JACKSON

Jackson kept reminding me that he has never gotten to see the

Alamo in San Antonio.

We travel to San Antonio just about every summer and

I think the only time that we have taken him there was when he was a baby.

So... being the "never forgetful" son that Jackson can be- I said "let's go!"

We packed an overnight bag and headed out for a 3 hour drive to the Alamo.

I'm glad we did.

What a great day with my son!

I thank my God every time I remember you. Philippians 1:3

I'VE GOT SUNSHINE...

My little blessing and niece, Saylor.

THANK YOU LORD FOR OUR BLESSING & MEMORIES

When looking for pictures for Jackson's room I found these. These two are beautiful!

ALL IN A WEEKS WORK

While Jackson has been at church camp for the week, I decided to finally finish remodeling his room. He has had the cutest cowboy themed room since he was about 2. He thinks it is time to change to something older like sports- (I could keep his room the same for at least 30 more years!)

I started with painting over his cowboy bed with a red- :(

Then I painted his leather dresser the same red.

The fun baseball dart board is from the Pottery Barn Outlet. It is too much fun!

I found all of the "P.L.A.Y." letters at antique fairs.

The Pottery Barn bowling pin is from Jackson's 8th birthday party.
All of his guests signed it!
And of course, I had to do a mural on the wall of his
favorite teams and keepsakes.
The old locker is from my old high school- Go Rattlers!

This is the shadowbox that I made for Jackson at Easter.

I thought this would make for a special wall so Jackson could remember his wonderful memories with Thomas.

My dear Jackson- I truly hope that your room feels peaceful, loving and most importantly fun! I hope you have wonderful memories of your childhood room. Love you with all my heart- Mommy

packing up-

sunscreen

games

bathing suits

all the junk food you can eat

scooters

camera

golf clubs

ice chests

at least 20 pairs of shoes (lizzie)

oh yeah and the luggage

-not sure if we have room

lazy river

water slides

kiddie water park

outdoor fireplaces

game room

spa- thank God for massages

adult pool

-BEAUTIFUL

lots of laughs,

lots of smiles,

lots of fun &

lots of memories!

decorating a barn...

one of my best friends, terri, has recently built a "house barn". we call it the "barnominium" because it is so big! it is the cutest barn that i have ever seen!

my favorite has to be the brick floors or the stained, wood ceilings or the barn red kitchen island or the butcher block cabinets... okay i love it all!

it just feels so "homey"- i could stay all day.

so, a couple of days ago terri said she was ready to start

putting all of her fantastic wall decor together!

yea, i've been waiting forever to hear that!

our first challenge was a giant, blank wall above the staircase.

her sweet, family portraits made for a great mural.

before...

after...

you can't tell by the photos, but the two long frames are pictures of her husband's family farm in the 30's. i think everything in the mural probably cost her under $25. she found everything at garage sales or goodwill. i gave her the shadowbox and the rest was probably just laying around!

i love a mural!

here is a picture of the shadowbox that i gave her that day.

i will try to send more barn pics at a later blog!

what a fantastic 4th of july!

fireworks...fun...friends...food...family

what a game...

we started ALL STARS this week with our town's baseball team.

at the first game of the tournament, jackson hit his first grand slam during his first bat!

and if that wasn't amazing enough, the second time up to bat he hit a home-run! AWESOME! the crowds went wild as the team jumped on him!

later he told us that he told his teammates in the dugout that he did it for his friend thomas and that he was only able to hit both of them because thomas had helped him from heaven.

what a blessing and great memory!

a saturday at the local farmer's market...

lots of good, homegrown and homemade goodness!

some red, white & blue on etsy.com...

old crow farm

doll closet

joom

bella lulu

pendant licious

idealizms

sldirks

paper eclectiques

more photos from through my eyes...

my lizzie has been a very busy bee this summer so far. before leaving on a week long trip to colorado to attend a young life camp, she was able to take some photos of some pretty cute girls. i am so very proud of her beautiful eye and creativity.

GOD surely has blessed her.

she still wants to take shots of more children for practice. she has actually started a waiting list and intends to get busy soon so she can get them all done this summer. if you haven't signed-up, leave a comment and i will let her know.

favorite cousin, sweet lorin...

one of her favorite besties, Cailey...

pictures from colorado...

my sister was disappointed recently to find out that pottery barn

is sold out of their adorable number pillows.

i have the "number 4" for my living room and love it. (thank you kathy!)

she located several on ebay, but they wanted

$40 and up for them without the pillow insert!

WOW!

so here is a great knock-off found on etsy by heidi devlin.
they are only $28 with the stuffing!
very cute "stuff"!