Happy 1st Anniversary to my daughter Amie and my son-in-law Matthew!! I can’t believe it’s already been a year! I was looking over all the pictures from the wedding this weekend and I’m so thankful and blessed by all of our family and friends that came to celebrate! xox
My mom recently turned in her “flip-phone” for an iPhone. She wants to be able to take great pictures and FaceTime me, her grandkids and her great-grandkids. This is her first texting experience – she’s texting my brother, Randy. Check out that concentration, lol.
Happy Friday!!
I found this pin on Pinterest and thought it would be a great project for Owen and I to build http://justanotherhangup.blogspot.ca/2013/09/childs-play-tent-tutorial.html. Crazy simple and totally cool. He came over Friday for a sleepover so we headed to Home Depot to get our 3 dowels (3/4″ wide by 48″ long) and our 1″x2″x8′ (2) cut in half for the cross braces. When we got home I grabbed my handy dandy Ryobi Drill with my 3/4 spade bit and drilled the holes in the 1×2’s and then inserted the dowels. Seriously it was that simple! I had already bought some cowboy fabric for him that we draped over the top dowel, I just need to sew on some ties still. He loved it and slept in it all night. 😉
Amie & Matthew came up last weekend and he gave my John Deere tractor an overhaul, even sharpened the blades!
Thank you Matthew!! xoxo
When Jason & Tara bought their ranch this little garden area was just south of a shed they have. It was covered in 3′ weeds. Tara’s vision for the “kid’s garden” has come to fruition. So stickin’ adorable!! Love everything but especially the pencils!!! Jason cut them from landscape logs (I think) and Tara is painting them.
Saturday night Jason & I applied a Rustoleum epoxy/flake coating on his garage floor (he bought it at Lowe’s). Here are some before and after pics. The application was pretty easy – the floor prep was time intensive. Applying the epoxy paint and casting the flakes took us a little over 2 hours and his garage is pretty big. It looks fantastic!!!
During our “Welcome Home Matthew” party last weekend, Matthew presented us with these flags and certificates. He had arranged that each of us would have an American Flag that was flown during a mission on his recent deployment. Very cool and very special!! There’s a quote by John F. Kennedy on the bottom of the certificate:
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.”
Thank Matthew for your service in the Air Force!!
Amie hosted her first family party welcoming Matthew home. She did a great job and it was fun having the Benson/Bayless families together. Good food, fun cornhole and great company! So happy Matthew’s home safe and sound!
Country Girl 