New goodies

Good afternoon! 

I love getting new things....don't we all? But I especially love getting new things for my home. And you know what makes that even better? When it is handmade. And...to top that off, handmade by my daddy. 

We have a Five Below store here that opened a few months ago. Have you heard of that store or do you have one in your area? Everything in the store is $5 or less.  Darbee LOVES going in there and I do too sometimes. I saw in a recent store flyer where they were getting in 1 gallon glass drink dispensers. I couldn't believe they were only going to be $5. We went soon after they went on sale and I bought one. I tried it out to make sure it didn't leak and it worked perfectly.  Yesterday, I found a picture of one on a wooden stand. Oh how I loved it. I sent the picture to mama and told her to tell Daddy to make us one. He is so good. On HIS day yesterday, he made us both one just like the picture. I couldn't believe it. I got mine this morning completely done. Painted and all. 

I LOVE it. I can't wait to mix up some summer punch and serve it in it. I think i should have some friends over to enjoy it with us don't you? 

I also have had a new quilt for my bed for quite some time. I have waited to put it on the bed until summer since it wasn't as thick as our comforter. I decided to put it on just the other day and I LOVE it.

 I found the quilt and the shams on sale at Lid'l Dolly's in Pigeon Forge, TN. We love going there. In fact, we were just talking about sneaking in a girls trip up there today. We should do it don't you think? Hehe. 

I love adding special touches to our home. I hope I can add special touches to a new one soon. We are looking and still hoping to sell ours soon.....if it is meant to be. 

I hope you all have had a good day!  Thanks for stopping by. 

Until next time.....

Fun Day at Zoo Atlanta

Good morning!  

It's been a great weekend so far.  Yesterday, Hubby's company had their company picnic at Zoo Atlanta.  How fun!  We were so excited to go.  Darbee Rae hasn't been since she was in a stroller.  She was excited to get to walk all the way through this time!

We got there really early hoping to get through before it got so hot.  It was still terribly hot but we were done before the hottest part of the afternoon.  It was a great family day and lots of fun.

Such a fun day!

It's Done! Here it is.....

Here is our official listing!

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I am so impressed with how the pictures turned out.  This has been a fun adventure so far.  We have already had one showing! We are keeping our fingers crossed.  

Have a great day!

So far...

Good afternoon!  It's yucky hot here today. Very humid.  We are expecting afternoon storms that hopefully will cool us off a little bit.

Darbee and I are enjoying our summer so far.  We have been on several playdates and Darbee has gone to camp.  We are staying busy!

Our first playdate was with Kember from her class this year.  They had fun at the art studio.

We have also had several play dates with Katherine who was also in Darbee's class this year and will be attending the same school as Darbee next year.  We have enjoyed getting to know them and look forward to much more fun this summer!

We have visited our local library and signed up for their summer reading program.

That is always fun and they always have really cool programs and shows during the summer.

Darbee is big enough now to have her very own library card so she checks out her own books. 

So grown up.

Cheer camp was last week.  This is something Darbee looks forward to each year.  This was her third year attending and it was so much fun as always.

This year, she had Ava from school in her group.  She was excited to get to see her every day.

There were so many little girls!  The camp goes from pre-k up to 8th grade.  This was the largest group ever!

They put on a show for the parents on the last day of camp that was too cute!

We have signed Darbee up for cheerleading with our rec department too.  She will cheer for a flag football team.  She is so excited.  That doesn't start till July though.

We have spent some time at home but not much. LOL

We had a picnic one evening and had lots of friends and family join us at the lake.

That was so much fun!

Darbee has enjoyed cooling off in her pool

And I have enjoyed snuggling and sleeping late.

I can't wait to see what the rest of the summer holds!  

You know from the last post that we listed our house.  We have been doing a little bit of house hunting too.

That is so fun!

We haven't found "the one" yet but know that we will when the time is right.  

I hope you are having a good summer so far!

Until next time...

It's happening.....we're going for it...

Good morning friends.  Has your summer vacation started yet?  We have been out of school now for a couple of weeks and we are loving it.

We have stayed busy already with lots of play dates and have enjoyed spending days with Nana.  We have a lot of fun library activities and play dates scheduled and hope to work in a quick road trip too.  

Sitting outside watching Darbee run and play gives hubby and I a little bit of time to chat with each other.  These long summer evenings give us time to talk about the past and plan for the future in our conversations.  We have always wanted to take a risk and put our house up for sale and move.  BUT neither of us ever really gave the other one the go ahead and totally agreed on it.  We were scared.  

We have never done anything like that. That's a big step!  Where would we go?  Would we be able to find a place we both loved?  So many questions.  We usually just talked about it and dismissed the thought with "One day we will." 

 Lately, the conversation has come up more and more.  Finally, the other day something told me we should do it.  While we were talking, I said, "Let's do it."  "Let's go for it." 

So guess what?

We are going for it.  We are putting our trust in God that he will take care of it all.  If we are meant to move, it will sell and we will rejoice and be so happy.  We are already looking at homes and have found quite a few we like.  House hunting is so fun!  Nana and I have had fun riding around scoping out places already.  I can't wait to start going inside some of them. 

We will see what the future holds.  I am so excited.  

Wish us luck and I will keep you posted!

Until next time...

Happy Memorial Day!

Good morning everyone.  Happy Memorial Day!

I know many are enjoying cookouts, swimming and get together's today.  But let's not forget those men and women who willingly give their lives for us to be able to have those freedoms.  I am so thankful.

I did a post a year or so back about my Papa who was a WWII veteran.  I found no other post fitting today than to share that one again with you.  He was such a special man. Oh how I wish I could talk to him again.  I will one day and I can't wait.

Here is the post.
You can see it here.

I hope all of you have a great holiday.

Until next time....

Summer Plans

Good morning friends.  It is quite chilly here!  Darbee's class had their end of the year party yesterday.  It was supposed to be a pool party but the temps were in the 40's yesterday morning!  Yikes.  They would have frozen.  They changed it to a playground party.  It was cool and she had to wear a sweater but they had tons of fun! 

So...now we are officially done.  Darbee is done with school and so am I.  We are ready to enjoy our summer.  So what are our plans?  Nothing much really.

I am looking forward to sleeping late and snuggling with Miss Darbee Rae.

I am looking forward to no schedules and trying out lots of Pinterest activities.

I am looking forward to lunch dates with Darbee and Nana.

I am looking forward to crafting with Darbee and teaching her how to use my embroidery machine.  She is so curious and wants to help and make something.  She is well on her way to learning hot to operate it! (smile)

I am looking forward to learning more about my machine and trying lots of new designs.

I am looking forward to visits to the art studio.  Especially on days when I don't want all of the art supplies pulled out at home.  They have a really cool craft buffet. 

I am looking forward to spending some evening picnics by the lake.

I am looking forward to campfires and roasted marshmallows in our front yard.

I am looking forward to laying a quilt in the front yard and looking at the stars.

A new app called Star Chart is really neat and shows you what stars and 

constellations you are looking at.

I am looking forward to playdates.

I am looking forward to hopefully taking a road trip.

I am looking forward to getting ready for our new school adventure!

I am looking forward to summer...

What are your summer plans?

Are you going on a fun trip?

Until next time....