Reorganized pantry!!!

So, I keep seeing all these pictures on pinterest of beautiful, organized pantries...so I finally decided to reorganize ours.  It took a few hours and I had to throw out some expired canned goods (yikes!)...but I got it done and I'm so pleased with the end result.  Now, I have to move on to the guest room closet...its a bit of a disaster...ugh

Makes me so happy. :)

Happy May!

Oh my goodness!  I don't know if I'm ready for the heat of a Houston summer!  But, ready or not, here it comes!  We are spending lots of time playing in the water outside and cooling off in the A/C with inside activities too. :)

Owen loves to "read" books in the chair in his room, so I find him like this quite a bit.

Owen and I took off to San Antonio last week to spend a few days with my parents and had so much fun!

And this week, I finally caved and got him a Thomas the Train backpack...it goes everywhere with us, even the grocery store...

And here is my solution to a very grumpy toddler, a bubble pool!!!  Boy, were we glad when Daddy got home that day!

Here's our sweet boy babbling to Honey and Grandaddy at the Guenther house while we waited for a table for breakfast. :)

We feel so blessed to have such a happy, busy little boy!  

A Busy Month!

We have had a crazy few weeks at our house!  We've just been super busy with family in town, traveling, fun things with friends...busy busy!  And, of course, I always have to have some sort of project because that's just how I am...so I've been painting all the dark, ugly, 1970's cabinetry and woodwork in our house. :)  I know, I know, we're renting so it seems crazy, but I can't help myself!  So, here are some before and afters.  I am so thankful that my Mom was here to help me with a lot of this, talk about a lot of painting!

This is the wet bar in our den before...

and after...a vast improvement!

Please excuse the toys, but that's just reality right?  I don't have a before picture of the mantel, but just picture that same ugly dark wood.  Love the way it looks now.

This is the built-in bookcase/desk in the den before...

And lots of after shots...still haven't put the pulls back on all the drawers, but you get the idea.

So, anyway...that's what we've been up to lately...I'll leave you with a few cute pictures of Mr. O....trying to enjoy this gorgeous weather till it gets unbearably hot and humid!

Hope you all have a very blessed week. :)

A fun, busy weekend!

We had a fun, busy weekend enjoying the beautiful, sunny weather!  On Saturday we had a bunch of friends over and Owen and Kate got to finger paint in the backyard!  As you can see, Owen thought he would taste the paint.  Fortunately it was homemade, non-toxic paint.

We had so much fun, and our friends even brought their almost two week old baby, Maddox, it was so fun to see and hold such a sweet, tiny baby!!!

On Sunday afternoon we took Owen to the park by our house and he had so much fun running and playing.  He wore himself out and fell asleep very quickly for bed that night. :)

We are really looking forward to Easter this weekend.  My family will be here tomorrow and we have many fun things planned for Mr. O.  We are most excited to share with him the real meaning of Easter, celebrating our Risen Lord!  I hope you all have a very blessed Easter with your families.

Haircut!

Little man got a haircut yesterday, all it takes is lots of suckers and a good movie :)

And of course, a few more of Mr. O playing outside :)

Hope everyone is having a great week! :)

He Needed a Tissue...

Sometimes, he wears me out, but I love this little boy so so much!

Al Fresco

This cute little stinker did not take a nap yesterday!  So...he was not in the best mood and the only remedy for that is to just be outside as much as possible!  He loves to play in the dirt and water, slide, swing, etc...so why not have dinner outside as well?  He thought it was pretty cool. :)  We have to enjoy these pleasant evenings, because very soon it will be miserably hot!!!  This is his serious face. :)  Cracks this mama up!