Fire Pit in Action

Tonight, we decided to try out our fire pit by roasting some marshmallows and making s'mores! YUM! We had a lot of fun and while this isn't the best picture, it gives the general idea of the night. John constantly working on the fire, Emma wanting to get off the chair and get closer to the fire or on the deck and Riya being mostly hypnotized by the fire (as was I).
We loved it!
The s'mores were yummy, too! :)

Fire Pit

I have wanted a fire pit for so long and now we actually have a great place for it so I've been looking for good prices on them. Today, while at Target, I found a ton of great deals and this was one of them! It was 50% off because it was the floor model and it was the last one in the store. Um - we'll take it!

This is the picture I took to ask John if he thought we should get it. Technology makes shopping so much easier when I need John's opinion. :)

Garage Progress

I was super motivated today to get into the garage and just put things in the rooms where they belonged. We have just been getting things out as we need them but this wasn't working for me anymore. Too bad there isn't a before picture but let's just say that we couldn't see much of the garage floor before today. We can ALMOST fit John's car in there now. My goal before we leave for vacation is to have his car in there.

Sigh.

How long can I use the excuse that "we just moved"?

The Fourth of July

(Sorry, John - I had to use this picture.)

We had a great time this year celebrating Independence Day! I forgot to mention that we went to a fun Ward activity on Saturday, fireworks yesterday (Sunday) and then today we had a great cookout with more friends!

We were too busy talking and eating to get very many pictures (dang it!) but I managed to get three pictures of the whole day. John thinks he looks funny here but I think it's fine. This picture captures the day better than the other two do.

This is about how excited Emma was about the fireworks. They scare her a bit. She plopped down on John's lap and got her hands in their usual positions and cautiously looked up as they were going off - ever so slightly flinching from the sound. John is squinting a little too because it was still pretty light outside during the fireworks. Too bad the sun decides to become a night owl in the summer - it makes for really late firework shows!

We drove home to the sounds and sights of fireworks going off everywhere around us - it was great!

I hope you had a great time celebrating our independence as well! Happy 4th!

Scary!

We were invited to come watch some fireworks with some friends tonight and they were so great! The girls were not wanting to settle down for bed when we got back so John decided to tell a silly/scary story. We turned off the lights in their room and he got a tiny flashlight and Riya thought it was awesome! She really liked how the light could light up our noses! :)

How's this for a final image before you fall asleep?

Almost Finished!

These curtains are really driving me crazy. They aren't difficult to do but because I am being so particular in how I want them - they are taking forever.

Somehow, I ended up with enough fabric to do 3.5 panels instead of the 2 that I wanted. I am so very confused about how this happened. I calculated it and then had the lady at the fabric store help me to make sure I did it right and she came to the same number of yards. Oh well - good thing it was clearance fabric with an additional 50% off. Seriously, I paid only $3 a yard for this cute upholstery fabric - I was so excited!

Besides the thin stripes (I wanted them a bit thicker), it was pretty much what I was looking for and the colors look great against the wall color!

Almost finished...

Fireflies

AKA - Lightening Bugs.

Every night, we can look outside and see the magical flickering of these little bugs and it makes us so giddy. John and I feel like kids again while we look around (probably with huge eyes and opened mouths) at these thousands and thousands of Christmas-lights in the fields around our house. That is really what they remind us of - flickering Christmas lights!

Tonight, I tried to capture some on film and they wouldn't show up on the camera from my phone. Bummer. However, I thought some of the images turned out very pretty anyway. Here is a view from our front porch looking northwest.

I really love this "country" living!