2015 patio set assembly

Our beautiful Esperanzas.

I love how wild Esperanzas grow and their bright yellow bell shaped blooms.

Our SAMs order arrived!

Our patio set came in many pieces.

Thankfully we had a small team to help us assemble it all.

Beautiful! (and that's my mom)

We have made great use of it!

And the dogs love to sleep and play on top of the table lol

FlashBack: Mom's Pinterest win 2013

My mom saw this idea on Pinterest. She made herself one and decided she want to make another IN MY YARD! Hey, I'm not complaining! It's super cute!

 Super easy Pinterest win!

She's so cute! Born with a green thumb!

TA-DA!

Also, I'm proud to say the succulents are still alive today!

FlashBack: Fence

        Flash back to a few years ago when my dad helped us stabilize our fence, basically replacing our side. If we didn't have dogs we may not have bothered with it. I'm so thankful for the love and support of my parents and all the memories we collect together. My dad is really handy and can do many things Slowly hubby was learning to use my dad's collection of power tools and such.

 My mom decided she wanted to try out some of the power tools LOL

 I'm glad I caught this on camera!

 Our backyard before we fixed the deck 

No plants yet and grass is dead!

 

My dad did great! The fence is still standing today!

Our Front yard Garden

     What's made this journey so rewarding is all the family time it's invited. I've loved working in our yard and on our house with our families. We've gained so many memories that I'll be sharing with my kids one day. The love, support, and wisdom of our families has made this such a special season for us. :-)

(Yikes! This is what our front garden looked like when we first moved in. We pulled out almost everything but the bushes. We also trimmed the trees so they are no longer on our roof yay!)

 (My parents helping us with our Esperanza the right way lol. My parents are pro gardeners, seriously! They need to own their own nursery.) 

 (My mom showing me how to trim the bushes. We are about to plant the Pentas!)

 (My mother-in-law and my mom pulling out the old ugly bushes. Talk about a strong root system. Love this picture! *good memories*)

 (Our freshly planted flowers. My mom insisting on water our garden *her therapy*. She said we have to saturate the newbies since they don't have a root system yet.)

 (My dad fertilizing our grass and teaching us how to have a green yard like his :-) And He was right. Our grass has never looked better according to our neighbor.)

(Fresh mulch! We planted Pentas and Caladiums!)

 (In the beginning)

(As you can see this is before my office had any blinds.)

 (The grass has come a long way. Hubby and I have done a great job maintaining the flowers! Nothings died yet! haha)

 (Our baby Esperanza in the corner. I can't wait till it fills out and hangs over our fence)

 (This picture was taken today (7-21-13). Garden is super full. The garden to the far right is still empty. We were trying to grow hydrangeas but they are so dramatic lol. We are gonna pull them out and do the same thing we did with the other garden and plant Pentas and Caladiums. They are really low maintenance. )

 (We aren't sure if we're keeping the middle bushes, they came with the house lol. I saw one flower bloom on it, so I'm hoping with a little tlc it will fully bloom sometime this summer or next.)

 (Our baby Crape Myrtles in royal purple. They are stunning! You can see our Esperanza in the far corner. Look at our GREEN grass! Hubby and I have been working hard and watering like crazy. )

 (My mom has helped us so much. She has a green thumb!)

 (Baby CM)

(Progress is exciting!)

(It's all coming together nicely)

 (I love our front patio. I'm thinking about painting our front door teal.)

(Home sweet home. Thank you Jesus for your many blessings)

A bigger Master bedroom

      My major prayer request when we started house hunting was for God to bless me with a huge master bedroom. My husband brought a large framed king size bed, matching night stands and a huge dresser into our marriage. While living in the apartment we barely had room to walk, and the dresser stayed with his parents. A small master bedroom was a deal breaker. I wouldn't even look at a house until I saw the master's measurements.  

      We looked at this houses several times before putting an offer. After much prayer we moved forward. But one thing was for sure, that over-sized storage unit had to GO!

 

(In this picture you can see how obnoxious the shelving unit was. It's also a good picture of the floors before we refinished them. You can also see the quarter round molding before we installed real base boards.)

 (Our nephew helping us pick paint colors )

 (Our nephew explaining why his color choice is the right one)

 (My dad being silly and my mom holding our nephew)

 (Yes! It's gone! The painters we hired had to re-texture the walls.)

Would you like to see what our master bedroom looks like now? I will reveal more in future posts. :-)

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