Sunday, June 19, 2011

All the latest



Happy summer!  It's going to be another stressful one for me, but at least it's the last time I have to do a summer semester!  Here's what was on my camera from the last month or so:
This is the lamp post I knocked over with my car on May 18th.  I had my 4 younger kids with me on our way to school and we slid in the snow.  Thank heavens for seatbelts and insurance!  I also hit that green electrical box next to it and knocked out the power in my neighborhood for 3 hours.  I took this pic a couple days later.
The girls had a piano recital a couple of weeks ago.  Melissa isn't officially taking lessons yet (Natalie's been teaching her) but Nat and Jessica's teacher invited her to play in the recital anyway.  They all played beautifully!



Josh graduated from elementary school!  Natalie's so excited to have someone going to middle school with her next year.

 Jana came to visit!  And her darling kids too!  We had so much fun together, and she even took our family pictures! (coming soon-- just WAIT till you see how cute they are!)


I just thought this was a really cute one of Natalie being a tween.

And here is our big spring project.  Jason's been wanting to turn our back porch into a pretty little oasis for a long time, and we're finally getting it done.  Here are some before and after shots (it's not completely done yet, but I couldn't wait any longer!) I made them extra big so you can truly appreciate the fabulousness.


5 comments:

Annette Larsen said...

Oh my goodness! Your back porch is so pretty already! I can't wait to see the final product. It looks simply BE-U-tiful!

Erin said...

Boo for car accidents. Yay for family pictures! And yay for a lovely back porch! (And yay for piano recitals!)

Jana said...

It's like extreme home makeover! Those before and after pics are awesome. And I'm almost done with your pictures!

Sarah Welsh said...

What a wonderful Oasis! Good job!

Karen Rowley said...

WOW! I love the oasis it is just beautiful! It truly is an extremem makeover! I look forward to seeing it next weekend!