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behind the scenes

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So much is going on “behind the scenes” around here.

I want to tell you about it, but a lot of it is not my news to share.

Let’s just say good things are happening and life is about to get pretty crazy.

And, that starts with a visit from Ryan’s parents this week.

Two sleeps and they will be here.

The kids are excited.

We will go on a fun adventure while they are here, and I hope to get some good photos and blog posts up just like I did during our Colorado visit.

And, Thursday looks like a perfect day for playing in a treehouse…maybe adding a rope ladder, a bucket pulley, and some other fun stuff!

I went back to the quotable cards website. I love a good quote on a card. If you know me, you know that I have frames filled with quotes around our house instead of photos (although, I do want to add some photos as well).

I like this one…

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home is…always looking cool even if behind the scenes things are a little crazy!

my husband rocks

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This is the new view from our kitchen window…

Ryan spent all day finishing the railing so the kids are safe.

We will stain the railing, add stairs from the grass, and a rope ladder next to one of the trees on the back.

Now all we need is beautiful weather for having our friends over to play!

home is…a husband who has made his wife and kids very happy.

{update} play-tree-house

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Along with some major spring cleaning, purging and organizing that has been going on inside the house we are making progress on the play-tree-house for the kids!

You can read about how we came up with the idea here and here.

We got the playhouse put together about a month ago and have been working on the platform the last couple of days here and there.

I say “we”, but it has really been my husband doing all of the manual labor and me supervising or barking orders like I know what I am doing.

The kids seem excited about it and have been pretty good helping and staying out of the way when needed.

Here are a few photos…

Ryan got the decking boards attached while I put the kids to bed to night, but it is now too dark to take anymore photos.

This weekend we will work on the step ladders and the railing.

The kids are going to love it!

home is…progress being made.

how’s everybody doing out there?

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So, I write about my life.

Tell me a little about what’s going on with you.

How’s everybody doing?

What’s everybody doing?

Got anything you want to ask me?

Got anything you want to tell me?

Shoot…

home is…checkin’ in with your friends.

may flowers

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I love flowers.

Maybe it comes from growing up with the beautiful gardens that my mom tended to.

Maybe it was the daisy wallpaper in my room (and the many other flower motifs throughout the years of redesigning my room as a child…my mom was always up for a change).

If you were to tour my home you would find flowers in each of the rooms except for my husbands office and the little guys room.

Not necessarily fresh flowers, but some kind of flower.

And with the exception of baby girls room, which is all-flower-all-the-time, it is just a hint here and there.

I was thrilled when Emily at jones design company said she was going to share some of her flower making tutorials this past week. She is one of my favorite creative blogging mommas and she lives here in the Pacific Northwest!

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Have you visited her website?! If not, you should.

I plan on trying all the tutorials over the next few weeks…some of you may even receive some gifts with my handiwork on them!

Speaking of handiwork…

I got my craft on a few weeks ago on a Friday night. I used a wreath that I made last fall (the ruffle wreath tutorial from jones design company) and added…you guessed it…flowers.

I made the flowers the same way I made them for the hair clips I made for a baby shower gift for a little girl that was recently born.

On another flower note…

The neighbors dogwood is blooming.

There is a stand of trees that I drive by on a multiple times a day basis. It has dogwoods throughout underneath towering douglas firs. It’s like a little enchanted forest. I love it.

I always think I am going to stop and take some photos before the dogwoods lose the flowers, but every year I forget. Maybe this will be the year I stop and take some photos.

home is…stopping to smell, create, photograph, and love the flowers.

technology is cool

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So, my last two posts were written from my iPhone.

From my bed.

After I remembered that I hadn’t written a blog post for the day.

Technology is pretty cool.

I like writing blog posts.

I don’t want to back down from the challenge.

I am doing this challenge for me.

I know I won’t disappoint any of you if I miss a day here and there.

I also know that I won’t disappoint myself.

But, I’m not backing down from the challenge.

I am more than 33% done.

The good news is that there are some days that I have posted more than once…and in my mind, those extra posts make up for a missed day here and there.

It’s no big deal.

Moving on…

There’s lots going on in our lives.

Some of it I can’t write about on my blog…yet.

But I will.

When the time is right.

For now, we are  doing things around the house.

A little spring cleaning.

Getting ready for a visit from Ryan’s parents and a getaway to the Oregon Coast.

The end of the school year is approaching.

The little guy is almost done with his first year of preschool!

He’s gonna be in the pre-k class next year.

Baby girl is starting to use her words.

She is really good at “NO!”

Summer plans are being made.

The yard is being prepped for playing outside…lots!

It’s gonna be in the 70’s and sunny today, so I am going to hit publish and get ready to go outside.

The little guy is sick, but I think some vitamin D and playing in the warm air will do him some good.

home is…hitting publish.

it happened

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I missed a day.

I had planned to write a quick blog post last night about our busy day in the picture perfect Pacific Northwest weather.

I took photos at the playground and everything!

Then this happened.

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Shock and awe.

Well, I wasn’t really in shock, but maybe awe.

I was glued to the TV after I put the little guy to bed.

The men and women who have been fighting, searching, intelligencing (I know it’s not a word, but go with me on this one) to get this guy deserve all the credit.

They have sacrificed.

I thought about the families who lost loved ones and the people they lost on 9/11.

This is for them.

I’m not sure how this will change our world, but I do know that there is one less bad guy on the planet.

home is…bigger news than what I had planned for last nights blog post.

this is what you get

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It’s 9:00 PM.
I don’t remember opening up my computer today.
Maybe I did.
Maybe I didn’t.
Dropped off the Yukon to get it detailed.
Painted some stuff…desk, table, and chalkboard.
Went to Home Depot, Costco and Cash & Carry.
Picked up the Yukon.
Ate breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Listened to rock & roll, drank beer and hung out with my favorite people.
Now watching HGTV.
Just found out the HGTV Green Home is in Stapleton…may have to enter?
I totally forgot about writing my post for today.
This is what you get.

home is…a non-stressful Saturday.