Monday, October 31, 2011

A Busy October

Beautiful tree in Kansas cemetary

Traveling to watch my nephew play college soccer

October moons are the best

A quick trip to Chicago with the kids

And one of our favorite annual events - Neewollah!!!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Smells of September


Soup on the stove
 Fresh baked cookies.
Firepits!!


Autumn Sedum

Monday, September 12, 2011

9.11 Memorial

Proud to be a St Louisan today.  What a beautiful and touching memorial to the many lives lost on that awful day.  So thankful to live in a country where we are truly free.  

Monday, September 5, 2011

Birthday Blessings



 I am a blessed woman to wake up each day and know that I am loved.  What an awesome reminder on my birthday when my husband sends me flowers and my daughter makes the most amazing cupcakes ever!  I am so very thankful for another year filled with love and good health and a family that blesses my heart to the point of overflowing! 

Monday, August 8, 2011

Peach Season - yummy!

Peaches are in season so it is time for some cobbler.
Thanks to my dear friends Karen who is obsessed with cook books I found this great recipe in one of the many cookbooks she has gifted to me over the years.
Warm with some ice cream on a breezy August evening - perfection!

Friday, July 15, 2011

A little Country wedding

Congratulations to my niece on her marriage, what a great day of celebrating with the people we love.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Our Kitchen Update Adventure

So I decided it was finally time for new appliances.

Pretty cool right -- till we figured out the fridge didn't fit.  The picture above is showing how they look after pulling out a couple of cabinets.  Now what to do about that...


 While taking down the old cabinets (which we decided to re-do ourselves), we just kept discovering more work to do.  So we basically tore out the whole sink wall - yikes!  This was no fast process since we were doing it ourselves.  So glad we didn't try this while we still had kids at home.
 Yuck!  this is why we had to tear out the whole wall. 
Took down the cabinet doors and out to the garage to refinish.
The video said it could be done in a weekend - it took me almost two weeks.  But I love the result. We used a product by Rust-Oleum called cabinet transformations we got at Lowe's for a huge cost saving and great results.
New cabinets back in, new counter tops and new sink and brand new walls primed and ready for the new backsplash. 
And finally the hideous cabinet over our island comes down.  Someday I will post a good side by side of the before and after, if we ever finish all the details......