in 5 days...

we will be in Miramar Beach, Florida. I am so excited to be doing alot of this (Ray loves building sandcastles)...

and definitely a lot of this... with a book-

We are going back to stay at the beach house where Allison and Andrew got married two summers ago. Mom and Dad, Ray and I, Allison and Andrew, Rebecca and Tucker and Don and Monie are going to stay at the house and enjoy the sand and sun for a week! It was a blast when Allison got married and it will be even better without having to prepare for a wedding. Can't wait!

hb Kareb...

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Marmelade Roll,
Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday Karen Olivia!
I hope that you have a fabulous day and a fun weekend of celebrations!
Love you friend!

Oh Tilly...

We are keeping Tilly, my parent's Yorkie while they are in Colorado for a few weeks. She has been quite the challenge trying to escape under the fence. First, she went over to meet the neighbor dogs. They have installed a new electric fence just inside their fenceline to keep their dogs in, so she was sure in for a suprise! Later that day, she escaped out the other side of the fence and went towards the alley. There are tons of sticka-burr plants along the fence and in the alley behind the fence. When we found her she seriously had about 500 sticka-burrs in her hair. She looked like a lion with her hair matted and sticking up everywhere because of the stickers.

yep... unbelievable!

So, she got a little haircut, and we are definitely NOT professionals so it looks pretty terrible.

allison and andrew's puppy...

Our christening of the new kitchen was for my baby sister Allison's belated birthday party on June 22. She and Andrew, d and Monie, and mom and dad came over for grilling out and Wii fun. Allison and Andrew also brought their newest addition, Sadie, a weim puppy. She is adorable! I took quite a few pictures trying to get a good one of her and Frannie without too much success, but here goes anyways.

Sadie loved Frannie's huge toys, pretty much as big as she is!

and she attacked my dad on the floor with her needle sharp teeth...

Frannie's mini-me-

Frannie was pretty good and patient with her, except every now and then she got a bit annoyed-

So Cute! Can't wait for more visits to come and Fran will be so happy when she is a full grown playmate!

hb...

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Ray
Happy Birthday to you!

I am sad that you had to go to Dallas for meetings on your birthday, but i guess celebrations can wait... I love you!

finally...

Here are the long-awaited pics of the kitchen/living room remodel- befores and afters...

Up first we have the shot from the far corner of the living room towards the walls in the kitchen we removed...
next we have the shot of the old kitchen standing just inside the walls we removed.
the after is a little further away since we didn't have the wall constriction...
now we have the view from the edge of the old kitchen towards the dining room

no before shots of these last few...
here is our stove, venthood and glass tile
(love that resident tile man Ray, he is quite the profethional...)

the window seat- we love it- so far frandog doesn't think it is her new bed...

we hope to keep it that way
the living room, the curtains are not hung, but we have panels the same green fabric as the window seat cover and valances in the kitchen. Very extited to get those up and get rid of the mini blinds...