Our Yard!

Glamorous!

This is Lilly..... And I'm her chauffeur.... She's glamorous!

Living Room CampOut!

Drew and I are finally getting around to achieving our dream of become granolas! Haha just kidding, but we have both been tempted at one time or another to grow dreadlocks, walk around in chacos, spending most of our days at farmers markets and Whole Foods... AKA... The good life!Baby steps are being taken on our quest to become Enviro's... We set up the old tent in the living room to get us, and mainly the pooches ready for sleeping in a tent. I don't want to be secluded in the wilderness to find out Cleo hates tents and burst through the seems of the tent to escape! I would say the night went well... I woke up once to find Cleo had cleverly slid me and my sleeping bag off my pad, and was completely stretched out on it! Dogs a gosh darn genius!

These pictures above just make me laugh! I was trying to take a picture of the tent, and I told Cleo to get out of the way. You can see she is in motion to move on out, when I snapped a picture to test the camera settings. When I checked the picture I saw Polly had run in last minute and took a quick seat to get her picture taken... She did the same thing in the next picture! This pooch loves herself some camera... I love how quickly she runs in and immediately sits, like she has been there the whole time. Quite the opportunist! The last picture, after we finished setting up the tent, Polly ran out to get a toy, and I'm not even how this is possible, but she set it here, and just left it, perfect storage!

And again another snuggling pooch picture to rip your heart out (woah, that got graphic in a hurry.). I think these dogs snuggle on purpose just to make Drew and I yell to one another to "hurry and run into the room, look what the dogs are doing!". Polly probably snuggles up and whispers in Cleo's ear, "watch this!" love them!

And as all indoor campouts need, a little iPad time! Truly Earthy!

Drywall and Art

You might be thinking, why is Drew patching a wall that looks like it was newly finished. Just kidding, you weren't thinking that.... I was.... But I'll tell you why he is... Drewpy was being super awesome and repairing our dryer. He was holding the top of the dryer when it slipped out of his hands, and the metal sliced open the skin in between his thumb and pointer finger. When the lid slid all the way down a screw on the corner of the lid, snagged the sliced skin. Did you dry heave? I did. I had to go lay down when I saw it! Anyway, Drew being the manly man he is thought the best way to deal with the pain of a gashed hand would be to take the same mangled hand, and slam it through a wall! Ahh, I bet that felt soothing. Sliced hand through drywall, is pretty much the equivalent to taking a nice warm bath after a long rainy day!....

I would love to spend 15 minutes inside Drew's brain!

So....... After another round of taking two steps forward and one step back.... Story of our remodel...I have moved onto trying to find some art for the house. I have picked up a few pieces on etsy, but couldn't find an affordable painting at the size I was looking for. So I bought a 36X48" canvas at the art store. And did a pastel drawing of some lemons. I didn't like how it turned out, so I used by step backward, and painted the canvas white, with our enamel paint we used on the trim. And went for a more modern painting, that will bring in a whole lot of yellow to the room! Simple, crisp, and yellow. Check, check and check! Wait until you see the frame Drew is making for it! Awesome!

Sprinklers

Drew spread seed on our front lawn, and doing the final touches on the sprinklers. And I'm SO ready for grass! No more mud yard!As always, the pooches were a tremendous help!These pictures are very monochromatic. I have always loved brown!

With my new portrait lens, I figured out how to adjust the white balance setting on my camera. I couldn't figure out why my pictures were coming out so orange. This one of Cleo had zero touch ups.

This face makes me too happy! She has the most incredible disposition! Our plan was to spay her, but her personality, and appearance may be too incredible to just give up on. We are going to watch her health and personality for a little longer, and if she stays this well behaved, and her health stays good, she may be continuing her bloodlines. Even the vet commented on what a remarkable build and especially wonderful personality she has! Who wouldn't want a puppy like this?Even when she looks like this!

Our little mud puppy! This pooch loves water and mud. When we turn on the hose, Cleo runs for the hills, and Polly runs to sit under water!Again..... I can't wait for grass!

Nursery

In honor of sweet John Wesley's birth, I put together a room board of pictures I have been collecting on pinterest account.I think these colors are so great. Greys, with yellow, blue and red accents. I would have the random letters spell out adventure. Mixed in with the gallery wall of those pictures. And that grey and white map, would take up an entire wall on the opposite side of the gallery wall.

The sail boats are in honor of his dad, who is the Coast Guard.

Park Days

Tanner park waters are crazy. Someone's poor labrador drowned last week, and there are warnings everywhere about letting your dogs swim! Luckily Cleo isn't too fond of swimming. And Polly follows Cleo like a baby duckling.We did find a spot where Polly could wade into shallow water. Where they are standing is 10+ feet from where the water usually ends. It was quite the winter this year!

We are now enjoying the sun to it's fullest! These two are smitten for each other!