Busy Bees

June = Summer Basketball League which = Justin being MIA.

Luckily I have had lots of fun things to keep me busy!

First, my lady friends and I travelled down to Portland, OR for a fun filled bachelorette weekend for Nicoley!  We had so much fun and I am excited for our next adventure together!

Friday night we went to a fun little Irish bar...

Saturday we shopped and walked around.  The weather was great! Better than any of us had expected!

Saturday night we went out to one of our favorite spots Dixies.  We danced and had a great time!

Next, my little sister graduated from middle school!  I can't believe she is going to be in high school next year! She's growing up so fast! :(

Her and all her friends looked adorable and she is so excited to start high school!  Luckily Justin coaches where she is going to attend so he can keep an eye on her! :)

Pretty girl!  For the record, I am in wedges, she's in flats and she's STILL taller than me.

This past Saturday we celebrated Nicole again at her Bridal Shower! It was a cocktail theme and there were lots of yummy finger foods.  Nicole recieved lots of great gifts and the big day is quickly approaching! July 21st here we come!!!

I gave you a little sneak peak on the tiling projects we've been slowly tackling over the last month.  We will be finishing both this week and I am excited to show you the finished product!

Weekend Warriors!

We've been quite the weekend warriors lately!  We've been going on little overnight trips, spending time with peeps we love and trying to check some lingering projects off of the "to do" list!

Memorial Day weekend we took an overnight trip to Ocean Shores with our cousins Aimee and C.J. The dogs went crazy and had so much fun running around and playing in the water!  We will definitely be going back soon!  It's such a great quick trip and paired with the right company and a campfire, it's such a fun time!

Our 2 minute walk to the beach...

It was cloudy (shocker!) but warm.

The boys ran and ran and ran non-stop for a couple hours!

C.J. and Aimee

The Boys

The Girls

Our little fam =]

Fast-forward one week to this last weekend: We celebrated C.J.'s college graduation at my aunt and uncles place.  Aimee created the cutest hot dog bar and we had a blast eating good food, drinking margaritas and sitting by the bonfire!

P.S. Aimee, I stole these pics from your fbizzle =]

C.J. was so much in the hot dog spirit, he had a hot dog hat!

Here is the cute sign Aimee made that sat above the hot dog bar.  She had every topping you could think of! It was great! 

We also got going on tiling our upstairs.  We're almost there, we need to get  a few more boxes of tile and another bag of thin set and we'll be done!  We'll keep you posted on this! I'm thinking we'll wrap this up this weekend...

We also tackled another "tiling" project that we finished last night, more on that later! Until then, here is a little sneak peak...

Tomorrow is Friday!

Decisions.

As I mentioned in the last post, I was feeling particularly inspired by two completely different home exterior looks...

This one is safe and neutral. It would be easy to add pops of any color and it has a classic look and feel...

This one is so much fun! It's fresh and young and we could still use a variety of accent colors...

I think in order to make this option work we need to thicken up the mouldings along the roof lines.  We need to add more white to break up all the blue.   The yellow door would definitely break things up and I want to do something  fun with the house numbers!

This is the second time we're painting the house and I know I won't get another shot for a while so I need to make sure I make the right decision...

What do you guys think?

Outdoor Inspiration.

So Spring is here and Summer is on it's way! 

I bought some plants yesterday and moved some stuff around in the flower beds and it looks SO much better! (More on that tomorrow)

While perusing Pinterest, I found some great ideas and inspiration to incorporate into our outdoor space.

1.  Paint the House (Again).

Right now we have a whole lotta green going on.  Too much.  I don't like it.  I'm craving contrast and color and this is not doing it for me.

 Green...

More green...

 and more green!

So, I have decided on two colors. 

Option 1: I saw this grey and was all over it.  I think it is a great neutral color that will make the green yard pop and leaves a lot of room for adding any color.

Option 2:  I just saw this blue and I think it's amazing.  It might be a little too bold for me though and we don't have as much trim as this to break it up so it might be too much blue.

2. Paint the Screen Door. Eventually we are going to completely redo the entry way but until then...

I am on the yellow door bandwagon.  I love it. Except we would have a yellow screen door instead of the front door.

3. Walkway Border.

Boring.  Needs life.  Something like this with more solar lighting.



4. Low Deck/Pavers.

The backyard is coming a long nicely but still needs a little love in some most areas.

We love the grass but need some hard surfaces to put our table and chairs on and add some visual interest.

Using all freecycled pieces from my in-laws, my goal is to build steps and a low deck off the the french doors that transitions into a paver patio.

The pavers we have are 2'x2' and look exactly like this. So visually replace the brick above with these babies.

5. Backyard lighting.

Lighting is amazing and is so important when creating a space indoor or outdoor.

I don't have an amazing gazebo like this but I love the combo of the tiki like torches, frosted globe lights and solar lights.  Expect to see an assortment of lighting in our backyard too!

6. Copper Rain Chains.

I am over gutters.  I DO NOT LIKE them. So my plan it to purchase a couple of these bad boys and hang one by the front door to replace the nasty gutter eyesore that exists there.

This should keep us busy for a while.  Now we just need the rain to go away so that we can paint the house!

We're also working upstairs and will keep you posted as we go with that!

Hope you all had a great weekend!