Before & After

We have totally lucked out with people being so generous with hand me downs! Our friends in the ward had twins last year and so of course, people gave them TONS of stuff. This year they're moving and I don't think needed, nor wanted to store a lot of it, so this is one thing we got from them. They said even though it' s one of the older ones they were given, it worked the best and the newer ones broke on them.

I always love a good project, so I thought I'd just update this a little so here's the 'Before'

Ta-dah!!
I must say I'm pretty proud of myself and my hand sewing....
we'll see how sturdy it is and how well it holds up...

Look who got a wedding gift!

Look what came in the mail the other day!
(I called Micah at work to ask if he'd ordered anything from BB&B, because it matched so perfectly the oil rubbed bronze & brown scheme I'd just put in. His answer, "Do YOU think I did?" Of course not.) After searching through all the wrapping junk, I found a packing slip that said who it was from and "Best wishes on a life together"

It'll go perfectly with this decor I JUST put in the bathroom, don't you think?

Micah and I didn't do much with wedding gift cards and $ because we figured what was the point of getting stuff to fit out apartment? We decided we'd wait for a house so we could pick out stuff that would be a little more permanent. So I finally got to use some of my BB&B cards and have a real bathroom kind of! And 2 weeks later, I get a lost wedding gift in the mail...AND it said there was another package coming...irony of ironies...what's the chance of getting a nice shower curtain just WEEKS after I finally got one!? We've had a secondhand one that worked just fine, but it's fun to get some matching stuff. I'll just have to exchange it for something else!

July Visitors....and my 'garden'!

One of Micah's buddies from home lives in AZ so we get together with them every so often. Well they came to visit us for a weekend this month and we had so much fun! Their kids are always so much fun and want to help with everything. I'm bummed I didn't get a picture of little Brilyn helping Micah in the kitchen make ice cream....or teaching him to dance.
Her parents were asleep but she wouldn't go down for a Sunday afternoon nap, so Micah and I were playing with her. I told her to get her shoes on and we'd go for a walk. She ran and got her 'blue shoes', as she so lovingly calls them, and came and sat next to me as we waited for Micah to finish up something before going for a walk. After a minute, I looked down, and Oila! I couldn't move for fear of waking her up!
This is our beloved yard...pretty much a sandbox. We will have to sink a lot of moolah into it I'm thinking to actually have soil.....
So for now, this is my garden! I've been so excited to have fresh tomatoes! Even if there are only enough for one salad after my whole harvest. Peppers and cukes I can eat from the store, but I have NEVER eaten a tomato from the store that comes close to homegrown....that's what I miss most.