This is gonna change our lives...

I am in love. With. A. VACUUM. For my birthday, Brandon let me get a new vacuum. But this is not just an ordinary vacuum- it's a housekeeper named ROOMBA. We were needing a new vacuum since ours is, well, awful. We had heard about Roomba before but felt that surely it wouldn't work...but we were quickly convinced once some friends told us how much they love it. I mean, come on. It's genius- a robot that goes all over my home to collect the dust and debris, then returns to it's charging station to be ready for the next time I feel like vacuuming. Amazing. I guess you know you're a grownup when you get this excited about a vacuum...

 

Here it is in action

Summer House Projects

Foyer Update:
Last weekend we decided to do something we've been wanting to do since we first walked through our house more than two years ago- get rid of the ugly tile in the foyer. We had the hardwood floor laid, then we painted and Brandon did the baseboards. Here's the before and after...

                                                                       BEFORE:

Ok so this was wayyy before (when the previous owners lived here) but it shows how ugly that tile was up next to the wood floors.

 Also take note of the baseboards made from window casing. Eww.

                                                      AFTER: 

 These pictures don't really show it well, but it flows seamlessly in the surrounding wood floors :)

                                                So glad to finally have that little project done!

Guest Room Update:

I still haven't posted pictures of our guest bedroom, but we finished it a couple months ago. Brandon made me a shelf and I made a cushion headboard I'd been wanting. I don't really have "before" pictures- it was really just a white white room with and ugly old fan and nothing on the walls. Anyways, here are the  pictures of the finished product...

So this is where you can stay when you come visit!!!

Clarksdale

On our way back from the beach last weekend, we made a stopover in Clarksdale, MS- home of the Delta blues, Morgan Freeman, and most importantly, Brandon's grandma. I had never even been there before, so it was great to visit her home and her town. We had such a great weekend with her and Max, and I was sad we didn't have a little longer to be with them. Here's a few pictures from our weekend...

 

 

 So if you haven't read this book, you should. It's great. And it just so happened that a lot of the filming for the movie was in downtown Clarksdale. Here are a few pics of that...

 The four of us eating at Morgan Freeman's restaurant "Ground Zero"

Brandon and Max left their mark

Gulf Shores!

We just got back from an amazing week at the beach. We went with my family for a week at Gulf Shores. It was so great to all get together for a few days, especially since Jess and Allie have both started working and Jonathan is in Med. School. And it was so nice to have a few days to relax and soak up the sun. We did a lot of reading, swimming, playing football and frisbee, laying out, watching movies, cooking yummy food, catching crabs, playing whiffle ball, playing cards, and floating in the ocean (my personal fave). We stayed in a wonderful condo located right between the beach and a lagoon where Brandon loved going to fish. Here's a few pictures from our week...

 

The beach is one of my favorite places in the world

Playing in the water while mom supervises

Me and mom

 Allie and Damon

 The whole gang

 Allie and Damon

 Jess and Jonathan

 My sweet parents

 Me and my love

 Allie, me and Jessi

 The girls

 Sunset from the balcony

 Lagoon side of the condo

Brandon and Damon and the big mean crab

 Awww

 Me and daddio

 View of our condo from the pier

We had such a great week!

 

July Part 3: Invasion of the Shelby girl

This past weekend, Jess and Al brought the Shelby-monster to Dallas to visit us and Jonathan. We had such a fun weekend. Not nearly long enough, but I just always love having my family in town. Something about having them in my home where I have made a life makes me so excited for them to be a part of that, even just for a few days. My sisters are my best friends in the world. We had a good weekend around Dallas. Here are a few of the pictures we took...

Shopping around downtown McKinney

Jess and Jonathan tasting all the yummy sauces- he just couldn't get enough of this

We took the pups to the creek to for some play time.

Get ready to see the Shelby-bear...

There she is!!!

They love eachother.

The Walkers

Me and Allers

My favorite booger-woog

So glad yall came to visit! Sorry it's 1000 degrees!!!

Look, mom- a LION!

Jonathan missed his Shelberton

 

With Aunt Al

 

All the girls