Trip to Arizona

Time to do a little bit of catch up. At the end of July we had a great trip to Arizona to visit Justin's family. When we left Seattle it was 59 degrees. When we landed in Arizona about 2 1/2 hours later, it was 105 degrees! I loved it! Now THAT is what summer is supposed to feel like! :)

I hope to make a little video about the trip, but here are some of my favorite pictures to highlight our trip....

Waiting for our rental car in Phoenix

Wide open skies! I miss my Arizona desert!

Lots of cousins

Spending some time with J.T. before he leaves for his mission in the Dominican Republic

We were there for some pretty impressive monsoon storms

Gettin' dirty!

The big send-off

Those girls are going to miss their brother!

See you in two years J.T.!

Dylan being silly with Brandon's hat

And we finished things off with a camping reunion

On our way back to Phoenix to catch our airplane we were fortunate enough to get to visit with my sister Marianne and her family, including their two week old baby Heidi! What a sweetheart!

And the kids got to see their cousin Curtis for a few minutes

What a busy, fun trip! We loved seeing so much family!

Happy 10th to Us!

It was 10 years ago today

that I married my best friend.

A lot can happen in 10 years. We have been through many things, but I am so thankful that we have done all of it together!

Love you Justin!

Decorating projects

Well, it's that time again! Time for another decorating update. It's been so fun to work on furnishing and decorating our home, one little bit at a time. Here is the latest:

The living room, which has been in progress for a long time. We still need curtains, another picture on the wall, and maybe another thing or two, but we've made some huge progress.

Love our new couch!

I had the hardest time finding armless chairs I loved. Thank goodness for online shopping!

It's tough to see, but these branches have little LED lights that you can turn on.

And I'm lovin' these tall lamps that are unique

Let the painting begin! We got a little crazy and painted furniture in three rooms.

To begin, meet our new guest room. Furniture purchased off of craigslist for a screaming deal, needing a little bit of white paint to perk up a bit. Comforter also purchased on 80% off clearance. (Love a good deal!)

We are open! Come visit us!

Yes, we still need to find new pulls that fit onto these drawers

And we're finally making progress on the girls' room. We found these fun comforters at Target last year, and I'm just now getting around to paining the furniture to match. It used to be a speckled grey, dating back to when I was a teenager, and before that who knows what color it was. This furniture is probably older than I am! But it looks great in these new colors.

Bulletin board is ready for some art work. Maybe we'll actually get some pictures hung up now! 

Now on to the boys' room. Here are my guys helping out with removing the handles....

And here are the finished drawers, painted to match their comforters

And finally, we got a great big shaggy rug to go down on our family room floor. It is very comfy! Here are Dylan and Oreo enjoying it.

Love owning our own home!