My Beautiful House

Before & After - and now we have a house!  Here is the latest photo of our home.  We are ready to have it sheetrocked, and hopefully this will be done by the end of next week.  It has been pretty wet around here (we are grateful for the rain), but this will slow down the process.  Jordan has been so busy building the cabinets and entertainment center for the living room.  They are going to be incredibly beautiful.  Of course, I think that anything Jordan builds is absolutely amazing.  He always exceeds my expectations.  So the cabinets have been his responsibility.  I have let him make all the decisions regarding them because I trust him completely.  After all, it is his specialty!  I am basically being surprised!  He is building them out of knotty alder wood and we are going to put a dark stain on them.  Jordan has been putting many long hours in on them over the past few weeks.  He works all day at work and then stays 3-4 hours later to work on our cabinets.  I am so thankful for a hardworking husband!  I am really blessed!

Melanie's Birthday Party Pictures

Melanie and Cousin Elias are 2 weeks apart and shared a joint party this year to make it easier for friends and family.  We had the party at Granddaddy and Grammy's house - thank you Bruce & Connie!  The theme was puppies because Melanie absolutely loves dogs.  She loves to bark and say "dog."  She will also point to the dogs outside if you ask her, "Where are the dogs?"  Her favorite toys are her stuffed puppies!  She was wearing a onesie with a puppie applique on the front.  I bought Melanie this cute hat, but she wouldn't keep it on!  The party was really sweet and enjoyable.  Thanks for all the wonderful gifts and for making the trip!  Of course, Melanie's cake was chocolate, and I attempted to make a puppy on it!