Great friends great birthday

Yesterday was my 32nd birthday so we went to dinner at Yard House in City Centre. We had a great time and I really appreciated everyone forgoing the Bachelorette finale to celebrate the evening with me. Larry wouldn't miss it for the world...so he stayed home to watch who Ali chose :)

Make sure your shelves are level

My dad and I have spent the last year or so searching antiques stores for antique levels. We have found seven so far and I finally put mine to good use as picture ledges in our master bedroom. LOVE them!!

Last minute parties can be the best parties

We had to cancel our river trip to Junction due to weather but ended up having a great pool party at our house to celebrate the fourth of July.

(ignore the pasty white boy toward the back)
Mark made an amazing green salsa that was a huge success!!
Definitely a recipe to share (wink, wink).

The Nguyens and Souceks

The girlies!!

Not sure why, but for some reason shooting off fireworks in our front yard is legal! The boys went and bought a great display of fireworks. And since we're in a cul de sac we were able to watch three sets going off for the price of one.

Hang on to your hats!!

After three years together Larry finally let me drive his truck (well, HAD to let me)! And even with the dash blocking my view I avoided hitting the cars around me and made it home without a scratch. Well, maybe just a little scratch. He keeps telling me not to eat cereal while driving...or text, or put on makeup, or blow-dry my hair, etc :/

...and last but not least

We are LOVING the pool. Just looking at it is a stress reliever for me. Larry on the other hand needs to throw the soaker squish ball at my face to relieve stress. Love you too honey ;) The dogs enjoy having their own backyard too.

A nutjob cont...

More of living room, kitchen, breakfast area, and master bedroom.

A nutjob just moved into the neighborhood

I walked my mom out and the boys were looking out from the two side windows. It was so cute so I ran in to get the camera. They were not as cooperative once I had the camera. My neighbors probably thought I was nuts tapping on one side trying to get Hutson to stay put while I ran to the other window to get Higgins to come over. Haha After putting peanut butter on each window and many more attempts running back and forth, they finally split up for the reenactment! Here are some more pics of the rooms that we have put together so far.
One is of our office/den. The walls look much darker in person. We have our desk off to the right. All the wall colors are from the previous owners. We lucked out that they had good taste and that all of our stuff fit perfectly.




Living room and dining room.