Birthday room makeover

Kate was away last week at a retreat for confirmation so I did a little unplanned surprise makeover in her room.  Instead of slightly messy poster wall, I printed out pictures of her favorite people and quotes (all from google images or pinterest), and bought some in-expensive frames from Target.

This framed picture she had I flipped over and made into a chalkboard.

I also gave her my green desk from downstairs and the big pink dresser that was in here is now down in my office, and it got a makeover too, as the bright pink did not fit in with my other colors downstairs.

Also new was the IKEA frame I painted blue and the lamps and love pillow (from Target).

Azaleas

These azaleas were amazing this year, they must have loved the hot dry summer and fall we had, followed by a wet winter.

We had some pretty azaleas at out old house too, so let's turn back time a little, here is 2005:

and 2007

Happy Halloween

New family pictures

 

Very happy with how the new family pictures turned out!  If you are looking for a great photographer in the Houston area check out:

Heartspun imagery

Happy Father's Day!

Dear Chris / Dad / Daddy,

We miss you but are glad you got home safe.

We hope you have a calm and happy Sunday at home and have some Tex-Mex food and think of us.

Happy Father's Day!  You are the best Dad in the world.

See you in 3 weeks.

Love Anna, Kate and Thomas

Chris had to get back home this weekend.  His flight out of New Zealand was cancelled due to volcanic ash from the volcano eruption in South America.  They put him on another airline to fly to Hong Kong (10 hour flight) and then to Los Angeles (14 hour flight).  So a trip that usually takes 24 hours took 48 hours.

I hope the ash clears away and we don't have any problems when me and the kids head home to Texas.

Give Pizza a Chance

Thomas has this cool shirt with a pizza on it in the shape of a peace sign and it says "give pizza a chance".  My sister Victoria gave it to him, so it was fitting he got to wear it yesterday to eat homemade pizza at her house.

Bluebonnets and Strawberries

Finding some bluebonnets is a yearly tradition for us.

These pictures were taken 6 years ago:

And this year:



And another flashback - berry picking 2004:

And all grown up: