A quick visit ...

Before the business of summer really hits - and this family adds a third child - I scooted down to visit my bro, sis-in-law and their two little loves {plus one fluffy one} for an evening.  Unfortunately the hubs had to work, but C let me know that she missed him oh so much.

It was nice to just "hang out" with the family. 

And of course Otis' brother from another mother {they have the same dad}.  I believe Kona is looking forward to his upcoming hair cut ;) 

It was nice to see how good Kona is with the little loves.  He sure is one loved pup! 

Miss A was a big fan of the selfies ...

And then she wanted to be a puppy on snapchat ...

which ended up opening up the doors to all the other fun filters ...

So we took pictures and sent them to their dad who was working :)

Because, well that's just the fun thing to do! 

We played, we talked, we laughed ... it was good for the soul! 

Next time I see these two they will have a new baby brother - another little love to love like crazy! 

Kitchen Reno ...

When we bought our house a year and a half ago we had toyed with the idea of redoing the kitchen.  Don't get me wrong, the kitchen was completely functional however; being in such an old house there is limited storage space and this included limited space in the kitchen. 

Seeing as my dad designs kitchens it only made sense to talk to him about it.  He measured, drew up plans, and gave us a quote.  And then, we saved saved saved :)  

We decided that doing the reno right at the completion would be the perfect time ... right?! ;)

So, after school got out I packed up our kitchen and then two days later - our new kitchen was delivered! 

It was a WHOLE lot of cabinets!  But, first - we had to demo {or rather the hubs had to demo!}

And that he did, with a little help from the pup ...

And a little help from both our dads! 

The next day - mom and I headed to our cousin's graduation open house and let the boys begin the install! 

They worked SO hard ALL day! 

I think the highlight for the hubs was using the nailer - which now he swears he needs one of his own :)

Work continued the next day ....

After taking my parents out for breakfast {as a thank you for ALL their help with the install}, the hubs definitely passed out!  I just noticed now in this picture that apparently Otis thought he should cuddle with one of his toys - he put his hot dog on his back, ha! 

Later that evening more work continued as we added the pulls to the drawers ...

AND then a week later - our counter-top was delivered and the hubs dad came down to help install that. 

This project definitely would not have happened without the help of our dads, and the hubs hard work too!  While we still have white cabinets on the wall - we enlarged the island {a ton!} and changed that to grey cabinets along with adding a pantry cabinet.  We are still going to redo the backsplash and change our lighting ... but that probably will wait until fall to be completed.

I cannot wait to use our new countertop to bake cookies galore on!! :)

And of course I must include a picture of the pup.  He was a trooper as our house was a construction zone and earned a new giraffe {his favorite toy}.  He disappeared at one point while we were working and apparently decided giraffe had to see the great outdoors :)

2 years down ...

This past Monday the hubs and I celebrated two years of married bliss.  How it can already be TWO years, well, it's beyond me! Time sure has flown by while we're having fun! 

We decided to just do a little get away for dinner that evening - seeing as it was a BEAUTIFUL day - and our kitchen is still a disaster {more on that later} - we thought finding some place different for dinner would be the perfect way to celebrate.  

So we ventured off to Frankfort.

It was a bit of a drive but it was so beautiful out that neither one of us really minded at all ...

We walked the pier.  Met a new friend {RJ} who was reeling in some big fish. Watched the waves crash. And just enjoyed some time just the two of us. 

It really was a the perfect little spot with not to many people to just slow down and enjoy.  After the business of wrapping up the school year I think both of us just needed a little time away from "our town" :)

We made reservations at The Fusion downtown and OH MY GOODNESS was the food AMAZING!!!  We of course got some sushi - and wantons - and pot stickers - and the hubs got some pad Thai ....

And after ... well ... we were FULL FULL FULL! 

A perfect little summer evening and a place we will definitely be visiting again! 

Oh so hot ...

Someone tried to steal my spot in bed - so so hot out!