Retta's Room

Here are some before and after pictures of Retta's room.

When we first moved into the house. Excuse the mess...

I repainted it shortly after we moved in.

And repainted it when we found out we were having a girl. For now we still have the guest bed in there.

It seems like her little laundry hamper is always full.

This was an old plant stand that I repainted and then decoupaged a piece of scrapbook paper on top.

I made a pendant banner instead of curtains over the roman shades.

I didn't have any cute fabric so I used scrapbook paper and stapled them to a piece of ribbon. (the lazy man's version)

The picture is of cowgirls at the 1911 Roundup. My Dad made the frame out of old barnwood and I threw some pearls on it to girl it up a bit.

I made these tissue paper balls (not sure of the correct term) and they were super easy.

Instead of a crib skirt, I used two different colors of tuling and wove them through the bars of the crib.

This is when we first moved in. I painted the dresser in the picture black and put new knobs on it. Goes good with the black crib.

My next project is to get the master bedroom finished. I need a deadline like I had with Retta's room (my due date).

New Babies!

We are back! Time has flown by since our last post! Spring and summer were a blur and so much has happened with us…like two new babies. Larissa and Joe had a baby girl on July 5.

Londen Lind
7 lbs 7 oz

And Zach and I had a baby girl on August 9.

Retta Reece
7 lbs 10 oz

Randen and Mesa love the babies and like to touch their faces and grab their noses.

Scenes from the Weekend

Last weekend us girls, Zach, and the kids invaded Mom and Dad's house. It was lots of fun. Dad's dog, Rosie, had puppies just weeks before so we got to play with them.

Mesa & Rissa eyeing the pups.

And we're over the puppies.

Mesa checking out her Mom's old playhouse and fantasizing about the day she can play in it.

Dad teaches the kids piano lessons or maybe vice versa.

Randen finds Auntie's camera.

And takes several pictures before we can get it away from him. These are some of the better ones.

Photography by Randen

Randen wondering why we took the camera away from him.

The cousins chilling together.

Husker

In January, Zach and I rescued a Yellow Lab that had been abandoned and was temporarily living with Joe and Larissa. We couldn't decide on a name so when our friend's son suggested Husker, we went with it. He's the sweetest puppy ever and well behaved (as I watch him chew up one of my dress shoes).

He likes normal puppy stuff like playing fetch, chasing the chickens, chewing on shoes and laying in front of the TV.

He also likes to go coyote hunting with Zach. Their first trip out proved to be very successful!

I'm not sure who was more excited, Zach or Husker.