good morning!!  it's been awhile...i am so sorry!!  i took my mom on a little trip for a late mother's day present.  we had a blast....we giggled a lot.  no one makes me laugh like my mom.  thanks mom for a trip full of memories :)  i hope y'all have a happy monday!!

*images courtesy of tumblr, caitlin creer, from moon to moon, unknown, palmer weiss

i had a wonderful mother's day....my husband returned home after 5 days of traveling (best present ever), i ate delicious food, and i got to completely veg...which for me is taking a nap, bad reality tv watching, some window shopping, and going on a walk.  i hope y'all had a wonderful weekend :)

*images courtesy of jayson home and garden, flourish design & style, a lifes design, the marion house book, vinteetkaur tumblr

i swear i woke up on monday and said, i'm posting everyday this week.  well, it's friday and i did one post this week.  i HATE that!!  i have to be better!!  we got patio furniture and i have been out there every night this week.  maybe that's why i have been slack.  it's nothing fancy but i love having a place to gather....the kiddos like the box more then the furniture.  

i saw this picture on brooke's blog and i immediately saved it for what i wanted our back area to look like.  i want to add a window box and do a bricked- in grilling station!!  

warren painted the swing and hung it.  i got a cushion from world market...it will do for now but i would love to eventually recover it in a trina turk fabric.  please excuse the ADT sign and the lack of plants....one day we will get there!!  it's always a work in progress.  i would also love to cover the chain w/ rope.  

last but not least, i wanted to show y'all taylor's window treatment.  i showed y'all the inspiration:

and here it is in her room.....i think it turned out really cute!  now if i can just get the rest of her room together that would be great!!

i hope y'all have a wonderful mother's day!!  mom- thanks so much for being my best friend!  i love you :)  see y'all next week!

i adore this time of year....it's not super hot and buggy...you can still sit outside and not die b/c it's 100 degrees!  we caved and bought outdoor furniture. i'm excited to finally have something to sit on when we are outside.  my sweet husband spent 4 hrs last night putting it all together....i'm having girls over tonight for wine.  i bet they will be happy to have a chair to sit in instead of the ground!

*cottage living, tumblr, clover magazine, lonny, style at home, olive and a, poppy talk

in her shoes

today i am over at effortless style doing camila's in her shoes post.....i didn't take a picture of my shoes b/c to be honest, i'm a barefoot kind of girl....

on another note, have you not been glued to the tv??!!  happy royal wedding day!!!  kate looks amazing. seriously, she is beyond gorgeous!!  and she appears so calm.  i would be freaking out!!

i hope y'all have a wonderful weekend!!  see y'all next week.

*images courtesy of house of bliss, smitten design, design sponge, apartment 34, unknown

a date.

i've got a date w/ this guy and a can of spray paint this weekend.  i found him at goodwill almost two and a half yrs ago for $3.99.  he's been living in the storage unit (i bet he's glad to be out).....he finally has a home- the corner of our front porch/ breeze way.  i hope he will be happy...i can't wait to finally swing in him!!

*images courtesy of lonny, house beautiful/ jonathan adler, H&G, apartment therapy/ domino, charleston home

i am loving this ink blue color....and those floors in the first pic are just fabulous!!  i have had the bottom picture saved for a long time.  i think it would be fun to paint my laundry room door w/ chalkboard paint and then draw this fancy door on it!!  hope y'all have an amazing hump day!