Our selections

These are a few of the house selections we made last week. I'm just giddy with excitement!

First we have our granite (the piece on top) and our cabinets.  After weeks and weeks of going back and forth, I went with the Cherryvale cabinets.  In some lights, they have a cherry-wood look, but for the most part they are just dark.  We're still not sure if we'll have room for my china cabinet, and on the off chance that we do, I didn't want it to look off with the black/brown cabinets.

I won the carpet argument too. Jeremy really wanted tile in the living room, but after three years without carpet in our living room and remembering how non-homey it felt to me, I really wanted carpet. I know it's gross but we got an upgrade on the carpet and now I'll just have to make sure I get a killer vacuum!

The door is up-side down, but you get the picture. We tried to get this exact door with our first house, but it didn't fit. I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it. Ha!

We went with the white with white swirls counter tops for the boys bathroom and the half-bath.

We ordered this amazing piece for our entry-way. It's is beautiful!!! We went with the darker tile on the bottom. It's going to look so awesome.

We are super-duper excited, as I'm sure you can tell. Is it too early to start a count down? Ha!

And these little pieces of heaven are why I'll be starting a diet tomorrow. They are sugar overload to the max but so yummy! And for me, they signify the start of Fall like nothing else can.

XOXO,
Stacy

M says Mmmm...

He's already learned so much!

XOXO,
Stacy

Color, Shape and Size...

That is how we sort! Love it!

XOXO,
Stacy

The Post With No Title

Cause it's after 9:00 p.m. and I'm all tapped out...

We have all been super busy this past week. With work, homework, cooking, cleaning, and school activities, I'm completely drained! Between both boys, I feel like we have about 2 hours of homework each night! By the end of the day, my brain is fried!

Houston had Muffin's with Mom's this morning. It's really just an excuse to get the parent's to school to visit the book fair but it was fun to eat breakfast with the little monkey. Both boys have open house this week too. I cannot believe it's almost October. Holy Toledo...where has the year gone? Not that I'm too sad...I'm especially ready for the last week of January!

We went to the football game again this past weekend. Barbers Hill beat Dayton (their biggest rival). It was a pretty exciting game and came down to the wire. I love the small-town feel of our little town. I can't wait until the boys are participating in school athletics.

I love this time of the year. I can't wait to bust out some fall decor and the boys are already picking out their Halloween costumes. The weather is perfect and Christmas is just around the corner. Thankfully, I've now started my Christmas shopping. Now, I don't feel like a slacker.

We hope all is well.
XOXO,
Stacy

My Dream List

Before we started this building process, I had a "wish list" of things I wanted or would love to have for our new house.  Now that we're finally in the midst of it, I find that my wish list is actually coming true. 

I am having an absolute blast designing our new home.  When Jeremy and I were engaged, I never imagined we would ever build one home, much less two. It's amazing what God has blessed us with.  We could never thank Him enough.

We make our final selections on Tuesday.  EEK!  I still don't know what color cabinets I want.  I would love to have Knotty-Oak, but we would also love to be able to feed the boys for the next four months too.  Ha!  I know we'll go with dark, but other than that it's a toss-up.  Looks like another trip to Lowes awaits us this weekend.

I want to totally re-do everything...new furniture, bedding, everything.  Brand new stuff for our brand new home.  I'm trying to buy a little with each paycheck and I finally feel like I'm making some progress.  What a relief.

I bought Houston's bedding last weekend and I absolutely love it.  I've looked for what seemed like an eternity for something I liked, but never had any luck.  I finally found this at Bed Bath & Beyond and I was able to match it with a 20% off coupon.  Score!!!  It's the full bedroom set...13 pieces for just a little over $100 with my coupon.  I love saving money!

I picked up a few decorative pieces at Hobby Lobby too. I'm a little obsessed with that store but I only buy the items that are on sale, and you can't beat Hobby Lobby's sale prices. These two were 50% off and I paid just under $10 each. Woot Woot!

Apparently I also have a little obsession with Fleur de lis' too. Our house will be saturated with them, but they're just so darn pretty!

And after three years in a duplex rent house and another 6 months in this apartment, I finally get to decorate with vinyl wall art. I CAN'T WAIT!!! I'm not sure if I'm more excited about the actual house or this. I love me some wall art.

I had already bought our bedding earlier this year and I knew I wanted to match it with these cute fluffy brown pillows, but they were $19.99 and momma couldn't do that. I found them on clearance at Target this week for $10.98.   Sold!

We've made a list of everything we need/want and since we're in no hurry we're just waiting for things to go on sale. Of course that means weekly trips to stores to look for sales but that's just another chance for me to browse for new ideas.  I can't wait!

XOXO,
Stacy

8 Seconds

Or maybe a little less...

Ride it Houston!

XOXO,
Stacy

GatorFest 2011

We took the boys to GatorFest today.  They have it every year in Anahuac, which is about twenty miles from us so we decided to go check it out.

Anahuac is deemed "The Gator Capital of Texas" so needless to say they're a little gator crazy there.

Jeremy and Houston ate Gator on a Stick, but they were also serving Gator Kabobs, Gator Nachos, Fried Gator, and Bar-B-Que Gator. Yummy! I opted for just a normal fajita taco and it was superb.

They had air boat rides, which looked really cool and we totally wanted to ride in one but the lines were insanely long. There were also carnival rides, food vendors and gators galore.

The boys got to get up close and personal with a gator that had just been killed. They both thought it was pretty cool.

We watched a guy juggle fire and listened to a little live music. It was so hot and muggy that we didn't stay as long as we had planned.

Our intention was to go watch the Eli Young Band play, but we didn't quite make it.  We'll have to settle for Houston's photo with the band's mascot!

And of course, what's any type of fair, carnival, or festival without a funnel cake, or two. And dippin' dots!

And lastly, Houston got to hold a baby alligator. So so awesome! He wanted so badly to touch one and then he got to hold it too. He was in heaven!

He even got a sticker that say "I touched a live alligator" which he's already proudly displayed in his School Day's Scrapbook. As much as I begged him too, Austin didn't want to hold one. :(

All in all, the boys had a pretty fun day and now we're back home and they're out in the courtyard playing football with all the neighbor kids. Lovin' life.

XOXO,
Stacy

School Days, School Days

The boys are loving school so far and they seem to really love it down here too. They've both made tons of friends at school and we have about twenty or so boys who also live at our apartments so there is plenty of entertainment for them.

Houston's BFF lives in the apartments too and they are inseparable. It's been a relief to us to have the boys so happy. I can only imagine how scary it must be to have everything change when you're so young.

They are both doing wonderful in school. Houston is working on his ABC's, writing his letters and numbers, and sight words. He's already learned so much!  And Austin is already learning Algebra!  Crazy!!  Every 6th grader has his own net book.  They use that instead of textbooks so that eliminates lockers and having to carry multiple books homes each night.

Austin, and all his spoiled-ness, designed his own Nike ID shoes. They are crazy-cool but insanely expensive! Now Houston wants some too. Great!

The Boss! Ha! He wishes.

We hope all is well and me miss everyone.

XOXO,
Stacy

Perry the Platypus

Our nightly entertainment...

XOXO,
Stacy

Home Sweet Home

We documented our house progress the first time and of course, we had to do it again.  They started the dirt work this week and we couldn't be more excited!!!  January can not get here fast enough.

We have a one acre lot in a cute little subdivision with a gated entry and TONS of kids. We already met some of our neighbors.  The boys will LOVE it!

We'll also have a 30 x 40 shop a.k.a. Man Cave for Jeremy.  I'll admit the selection process is a bit overwhelming.  There is so much more details to choose with a custom home as opposed to our 1st cookie-cutter home. 

The property is HUGE! I'm standing on what will be our back porch taking this picture and you can barely see him, but Jeremy is standing at the fence line. Can you say riding lawn mower or maybe a small tractor. Ha!

They can't wait...and neither can I.

Thank you Lord for the many blessings!

XOXO,
Stacy

More photos from the beach

Enjoy!

XOXO,
Stacy

Best. Day. Ever.

Our little family had the best day today. It was overcast and a little drizzly so we decided it was the perfect day to visit the beach. And it was.

We knew we only wanted to dip our toes in the water and save swimming with the fishes for another trip, and it was awesome.

The boys had never seen the ocean before much less played in it and they both loved it. I loved it too.  It was the perfect weather.

We ate at The Brick House. It faces the sea wall and we had the most amazing view. And the most yummy Cajun french fries and garlic Parmesan tator-tots!  There are so many new restaurants in Galveston and we can't wait to try them all.

Then we headed to ride the ferry. This was also a first for us and I think I was more excited than anyone. We couldn't even tell when the ferry was moving but I did get a little dizzy (sea-sick) when I watched the structures in the background as we passed.  It was pretty crazy.  I kept asking Jeremy if we were moving or if they were.  Ha!

The boys took some bread and fed the seagulls. They pretty much attacked us! Thankfully, no one got poop-hair though.

I thought the ferry was amazing. A little claustrophobic for some, but awesome. Jeremy put the truck in 4 wheel drive because is his words "I'm not have that scene from double jeopardy happen to us." He's a mess!

Now we're back home watching some Fighting Texas Aggie football and eating some pizza.

I have to share a cute conversation I had with Houston today:
Houston: "Mom can you make omelette's for breakfast tomorrow"
Me: "We'll see."
Houston: "No see's please."
I love that little man! Both of my boys are pretty special and make my day, every day!

XOXO,
Stacy