Finally...some decorating!

Shellie helped me get a lot of decorating done while she was here...we needed another week, at least! The first picture shows some of the new things we picked up at HomeGoods & another local store called Real Deals. We had a fun day of shopping!

I found this rooster after Shellie left...I'm normally not a fan of rooster's, but I loved this one and couldn't pass it up!The rooster, in his home! The basket, on top of the cabinets, was another find. It's not in it's final resting place - yet!I LOVE this picture...It says "Friends...A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails." REALLY makes me miss my friends - sure wish you guys were closer!My favorite "old" pictures that we had in our house in FL. I love them!

I love the clock, too...I used this piece of furniture in our house in FL, as an island. I needed a table for the foyer, so I decided to paint it and distress it a little. It's not perfect yet, but it's a start...

And...Kalee's room...of course! Shellie and I re-arranged it a little - and it gave Kalee a LOT more room on the floor. I have done pretty good at not buying more stuff for Kalee's room, but caved when I found this chair. I love it (shocker, huh?)

I finally hung up Kalee's mirror and her "name", today. I still have a couple shelves and picture frames to hang up - and Grammie T has a cool suprise for Kalee's room. Once we place all that stuff her room will be DONE! SPOILED!

Family Vacation with the Hanleys!

The Hanley's came up to see the house and Shellie helped me decorate a bit. We ran around like crazy for a day and a half - then we all packed up and headed up to Helen for a 2 day 3 night vacation. We had a great time...
This is the house that we rented - it was great!

Rich and I stayed in the loft bedroom...Rick and Shellie stayed in the room below - you can see the door in this pic.

The girls (Cierra and Caleigh, who are 15, Rachel, 11, and Kalee) had the bottom floor to themselves. The game room was on that floor, too, and Kalee was in heaven! The hot tub was also on the deck of this floor, which she loved almost as much as the game room!

Kalee wasn't too sure about this horse, in Helen. I LOVED his hat!

Kalee in the hot tub!

The loves of my life, in Helen.

Cierra and Caleigh

Shellie and I bought Crocs - we both said we would never buy crocs, but these aren't your normal crocs! Comfy!

Rich grillin' our dinner...

The hot tub. We had to limit the girls to 15 minutes on the last day, so that the adults would be able to get in AND have hot water, too!

Eating snow cones in Dahlonega. Notice it is only the girls who got snow cones...funny...

After Dahlonega we went to Amicalola Falls. This picture doesn't do the falls justice. From the top of this picture to where we were standing is 425 steps! My legs are still killing me - and we only walked down them! We followed a different trail out, instead of going back up the steps...Unfortunately, it led us to the wrong parking lot, so the boys hiked a mile back UP the mountain to get our cars while us girls waited in the wrong parking lot! Such love!

Rick and Shellie at the falls.

The fam...

While we were following the wrong trail out we came across this truck that appearantly fell down the side of the mountain many years ago...

After the falls we went gem mining - Kalee's favorite!

The girls, enjoying the ride home.

Rich and Rick went back into Helen on the last night to get some real german beer. Rich doesn't care for dark beer, and this one was really dark AND smelled like smoke.

Rich's reaction was priceless! He still doesn't like dark beer!

Roasting s'mores by the fire...yum!

And a little more...

I was spurred on to finish the fabric in the "extra" bedroom in the basement, since the Hanley's are coming this week and their oldest daughter, Cierra, is bringing a friend...and we didn't have enough room to sleep everyone upstairs. It looks really nice. I can't wait to put insulation in the ceiling and cover it with fabric, too.

We got the basement cleaned up/organized - now I just have to get Rich to move my foosball table down here from my parents basement! He's not in too much of a rush, though, because he always looses when we play!

Getting a little more done in the house...

In between all the wonderful company that we have had, and the trips we have taken, we have been able to get a few things done around here...Grammie T sewed Kalee's curtains while she was here - Kalee absolutely loves them and they look wonderful in her room! The cool pink beads that Kalee picked out to add to the bottom of the curtains...

I have finally painted the guest room...I like the color, but it isn't exactly what I was expecting! I tried to have Lowes match the paint to a pillow, but the pillow is "shimmery", so the color is a little off. WHATEVER! I have decided that I am completely over painting, so it will just have to work!

Eventually I am going to bring the Daybed up from the basement and put it in the spare room, along with a desk for Kalee, and move this bigger bed to the basement.