Uncle Carson

Uncle Carson's fall break was this past week/weekend so he came to town for a little visit. Dean wore his TCU football jersey in honor of his Uncle's return home. However, Dean told me when we got in the car that he didn't like purple (it washes him out) or frogs and to please take it off of him and put a Baylor shirt on. He said that he looks a lot better in Baylor green and that bears are way cooler (and more ferocious). This is all paraphrased of course, but you get the picture. Sic'em Bears!

Pumpkins

We took Dean to MDUMC's annual pumpkin patch this weekend! Last year he was itty bitty and this year he's walking around & picking up small pumpkins (and throwing them). My how time flies.

Outside!

We've been out and about trying to enjoy every minute of this gorgeous weather! We took an Austin trip, we went to the Houston Zoo and we spent an afternoon at Dewberry Farm. Lots of fun and lots of pictures.

{Just another beautiful day on the lake}

{OMG moment at the zoo}

{Loving the slide at Dewberry Farm}

{He wasn't so sure about the goats at the farm}

More Birthday Details!

Since I did such a BAD job at documenting my son's first birthday party here is a little peek at some of the things that Lauren at Letters by Lauren helped me out with. I was super please with all the fun things she designed! Thanks, Lauren!

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Dining Room

The dining room is done! And I must say, I'm quite proud of it. If you have ever stopped by our house before, then you know what the old dining room looked like. It was an empty, catch all, mish-mash, big table with no chairs, beige hole and after Dean was born it became the diaper changing station. Gross. I finally got myself in gear and got inspired. And, despite the minimal complaining & eye rolling Michael did throughout the process I know he is proud of the final product too - and REALLY glad it's done. You won't catch us changing any diapers in there from now on. Promise.

Here are some before & afters.

{The before picture. Made even more awful by the iPhone picture quality. Eeek!}

{Ahhhh...the after shot. Updated paint color, Ikat drapes with metallic drapery rod, new light fixture, rug, chairs, mirror & art. Voila!}

{I am pretty obsessed with the work of artist Cy Twombly. His pieces can cost about as much as a car. Soooo, I decided to commission myself to create the perfect piece of art for the dining room using his work as my inspiration. This is one of my favorite pieces.}

{Here I am. Budding artist. I had just purchased my canvas, paint & brushes. Blank, clean & full of ideas. I painted during nap time in my garage.}

{Here I am again. Completely frustrated artist. After 2 weeks of relentless painting and re-painting I have a complete MESS and the worst color blue I've ever seen. Thank goodness my sweet neighbor - who happened to have a degree in art and is a painter herself - saw me in my garage and dropped by to see what the heck I was doing. She was able to get me past my block and fill me full of new ideas. Thanks Caroline!}

{A few weeks and one new frame later...done. Exactly what I had wanted all along. Definitely not a Cy Twombly BUT good enough.}