Classrooms, Crafts, Cruise, Construction and Cuteness

I know I have been a little behind on the blog updating....so here is everything in the past 2 1/2 months all rolled up!!

June 7 - Last Day of School...Here is my classroom as I am getting ready to leave. I had so many great memories in here with my babies! They were each so special to me!!

It's all boxed up now and ready for Mtn. Springs in a couple of weeks!!

Week of June 14-18....I went and had lunch with one of my wonderful childhood friends, Kristin Duckworth during this week and she got me all inspired to be a little crafty...so here goes!

Add all of those products up and you get a pretty fun picture frame, which I gave to my mother-in-law as a late mothers day present!!

I also decided I would try one of Shanna Moody's projects I had seen her do on her blog! She took a piece of tile to create a picture. Kyle had one left over from when he redid our floors a year ago.

I had planned on using buttons on the "B" but it was too much, so I decided to paint over the "B" with glossy Mod Podge and stick a flower on it!! I love it!!

June 20-26.....Cruise!!!

(New Orleans to Progresso to Cozumel and home)

Heading out to Bourbon Street for some dinner on our anniversary!!

When we got back to the room we decided to try our cake from our wedding...and it was delicious! We cut the outer edge off and ate the insides! We were so stuffed from dinner, but we enjoyed a bunch of this as well! It was so fun reminiscing about the wedding and the past year we have spent together! He's such a fabulous husband!!

Here we are in our room on the boat (many more pics on facebook)! This was our formal night, so we got all dressed up and ready to head to our dinner!

They had shows every night and they were great! We are sitting in the theatre getting ready for one to start! This boat was huge!!

Mayan Ruins...this is where the dancers and shows performed, so of course Kyle had to snap and quick pic of his favorite dancer! =)

These temples were amazing, and the intelligence they had when building these far surpassed their time!

The Carnival Triumph in Progresso....it was so big!!

Nothing is more beautiful than a sunset on the ocean! You just cannot grasp how far the horizon seems to go when you are out there with nothing in your way!

Cozumel Beach Party!! We met some great people here, Ronnie and Allison, and we had such a blast with them our day on the beach!!

We get magnets everywhere we go, so please meet Squirt, our newest neighbor to Refrigerator Neighborhood!!

June 27 - Our Family of 2 became our family of 4!! Here I am with treats so excited to go pick up our newest additions!

The names of our new puppies are Kooper and Kole! (With "K's" of course). And here are our sweet trouble-makers!! Kole is on the left and Kooper is on the right!

Our newest picture of them...we have decided that Kole (in the front) looks a lot like Yoda with those ears!! They are such a great addition to our family and we are so happy to have these sweet things to come home too!!

Week of June 27 - July 3 (Yes...it only took him one whole week to finish this whole project!)

Kyle and I have really been wanting somewhere to sit out side. We have a little front porch and a little back porch (as you will see). We were wanting some more space to sit outside...especially with the new babies!!

Here is the before picture of our back yard...no place to sit down or put a grill except in the grass!

So Kyle decided to build a deck...a small one of course, but once I got involved and he got brave, it became a little bigger than his original intentions!!

Here he has killed the grass where the deck will go!

Workspace built and frame going up!

Outer edges of the frame up!! Day 1 is successful!

Rest of the frame up and ready!

Boards laid down...it's beginning to look like a deck at this point!!

Day 2 successful!!

First set of stairs are going up (took some practice to get the puppies to actually use them...they were scared of them at first!)

Posts up for the handrail!! Day 3 was a success!!

Second set of stairs being built and ready to use!! Lattice board up as well! Day 4 = check!

Handrails up and all is beautiful and finished!!

Day 6 = a beautiful new deck for us to enjoy with our new puppies!! Thanks to my hubby for working so hard to build this and make our home even better!!

Here is the past 2 1/2 months summed up into one blog! I promise to try and post more often than this!! New pictures from my new class will be coming soon!! It's been an amazing summer and I have loved my time with Kyle! He is now back in school and I am getting ready to be back in mine!! Boy...summers get shorter and shorter every year! =)