Keeping Up

IS HARD TO DO!!!! I feel like I can barely catch my breath these days. I have 2 birthday parties coming up and I know that's a big part of it.

Anywhoo...we have been busy as usual. I wanted to post some pictures of our little weekend to the hunting land I told y'all about. It was really fun! So, the family that owns this land imports all kinds of exotic deer from around the world....to hunt. Kind of like this...

and this...


Samuel enjoyed fishing and playing with Harvey, the dog. I mean, he did this ALL day both days we were there. We definitely have an outdoorsman on our hands. He is just in his element doing anything outside.

This was the view from our super nice cabin. That's the "main" house and "barn."


I love these of Ellie Kate playing in front of the door at the main house. The lighting combined with my awesome camera and her blue shirt really made her beautiful eyes stand out! (I swear, the only editing I did was to make this picture a little sharper as it was kind of blurry for some reason)

Last week as we were getting ready for a family walk, this little baby squirrel came out of nowhere. And it followed us. It was really cute and I've never seen anything like it. The baby crawled up samuel's leg and would not let us leave our driveway. It scampered behind us as we walked onto the street and let me tell you Samuel was so concerned about the little thing getting run over that Jeff loaded it up into a cooler and walked it to the end of our neighborhood where some woods are and let it out...then he quickly ran off so it wouldn't follow us. I think he probably took the poor thing away from it's momma, but what do I know? It really was a cute little thing...

Samuel has always wanted to catch and/or touch a squirrel. Well, all his dreams came true when this little one showed up on our driveway...

This weekend, we finally painted the kitchen and the cabinets. I was SO over the faux finished walls and dingy cabinets. Now, you aren't going to be able to tell a big difference in the picture with the cabinets as I just basically painted them nearly the same shade, but you have to believe me that they look so much better!!! Before I painted them, they were all beat up, dirty, and you could see the brush strokes from whoever painted them last. It drove me crazy!!! I am so happy with how everything turned out. I have always wanted to try to leave some of the cabinets open so I did! The paint color is a little greener than I anticipated, but I still like it pretty well. What do you think?

BEFORE





AFTER

Oh, and the ONLY way we were able to pull off the painting was because we were kid free for the weekend!!! Thanks to Jeff's parents and my parents for helping out!

UPDATED to add...I am also VERY thankful to Jeff and his help!!! I know that painting the kitchen walls and the cabinets were not his first choice for things to do on a big football weekend! But, he was a trooper and I definitely couldn't have done it without his help!