The latest {in home improvement}.

Husband and I completed our furniture project some days ago and have moved our "brand new" faux iron bedroom suit back into the guest room. I can hardly wait to find a suitable decor!

Next up... Ceiling fan! We ordered our fan about a week ago and it came in yesterday. You have to love Lowes! The wonderful man that I married installed it while I was gone to First Aid Training late last night and it was such a nice sight to come home to. I love our new fan. The double light takes my breath away and makes for such a romantic setting.

Tonight, (you'd think we'd be ready to rest, right?) we started the kitchen painting!!!! I'm thrilled! Isn't it looking so great? Can't wait to see the whole house finished and decorated! Yay!

Riley's Boo Boo

We went to visit Riley again on Monday evening and sadly, we found him with a pretty bad hurt leg. His mommy apparently has dragged his little body around by his left hind leg and ripped it open with her sharp teeth.

This made me think about how sometimes parents do things thinking they are helping their children and they are only hurting the situation. She didn't dare mean to hurt Riley, but some things we just can't force can we? Let's all remember that, in every situation, parents to children (and vise versa), friends, and family. Love people for who they are, and try understanding their situation as if it were yours. I'll bet you'll have more compassion on them when you truly put yourself in their shoes.

Anyway, I had to run my rabbit. That said, pray for little Riley's leg. I was sad to leave him. He has been taken inside so that this can't happen again. Husband and I already love him so dearly, but we want to be sure that there will not be future complications as we know it would be very costly.

I know it may seem silly but we love Riley. We really do want you to pray for our sweet puppy!

How does your garden grow?

Husband and I have started a garden :) We planted our garden the third week in May (we think around Wednesday)... When we came home this is what we saw!

Now just a few short weeks later... Look what we have!

We picked a name...

Meet Riley!

Our new two week old boxer.

The boys and I made a visit today.

He was cooling by a tree :)

He has blue eyes, a brown ear, a black spot around one eye, and a brown tail :)

I love Riley. We can't wait to bring him home!

New Addition

Husband and I had an unexpected surprise today! This afternoon, in casual conversation with my cousin, I found out about a lady who has two week old boxer puppies for sale. I squealed when she continued with, "One's white, and....." I didn't even hear the rest!!!! ONE'S WHITE! A WHITE BOXER PUPPY!!! For wayyyy cheaper than I'll probably ever find another one too! And their full blooded.... Oh who cares! Husband and I discussed the pro's and con's and went about our afternoon entertaining company. Husband's phone rang and of course I thought it was Michael, to my surprise Will stepped out of the room and asked if I wanted to go see the puppies! He had called and I didn't even know it. I told you I'd have my sweet boxer puppy one day :) We don't have a name picked out yet, but you just wait! He's white, and he has one black eye, one brown ear, and a little brown nub for a tail. I'm in love! I held him tonight and I'm sure he knows we're taking him home soon. He's too small right now, four weeks to go. I can hardly wait!

THE WEDDING

Here are the photos, as promised... :)

The Bride... and Groom ♥

The Dress!

The Mothers ♥

The girls...

And their escorts... ;) (Minus a bestman, couldn't find him)... :(

The flower girl, and the cake!

The identical train bearers... (Minus their helper... He hid from the camera)

The attendants :)

The Reception

What's for dinner?

So our first meal back home from the cruise had to be miraculous... The food on the ship really made for tough competition, but who could go wrong feeding a "food loving man" spaghetti? :) And for dessert? Warm, fresh baked, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! That's right! Here they are; pictures of our first home cooked meal. How do you think I did? I'd love to hear about the first meal you remember cooking your husband!!!