Our Yard

Our street name is Liatris. It is named after a flower.

We still don't know how to pronounce it but I finally found some of these purple Liatris flowers and planted them in our yard.As you can tell they are kinda tall, with fluffy purple heads.

One of my planters

I love these three burning bush.

I love the seats built into the deck.

This is the back yard. It needs some flowers and trees.....

This is our neighborhood pool.

The girls love it.

It is free to go to and the girls have enjoyed taking their friends there.

How great is that , I can say, stop watching TV and go to the pool.

Happy Fathers Day Dusty

This morning our cat woke me up and was wanting me to pet her. She is feeling better.
Her third eye is better. That is a white corner of her eye that comes up to tell you that she is sick. They tested her for pet HIV and Leukemia, all came back negative.She is on antibiotics for a week and that has been a treat to get down her but she is better.

Happy Fathers Day to one of the goofiest Dad's around.
My husband always makes everything fun for our girls.
They are lucky to have such an awesome dad.

Finds....

One of the things I am finding about Indiana that I do LIKE is all the garage sales.

These were my scores for the day. Total....Seven Dollars.

Two candlestick lamp bases that I will use when finishing my daughters room.

They will need spray paint but they are perfect.

Denae got a cute white picture frame for her room.

Found this wonderful Soup Turine that is all over blog land.

The silver gravy boat, it will need some polish.

And this gooseberry cook book.

It is loaded with recipes that I can't wait to try.

My favorite find was this utensil holder.

Love the Rooster!

I'm linked to Rhoda at Southern Hospitality!

Vacation

This past week we loaded our girls up and drove to Branson, Missouri to spend time with my husbands brothers and their girls. Every summer we try to get together with some of our family. It was a fun three days.

The first day we went to Silver Dollar City.

It is an old fashioned town amusement park that sports crafts, kettle cooking

and rag doll making. It was a lot of fun.

The next day we went to a water park called White Water.

It was a perfect day.

My favorite part was listening to all the girls giggle, french braid each others hair

and just hang out with their cousins.
Because my three live in Indiana, three live in Alaska and two live in Arkansas.

I hope that one day they will all want to be in each others weddings.

I know.... My Dream!

When we came home our cat, Chocolate is sick.

Today we took her to the vet.
They tested her for several cat diseases that came back negative
but she is still sick.
We are hoping that she feels better fast.

Painting again

We are painting again.

This was a really sweet little boys baby room.

But now this is Denae's room, and she wanted pink.

Took off the words, very easy.

Then lots of primer.

It was a kahki and red.
Can you see the color ?

Still working.....

Sweet Melissa Linzer thumbprint Cookies

This weeks recipe is Pistachio Linzer Thumbprint cookies.

I didn't have any Pistachio and couldn't find any so I made them

without and they were delicious.

I used Strawberry Preserves and my kids loved them.

I think dipping them in the egg whites before they

baked made them fluffy and crisp.

My girls loved them, they will be a do over as they were really easy.

Had to make myself some coffee with these.
It rained here yesterday so it was a perfect day for

coffee and cookies and a good book.

Thanks to Tracey of Tracey's Culinary Adventures

for choosing this week.

Beautiful day....

A few pictures of our neighborhood.

This is the front of our house

with all the shrubs blooming.

We will probably move some of them because behind these

are some really pretty evergreens.

This is the four mile bike path that circles around our entire neighborhood.

Couldn't pass this up, We stopped to take pictures

This white fence goes all around the neighborhood.

Hope your day has been good.

Dining room

This is the blue dining room for now.

This furniture is old!!! We got this table when our kids were first able to set at a table

from Sears in Portland, Oregon and I found this hutch at a garage sale for 30$.

Now we are looking for something nicer and bigger.

I really can't believe how hard it is to find something that is not matchy matchy and dated.

This table and hutch have held my quilts and crafts for years.

I love the wainscoting just not sure of the color.